Tom Cox, Yong Zhu and Jean-Paul Chavas of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics have recently released the final report to a three-year study looking at the how the GATT URA will affect the U.S. and world dairy sectors.

Thirty-seven years of data collected from a plot at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Arlington agricultural research station is yielding alarming results: acidification from excess fertilizer is wearing out the soil.

Located in the UW-Madison”s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Pesticide Use and Risk Reduction Project addresses the impacts of the U.S. Food Quality […]

Margaret Krome of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute will be honored Tuesday, March 16 for applying the

Scholarships worth $50,000 will be awarded to students attending the Farm and Industry Short Course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences this year.

Dr. Leland Allenstein of Whitewater, Wis. received the 1999 Short Course Service to Agriculture Award at the annual Short Course alumni reunion, held in Madison at Jingles. He was recognized for his untiring and unselfish efforts to improve the health of Wisconsin dairy cattle.

The Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation has been chosen as this year’s Friend of Short Course. The Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation is the successor organization to the Wisconsin Rural Rehabilitation Corporation and these two organizations have provided more Short Course Scholarships than any other organization. The award was presented to Peter Dwyer of Verona, who represented the foundation’s board at the annual Short Course alumni reunion, held in Madison at Jingles.

Several CALS students were named Distinguished Junior Members at the Wisconsin Holstein Association’s Junior Holstein Convention. They were:

As federal support for applied research declines, the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison faces growing difficulty addressing agricultural and natural resource problems in Wisconsin.

Grass-based dairy economics, start-up strategies for young farmers, breeding to select a good pasture cow, and perspectives of internationally known grass-based farmers will highlight the seventh annual Wisconsin Grazing Conference. Slated for Friday, Feb. 12, and Saturday, Feb. 13, the conference will be held at the Marriott Madison West Convention Center in Middleton. The event is sponsored and organized by GrassWorks, Inc., a non-profit organization that facilitates information exchanges among grass farmers.