Auntie Em did the laundry and the cooking, and was referred to as a “farm wife.” But farm women today bristle at that term. Now farm women consider themselves farmers, too. And well they should: They manage and care for calves, milk and feed the cows, take charge of farm finances, and do artificial insemination. They also have a much larger role in decision-making than economists give them credit for. Until agricultural economist Lydia Zepeda did her research, all the economic models of technology adoption assumed that farms had one decision-maker, typically the male head of the household.

Margaret R. Dentine, a dairy cattle geneticist, has been named associate dean for research and executive director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

Biochemist Paul W. Ludden has been named executive associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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.