University of Wisconsin-Madison animal scientist Mark Cook is finding ways producers can raise chickens economically with fewer antibiotics. “I believe that our new tools and strategies will increase both animal and human health,” he says.

Farm numbers, farm acreage and most livestock production in Wisconsin declined between 1987 and 1997, while crop production, particularly soybeans, increased considerably during that time, according to an analysis of Census of Agriculture data by a rural sociologist at UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

Use of recombinant bovine somatotropin in Wisconsin more than doubled between 1995 and 1999. About 15 percent of the dairy cows in Wisconsin are now treated with rBST, and about 15 percent of the state’s dairy farms have adopted the technology, according to researchers at the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

The application deadline for Interim Farm and Industry Short Courses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been extended to Dec. 31. The Interim Short Courses […]

A team of dairy cattle judges from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences placed first in Guernseys and ninth overall at the North American International Livestock Exposition Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held at Louisville, Ky.

The Columbia County 4-H dairy cattle judging team placed fourth overall out of 23 teams at the National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Sept. 28 during World Dairy Expo at Madison, WI.

The Jefferson County 4-H dairy cattle judging team placed second overall out of 14 teams at the Pennsylvania All-American Invitational 4-H Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Sept. 20 at Harrisburg, Pa.

The Wisconsin 4-H team placed fifth overall out of 23 teams at the North American International Livestock Exposition 4-H Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Nov. 7 at Louisville, Kentucky.

Compared with established dairy farmers, new dairy farmers in Wisconsin are much less likely to be taking over the farm from their parents, and they’re more likely to use off-farm income to supplement their farm income, according to researchers with the Program on Agricultural Technology Studies at UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

High school students and their parents are invited to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to find out if they might like to attend the Farm and Industry Short Course.