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Barn Boards and Baling Wire

Barn Boards and Baling Wire

  • John Sumwalt For Agri-View

Editor’s note: Most of our ancestors were immigrants coming to this country looking for better lives. As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, remember the challenges our ancestors faced.

Back Home

Back Home

  • Chris Hardie For Agri-View

Starting our new garden area this past year was a lot of work but we are finally experiencing the fruits of our labor. The past year’s plantings of strawberries are now providing us the sweet taste of late spring that’s always a delicious way to welcome summer.

Precision begins with basics

Precision begins with basics

  • Tim Gieseke University of Minnesota

“Precision” has been the trend in agriculture for the past few decades. Advancements like auto-steering, yield monitors, remote sensing/imagery and variable rate technologies have allowed farmers to be more efficient and productive, and to lessen impacts on water, natural resources and the e…

Don't share Ritter's fate

Don't share Ritter's fate

  • Estefanía Pinto Ruiz Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

BLUE MOUND, Ill. – Tom Ritter and his son, Cory Ritter, had worked together with their families every harvest season for the past 20 years.

Family diversifies tricentennial dairy farm

Family diversifies tricentennial dairy farm

  • Lynnette Wright USDA

Meet Robbie and Shannon Dygert, 13th-generation dairy farmers of Dygert Farms in Palatine Bridge, New York, an operation that has been in the family for more than 300 years. The original farmstead was deeded to the family in 1723 by the British royal family and has been run as a dairy ever s…

Lead arm-in-arm into discoveries

Lead arm-in-arm into discoveries

  • Jason Maloney For Agri-View

We are taught that successful people charge ahead. They are supposed to lead by taking the point. We often look to them for direction; we study their examples in history books.

Choose lighter fare for cattle, microbes

Choose lighter fare for cattle, microbes

  • Chris Hubbuch GROW

In the King Hall greenhouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, Rebecca Smith stands amid a potted jungle of sorghum, clipping stalk segments into a plastic bin to be weighed and cataloged. Seeds, bagged and labeled, are stacked to the side. Tissue samples have been flash-frozen i…

Storms reveal tree structures

Storms reveal tree structures

  • Jerry Davis For Agri-View

Storms help us understand trees

An Outdoorsman’s Journal

An Outdoorsman’s Journal

  • Mark Walters For Agri-View

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Supreme Court reduces Roundup lawsuits

Supreme Court reduces Roundup lawsuits

  • Andrew Chung Reuters

The decision overturned a jury verdict in Missouri awarding $1.25 million to a man who said he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after years of exposure to glyphosate in Roundup.

Screwworm cases increase in Texas

Screwworm cases increase in Texas

  • Agri-View staff

McALLEN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is doubling down on its fight against screwworm.

2026 Wisconsin Dairy Breakfasts

2026 Wisconsin Dairy Breakfasts

    Wisconsin dairy breakfasts celebrate June Dairy Month. Agri-View is publishing a calendar weekly in print, as well as online, with updates as we receive them.

    Calendar: In the World of Ag

    Calendar: In the World of Ag

      Agri-View offers a schedule of events of special interest to our readers. Some events and activities might require advance registration. Email agriview@madison.com with calendar submissions.

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      May 19, 2026: HEAVY RAINS TX - Mississippi Valley - Ohio Valley - Southeast | Rains in Driest...

      Build It Yourself Low Cost Milking Parlor

      Build It Yourself Low Cost Milking Parlor

      May 12, 2026: Plains Rain Chances | Summer Temps | Strong MJO Pulse

      May 12, 2026: Plains Rain Chances | Summer Temps | Strong MJO Pulse

      May 5, 2026: Late May Momentum | CO Snow | Southeast Severe

      May 5, 2026: Late May Momentum | CO Snow | Southeast Severe

      Team places second in competition

      Team places second in competition

      • Chris Hubbuch UW-Madison

      A team of students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison recently won second place in the 2026 Collegiate Wind Competition and took first in the project development portion of the contest.

      Discover barriers to crop establishment

      Discover barriers to crop establishment

      • Mark Licht and Angie Rieck-Hinz Iowa State University

      Early-season field conditions can set the tone for the entire growing season. Two common soil issues that can limit early crop development are soil crusting and sidewall compaction. While they look different in the field, both restrict crop establishment and early root growth, reduce early v…

      Color your ag world

      Color your ag world

        Pete Lewke of Columbus, Wisconsin, has created an agricultural coloring book he's sharing with area groups. Email pete.lewke@gmail.com to order copies of the books.

        Small biodigester fuels research

        Small biodigester fuels research

        • Caitlin Hayes Cornell Chronicle

        As biodigesters go, Cornell University’s new unit will be small -- two 10,000-gallon tanks on a concrete pad that might not be much to look at. But that little system, which will transform food scraps and cow manure into energy, will have an impact far beyond its footprint.

        Hands-on precision ag lessons yield ‘aha’ moments for students

        Hands-on precision ag lessons yield ‘aha’ moments for students

        • Dave Roepke Iowa State University

        Students from Jim Fitzgerald’s precision agriculture class at Boone High School pushed a utility cart across one of the school’s athletic fields on a recent sunny spring morning, trying their best to roll along a straight but invisible line. Without assistance from the cart’s GPS-powered too…

        Soil health practices may go hand-in-hand with farm profitability

        Soil health practices may go hand-in-hand with farm profitability

        • Chevy-Lynn Vaske Kansas State University

        As more Kansas farmers consider practices like no-till and cover crops, a common question remains -- do soil health practices pay off?

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        Treat, prevent foot rot

        Treat, prevent foot rot

        • Mark Z. Johnson Oklahoma State University-Extension

        Recent moisture and wet ground has led to some producer questions about the cause, prevention and treatment of foot rot. Foot rot is a sub-acute or acute necrotic -- decaying -- infectious disease of cattle, causing swelling and lameness in at least one foot.

        Use framework for farm goals, trade offs

        Use framework for farm goals, trade offs

        • Michael Langemeier Purdue University

        For most farms, conservation is only one of several farm goals, which in addition to conservation may include risk reduction, profitability, farm transfer to a younger generation and reduction in debt. Farm owners can consider those other farm goals by developing a conceptual framework that …

        Foraging solutions found in foreign fields

        Foraging solutions found in foreign fields

        • Pat Melgares Kansas State University

        Even though Romulo Lollato had traveled more than 9,000 miles and 30 hours away, he ended up in a climate and wheat-producing region that looked almost exactly like the one he had just left in Kansas.

        Irrigation can improve production, profits

        Irrigation can improve production, profits

        • Staff at Michigan State University

        Aggressive cover crop growth, and the lack of timely spring rain, may leave fields lacking moisture for optimum planting, seed germination and early crop establishment. Achieving the maximum uniform germination and emergence can often be improved through proper early-season water management.…

        Build better cows

        Build better cows

        • Cattle Chat Kansas State University

        Building a productive cow herd does not begin when a heifer is bred for the first time.

        Stress can tip scale, affect immunity

        Stress can tip scale, affect immunity

        • Beth Breeding Boehringer Ingelheim

        The first months of a calf’s life are a critical window for respiratory disease risk. Their immune system is still developing, making them especially vulnerable during periods of stress. Whether calves move through a beef stocker system or remain on a dairy, management decisions can shape ho…

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