Stories indexed under: Agriculture

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• School for beginning market vegetable growers set for January Oct. 29, 2008 Aspiring fresh market vegetable growers can learn the fundamentals of the business from veteran growers and other experts at the 2009 Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, Jan. 16-18, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
• University encouraged to 'eat local' Sept. 5, 2008 Members of the university community are being encouraged to participate in the Wisconsin Eat Local Challenge today (Sept. 5) through Sunday, Sept. 14, by spending at least 10 percent of their food budgets on locally grown and raised Wisconsin food during that 10-day period.
• Students launch community-supported agriculture farm on campus June 17, 2008 Members of UW-Madison's F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture have started the university's first community-supported agriculture farm.
• Savor the flavor of local food with 2008 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas April 14, 2008 The seventh edition of the Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas will be available starting Saturday, April 19.
• Watching the birds: Agri-tourism could help save colorful prairie chicken April 7, 2008 In terms of entertaining courtship rituals, few animals can hold a candle to Tympanuchus cupido -- the drummer of love, commonly known as the greater prairie chicken.
• Earlier plantings underlie yield gains in northern corn belt Feb. 27, 2008 U.S. farmers plant corn much earlier today than ever before and it seems to be paying off, at least in the north. Earlier plantings could account for up to half of the yield gains seen in some parts of the northern Corn Belt since the late 1970s, a new study has found.
• Using DNA, scientists hunt for the roots of the modern potato Jan. 28, 2008 More than 99 percent of all modern potato varieties planted today are the direct descendents of varieties that once grew in the lowlands of south-central Chile. How Chilean germplasm came to dominate the modern potato-which spread worldwide from Europe-has been the subject of a long, contentious debate among scientists.
• School for beginning fresh-market vegetable growers announced Nov. 13, 2007 The 2008 Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers will be held in January to reveal what it takes to raise fresh produce in expanding markets.
• New test can curb losses of potatoes in storage Nov. 8, 2007 UW-Madison researcher Zahi K. Atallah has developed a test that helps farmers identify in their fields potato crops that will not store as long as others, resulting in fewer crop losses.
• UW center will lead efforts to expand farm-to-school programs in Midwest Oct. 22, 2007 The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named as lead agency in a six-state area for a new national program to encourage schools to serve more locally grown food.
• Study finds dairy farming a satisfying profession — on farms big and small Oct. 17, 2007 What type of dairy farmer would you expect to be more satisfied with life? One who owns a large confinement farm and milks hundreds of cows, or one who milks fewer than 100 cows and relies mostly on family labor? It turns out that both answers are right.
• New Web site makes it easier to find, analyze dairy market data Aug. 27, 2007 Crunching the dairy numbers is a lot simpler than it used to be, thanks to one of the most comprehensive collections of dairy marketing information going online.
• Veterinary professor improves Wisconsin dairy industry Aug. 8, 2007 Ken Nordlund still remembers the skeptical face at the back of the room as he and his colleagues introduced the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine's new Transition Cow Index (TCI) to dairy farmers from around the state.
• Bike ride will raise funds to educate dairy, livestock farmers May 16, 2007 On Sunday, June 10, a couple of dozen intrepid bicyclists will pump up their tires and roll out of the driveway of a farm northwest of Antigo to begin the fourth annual Ride to Farm.
• Farm Fresh Atlas makes it easy to find locally grown food April 17, 2007 You've heard that eating food grown close to home is good for the environment, family farms, our local economy and your health. But putting local food on your plate can be a challenge if you don't know where to buy it.
• Wisconsin Idea: Putting a new spin on pest management April 5, 2007 A University of Wisconsin-Madison agronomist has developed a Web tool to help Wisconsin farmers better manage the weeds in their fields.
• Applications for beginning dairy, livestock farmers school due April 1 March 8, 2007 Prospective dairy and livestock farmers have until April 1 to apply for admission to the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.