Whether your interests run to heirloom varieties or the latest cultivars, you’ll find plants and techniques to improve your garden at Horticultural Field Day, Saturday, Aug. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station.

Bob and Karen Breneman, Rio, are the latest agricultural producers to join the Discovery Farms Program. The Brenemans milk 70 cows and have been rotationally grazing their cattle since 1993.

4-H Dairy Judging Contest Winners-click on hyperlink for photo

Six students interested in grass-based dairy farming will receive scholarships and attend on-farm internships through the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems’ Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy Farmers this year. These students are or will be attending the UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course Program with the WSBDF option, which includes two to six months of internships.

The kura clover pastures at the Arlington Agricultural Research station have entered their fourth growing season. The pastures are grazed by dairy cows, and on Wednesday, June 26 they’ll be the focus of a Pasture Day at the station.

This year’s Wisconsin Agricultural & Life Sciences Alumni Association picnic will be held at the farm of Melissa Goldale Sprecher (B.S. 1993) and Marty Sprecher, about a mile and a half from tent city at Farm Progress Days.

As trees leafed out this spring, an international group of researchers headed to northern Wisconsin. There a unique, long-term study is revealing how air pollution […]

A new process that instantly tenderizes boneless meat could help packing houses produce consistently tender, moist cuts of beef, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison meat scientist.

Anyone who shops the Dane County Farmers’ Market knows that locally grown food is healthy eating at its best. But did you know that there are many other opportunities to buy fresh, tasty produce, meat, cheese, and other locally grown food directly from farmers and businesses?

As food travels from farms to food processors to grocers and finally to your table, food safety is a constant concern. From farm fields to your kitchen, food is vulnerable to contamination by microscopic organisms that cause illness.