High-tech tuber tools: Hyperspectral imaging project seeks to improve potato growers' fertilizer use
During certain stretches of the growing season, potato growers must monitor the nitrogen status of their crop on a regular basis in order to f…
EAU CLAIRE ̶ Drought conditions were stable through the Midwest over the past week, and are greatly improved over what was commonplace in late…
MOOSE LAKE (AP) — Wild rice harvest season runs through mid-September in northern Wisconsin, and while many tribal and non-tribal people are e…
The World Forage Analysis Superbowl will once again provide educational opportunities with its Dairy Forage Seminars, held virtually in 2020 o…
Over an inch of rain fell hours before a recent Sheboygan River Progressive Farmers field day opened to sunny skies for farmers to join in a d…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reopening the comment period to the interim final rule that was published on Oct. 31, 2019, and establis…
Agricultural diversification is a hot topic right now. Faced with an ongoing stretch of depressed commodity prices, growers are looking for ot…
EAU CLAIRE ̶ Drought conditions remained relatively stable in the Midwest last week, with slight improvement in some areas.
EAU CLAIRE ̶ Midwestern drought expanded slightly over the past week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. But the biggest changes were in…
The year 2020 has seen professionals in all industries adapt to changing circumstances and that rings true for farmers across the Midwest. As …
EAU CLAIRE ̶ Drought conditions deepened in the Midwest according to new assessments from the U.S. Drought Monitor.
After years of slogging through soggy fields, Wisconsin farmers finally have some cause to be optimistic about the progress of their crops thi…
EAU CLAIRE — Summer is in season.
ELEVA — Bits of blue may generally be seen speckled around 20 acres of land on a southern Eau Claire County orchard in July and August — unles…
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A new emergency rule for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection hemp pilot research program went into effect o…
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Area fruit growers acknowledge that they play a key role in the region’s agritourism industry.
Jeff Lake knew he had some spots in certain fields on his Dunn County farm that just didn’t produce well.
As a result of a federal cancellation for the dicamba-containing herbicides Xtendimax, Engenia, and FeXapan, the Wisconsin Department of Agric…
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.
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…