Is a years-long push on farm safety education having an impact? It’s hard to say, notes Fond Du Lac County UW-Extension agent Mike Rankin, who […]

Along with dairy, can you name other agricultural commodities that contribute to Wisconsin’s $60 billion agricultural industry? If you guessed cranberries, Christmas trees, ginseng, maple […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of listeriosis, an illness caused […]

Corn split off from its closest relative teosinte, a wild Mexican grass, about 10,000 years ago thanks to the breeding efforts of early Mexican farmers. […]

In 1951, milk was delivered in cans; Wisconsin cheese makers produced mostly cheddar and Babcock Hall was built at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sixty years […]

Prices received by Wisconsin dairy producers are expected to decline from recent record highs, according to Robert Cropp, UW-Madison dairy economist. A summary from the […]

If you’re an aspiring dairy or livestock farmer looking for some instruction and mentoring within reasonable driving distance, the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and […]

For many northern Wisconsin corn growers, the 2011 growing season came to an end sometime during the night of Sept. 14, says Joe Lauer, UW-Madison Extension […]

IT STARTED AS A PHONE call to CALS from one concerned citizen. Now it’s a project that, with relatively few dollars, has the potential to […]

The following table from CALS dairy markets specialist Brian Gould shows his predictions for the average Wisconsin mailbox price—the price that shows up on farmers’ milk […]