Americans are demanding cleaner lakes, beaches, and rivers. In survey after survey, people rank water quality as the environmental issue that worries them the most. […]

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Hancock Agricultural Research Station will host its annual Potato Research Field Day on Thursday, July 10 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. […]

With the increasing uncertainty of global markets and trade, farmers are seeking to strengthen domestic and local demand for their crops and value-added products. This […]

Across the globe, human activity has led to the rapid decrease in biodiversity. In just over five decades, one-third of all bird life has vanished […]

The quality of land on Native American reservations is often considered poor. These regions, where the U.S. government relocated tribes in the mid- to late-1800s […]

It’s like the ultimate sleepover with the grandparents: ice cream for breakfast, a behind-the-scenes tour of Camp Randall Stadium, and then an afternoon of bug […]

It’s springtime in Wisconsin, when days lengthen and temperatures rise. Gardeners and farmers are planting, ball players are in the fields, and anglers are on […]

The first time Mason Polencheck BSx’25 met a mudpuppy, he was nine years old, on a fishing trip in the waters of Lake Superior. It’s […]

Andy Diercks, a fourth-generation potato farmer from the small village of Coloma in central Wisconsin, is blunt about the difficult realities facing family-owned farms today. […]

The day promises to be witheringly hot. Guolong Liang BS’19, MS’22 arrives at Isherwood Farm around 8 a.m. to get an early start. As an […]