Cindy Doane Brown did not anticipate running the family business one day.
Interest remains high in growing hemp in the third year of Wisconsin’s industrial hemp pilot program.
MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin farmers are ahead of schedule on spring planting this season thanks to favorable weather.
Agronomists, crop consultants and farmers can get timely crop updates from University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension experts by joining bi-wee…
Sand County Foundation announced that it has joined Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, a multi-stakeholder initiative …
Farmers across the state have started making progress on spring fieldwork. But before that fieldwork started, farmers had to make some difficu…
Due to COVID-19 social distancing protocol, a Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety grower training class will be offered online on Apr…
PERHAM, Minn. — When Mark Riestenberg installed an irrigator in 1995, he relied on a handful of soil and a look at what the neighbors were doi…
Farmers who plant productive trees between row crops to diversify yields, reduce erosion, protect wildlife habitat and store carbon have a new…
For decades, increasing yields has been the ultimate goal in farming. Unfortunately, the pursuit of that goal is yielding a bumper crop of far…
Two scientists in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW–Madison are part of a team that recently received $12.8 million to impro…
There might be more corn stalks left up throughout the winter along state and county roads in Eau Claire County next year.
JUNEAU — Russell Hedrick is a first-generation corn, soybean and specialty grains producer from North Carolina. Hedrick started in 2012 with 3…
The Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start an orchard business, will be offered Mar. 6-8…
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is accepting applications for the 2020 Specialty Crop Block Grant progr…
EAU CLAIRE — Heather Darby made money in hemp last year, but it wasn’t in the way she expected.
When a cup of coffee becomes just another step in a morning ritual, the work that went into getting that coffee to that point can sometimes be…
RICE LAKE — A compact hydroponic garden tower is set to be a big bonus to the Barron County Nutrition Program.
MINERAL POINT — About 15 years ago, Dori Zimmerman and her son, Zachary, were living in Kansas and watching a documentary on the Emerald Trian…
Food safety trainings for produce growers will be held in six locations around the state in January and February. The classes will be taught b…
The UW-Extension Offices of Buffalo and Chippewa counties will host industrial hemp update meetings. The meeting in Chippewa County will focus…
CHETEK — Being able to raise local, sustainable fish and produce year-round is one major benefit of running an aquaponics farm, according to C…
Not only did farmers trying their hand at growing industrial hemp have to deal with the hazards associated with navigating a fledgling industr…
STRUM — In a 10-by-20 foot grow room with vertical shelving, Dan Czelatdko grows small plants with major potential.
The most recent crop reports suggest Wisconsin’s fall harvest and tillage schedule is two to three weeks behind the normal pace because of thi…
Chris Duke pulled back the covers topping long rows of spinach in one of his hoop houses high on a hill at his organic produce farm east of Ma…
A wet spring, colder than normal summer, fall weather that is much colder than normal and now energy shortages due to the cold weather; farmer…
On Dec. 5, the University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension will host two Hemp Education and Networking Opportunities on the western side of …