When Jason Cavadini, assistant superintendent of the CALS-based Marshfield Agricultural Research Station, first started working at the station in spring 2013, he was told that […]

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are developing a new way to measure crop yields from space using satellite remote-sensing technology. They recently used this innovative approach […]

The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will host a special meat product competition Jan. 11-13. The event is a satellite contest of the IFFA Quality Competition, […]

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to close its dairy sheep research program housed at the Spooner […]

Moving food from rural areas to large metropolitan regions is an expensive proposition. People across the supply chain, from regional shippers and distributors to planners […]

1. It’s not a nut. Nutmeg is the seed kernel inside a yellow fruit of the nutmeg tree, an evergreen native to the Molucca Islands […]

The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for anyone planning to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered Jan. 8-10, […]

About 500 years ago, the accidental natural hybridization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast responsible for things like ale, wine and bread, and a distant yeast cousin […]

With organic grain prices as much as three times higher than conventional prices and demand for organic grain far outstripping supply, opportunities abound in this […]

Students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Minnesota replaced their rivalry with camaraderie during the 2015 Badger Dairy Challenge on Oct. 23-24. […]