Interim Farm and Industry Short Courses will be offered the weeks of Jan. 8-12 and Jan. 16-20 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Douglas D. Sorenson, agricultural editor and former professor of agricultural journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died Dec. 17 at Oakwood Village health care center in Madison. He was 76 years old.

To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the death of the family dairy farm have been greatly exaggerated.

If you fish for sport, you want a trout or bass that puts up a fight. But if you raise fish for the frying pan, you’re better off with fish that are more laid back.

With the soybean harvest near an end, now is the time to think about testing next year’s fields for the soybean cyst nematode.

Did your garden produce more than you could eat or give away last summer? Have you wondered what it would take to turn your vegetable-growing skills into a small business? The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Gardeners, to be held Jan. 18 to Jan. 20 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, can provide some answers.

Wisconsin 4H dairy cattle judging teams won the National and North American International Livestock Exposition youth dairy cattle judging contests this fall. This marks the first time Wisconsin has won both contests in the same year. The Wisconsin 4H team placed sixth at the 32nd All American Dairy Show Invitational.

High school seniors interested in studying dairy science are encouraged to apply for admission to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the fall 2001 semester. Applications can now be submitted on-line at http://www.undergrad.cals.wisc.edu/ The deadline to apply is February 1st, 2001.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison judging team took first place at the North American International Livestock Exposition Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Nov. 5 at Louisville, Ky.

Many crops, flowers and weeds don’t bloom their first summer. Known as biennials, these plants only flower and set seed after a prolonged period of near-freezing temperatures.