Food science students have earned a finalist spot in a national competition by inventing a healthy taste treat,

Farmers looking for both high yield and high quality forage during the year they establish legumes might consider annual ryegrass or festulolium as companion crops, according to a University of Wisconsin Madison study in central and northwestern Wisconsin.

As Congress considers enlarging interstate dairy compacts, a new study by three University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economists labeled the compacts “bad public policy.”

With some forethought and routine maintenance, bluebirds and birdies can find common ground on Wisconsin’s golf courses. The proof is nesting on a “bluebird trail” at the UW-Madison’s University Ridge golf course.

University researchers and agribusinesses have been looking at precision agriculture too narrowly and missing its real potential, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison expert.

Young people interested in dairy farming have until Oct. 15 to apply for an innovative program, now in its fifth year, to help them establish their own grass-based dairy farms in Wisconsin.

Alternative crops for northern Wisconsin will be the focus of a field day July 13 at the Ashland Agricultural Research Station.

Farmers across the state can visit an internet site to check on the corn borer situation, see if potato late blight is a problem, or find out if they should flood their cranberry bogs. It’s all part of a revolution in the way growers get weather and related information.

For the past five years, Dale Schlough has been in charge of most of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Richard J. Straub, chairman of the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has been named the new director of the College’s Agricultural Research Stations. Straub replaces Dale Schlough, who will retire July 1 after 30 years with the stations.