University of Wisconsin news
Many factors impact fertility and reproduction of dairy cows, including the nutrition of their rations.
Federal policymakers have a problem: Their hope to make corn and soybeans the feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel hit a wall when the aviation industry ruled biofuel from either crop did not meet its “sustainable” guidelines.
The function of soil is to support crop life, human life and livestock.
Dairymen are using more beef semen for breeding their cows to add value to the calves.
Animals are an important part of the sustainable food system.
A challenging year in 2023 has resulted in dairymen reducing the number of dairy cows in herds.
FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative invites dairy farmers to attend the cooperative’s Producer Discovery Workshop series as part of its 2024 Annual Meeting taking place on Feb. 9 at the Wintergreen Conference Center and Clarion Suites in Wisconsin Dells.
Blueberries, pumpkins, apples and tomatoes are all on the agenda for the 28th annual Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference on Feb. 19 at NIU-Rockford in Rockford.
Producers faced another challenging crop growing season this year with dry weather and added weed pressure.
With the growing season shifting from June to July, the severe drought began to break apart in some areas of Illinois that then brought on other challenges.
Kendra Downing has learned how to deal with adverse conditions and as a result won the National FFA agricultural proficiency award for agricultural sales — entrepreneurship.
A University of Wisconsin-River Falls team took first place in the Dairy Management Inc. New Product Competition with an innovation that contains dairy ingredients and meets guidelines of offering a calming aspect.
After plowing through a new USDA report titled “Concentration and Competition in U.S. Agribusiness,” I asked an agronomist friend why it seemed that its writers used so much “hem-and-haw” language.
The number in the headline was practically unbelievable: “About 18,000 cattle are killed in fire at dairy farm in Texas,” reported the New York Times on April 13.
The ILSoyAdvisor Soy Envoys are a critical component to the Illinois Soybean Association’s agronomic advantage. These expert individuals are literally in the trenches and in the fields, studying soils, crop growth and pests and making recommendations to growers.