Bruce Jones, professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension has been appointed director of the UW Center for Dairy Profitability.

The first soybean aphids, probably descendents of a stowaway from China, were discovered in Wisconsin in 2000. Since then, the pests have spread across the region, growing at rates one scientist calls

Visitors to the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station’s June 24 field day will open the day with an update on the station’s building project.

The most profitable dairy cow in a herd isn’t always the highest producing cow — health and longevity, fertility and calving ease, milk composition and other factors all influence a cow’s profitability. New tools of molecular genetics allow researchers to pinpoint the genes that influence these traits, and use them in selective breeding programs. The University of Wisconsin-Madison dairy herd, where dairy geneticists are developing a line of Holstein X Jersey crosses, will be the focus of one such program.

With childhood obesity on the rise, parents are paying more attention to what their children eat at school.

As a freshman at Madison East High School, Lynette Brennan Childs knew that genetics was for her. Today, Childs is a research associate for Infigen, Inc. in DeForest. Formed in 1997, Infigen is a biotechnology company commercializing cloning services in the fields of human health and animal agriculture.

Imagine strolling down a grocery aisle, seeing a food product and knowing you played a role in its development. It’s a satisfying feeling for Nicole Williams, a research scientist with Kraft Foods, in Glenview, Ill., who earned a master’s degree in food science from the UW-Madison.

With childhood obesity on the rise, parents are paying more attention to what their children eat at school. The Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch project is working […]

If you have livestock, you inevitably have dead stock – a reality of animal agriculture. With the rising costs of rendering services and increased concern for biosecurity on farms, producers need to consider all their options for disposing of their dead livestock.

Cooperatives have consistently identified improved understanding of co-operative basics, particularly among young people and younger members, as a critical need. Addressing this need, the University of Wisconsin?s Center for Cooperatives (UWCC) has launched a website for high school students and young adults. This one-of-a-kind site offers learning modules on a number of relevant cooperative issues as well as resources on scholarships for young cooperators. Adding to this repository of information are links to games and other co-op websites.