The majority of America’s corn farmers rely on seasonal rainfall to water crops, yet extreme weather and drought present a growing challenge to the corn […]

Below is a list of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists who are actively engaged in industrial hemp research. These researchers—with the College of Agricultural and Life […]

The same technology that alerts a self-driving car that there’s a pedestrian in the crosswalk could also warn a dairy farmer that a calf is […]

Two University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have been awarded more than $1 million as part of the multidisciplinary university research initiative from the United States Army […]

On May 1, Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, and Reps. Gary Tauchen, R-Bonduel; Rob Summerfield, R-Bloomer; Travis Tranel, R-Cuba City; and Shannon Zimmerman, R-River Falls […]

University of Wisconsin–Madison dairy science student Morgan Larson helps take care of the campus Meat Lab and the students who work there. Auna Kaufmann-Schwartz, a […]

Last year, after the state passed legislation making it legal to grow industrial hemp, around 200 Wisconsin farmers gave it a go. It proved challenging […]

Jo Handelsman, professor of plant pathology, was one of two UW–Madison scholars recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The election recognizes the contributions […]

If there’s anything that could be called the archenemy of Midwestern soybean producers, it just might be Sclerotinia stem rot. Once thought of as only […]

Last year, Wisconsin lost 691 dairy farms, the most since 2011. Wisconsin also leads neighboring states in farm bankruptcies. Consecutive years of low milk prices, […]