Each year approximately 1,000 farmers with disabilities receive direct assistance from AgrAbility – a national program funded by the USDA and supported by staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison – for help to continue farming. On a national level, agriculture has one of the highest disabling injury rates of any occupation. And in Wisconsin alone, more than 4,000 farm injuries occur each year, many of which result in permanent disability.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison team scored 2,570 points to win the 82nd National Collegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Oct. 1 at World Dairy Expo in Madison. The Badger team bested second-place Cornell University by 19 points; 27 national and international university teams competed.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison team scored 2,570 points to finish high team overall for the third year in a row at the Southern Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Sept. 28 at the Mid-South Fair in Memphis, Tenn.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Short Course Dairy Cattle Judging team placed first in the practical contest and first in reasons in the traditional post-secondary dairy cattle judging contest at this year’s World Dairy Expo.

W.D. Hoard’s bronze likeness has welcomed visitors to the UW-Madison’s agricultural campus since 1922. After eight decades of watching over Henry Mall, Hoard’s statue has gotten a professional makeover.

We may never know how chronic wasting disease got into Wisconsin’s wild deer herd, but we’re going to get a better idea of how the disease could move across the state’s farm and forest landscapes.

Since the discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin deer this past spring, many individuals have expressed concern over the safety of venison. This fact sheet is designed to give you some background information on CWD, and to answer questions related to venison safety and handling this fall.

A compound long used for baking and treating indigestion has a new use.

A team of dairy cattle judges from the University of Wisconsin-Madison took first place with the high team overall score at the 34th All American Dairy Show Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Sept. 23 at Harrisburg, Pa.

Robert J. Bosold of Eau Claire, Ed Brooks of Reedsburg, Larry R. Johnson of Fort Atkinson, and Steve A. Larson of Whitewater will receive Honorary Recognition awards Wednesday, Oct. 30 from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.