The Marshfield Agricultural Research Station passes a major milestone on March 12. The station was established 100 years ago on that date when the University […]

A booming population means more mouths to feed—and more farmers needed to feed them. A number of CALS programs focus on bringing new farmers into the field.

Predictions for milk prices, the money paid to farmers for each 100 pounds of milk sold, are now tabulated and available on the Understanding Dairy […]

Sales of organic food continue to rise despite the economic downturn, and that bodes well for Wisconsin, which has experienced dramatic growth in that sector […]

UW-Madison scientists collaborate with the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association in a continual effort to improve the state’s chipping potatoes. This work, a great […]

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s largest agricultural research facility is under new management. Mike Bertram, who for the past three years has overseen operations at the Marshfield Agricultural […]

Using lab-grown human neurons, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an effective assay for detecting botulinum neurotoxin, the agent widely used to cosmetically […]

In just nine weeks this past summer, senior Katie Kennedy tackled an important food safety research project, one that may change the way some large […]