Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into "the danger zone" – not just for an overheating planet that's losing its natural areas, but for the well-being of people living on it, according to a new study.
CASCADE, Wis. – Jeremy Schmidt and his father, Neal Schmidt, say they knew their cows had more milk-production potential. They thought robotic milking systems could help them reach that potential so they started doing research in 2017.
We stayed in a motel a few weeks ago and I was wakened several times during the night by someone sawing wood in the adjoining room. At first I thought the sound was coming from outside. But when I peered out the window over the dumpster, toward the trailer court next to the highway, there wa…
Memorial Day weekend was the sort-of unofficial start to summer even though the solstice is still a few weeks away. In my neck of the woods it’s been the measuring stick for when to plant those tender garden annuals because the likelihood of a frost has finally passed. It was only three year…
AUSTIN, Minn. – Future generations are the best reason to take care of our soils, says Tom Finnegan of Austin. Finnegan and his family farm 500 acres of corn, beans, small grains and cover crops plus have 80 Angus cow-calf pairs. To achieve his soil-health goals, he became interested in cove…
BOSCOBEL, Wis. – “There’s a lot of opportunity – that’s the neat thing about the cattle industry,” says Bob Mitchell, owner of Spring Creeks Cattle Company near Boscobel. “Find something functional you can add value to or just have fun with it.”
“I’m definitely still a rookie,” said Brooke Bembenek, conservation-grazing analyst with Marathon County Conservation, Planning, and Zoning in Wisconsin.
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. Email agriview@madison.com with breakfast information including time and date, location with street address, what will be included, a…
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March beef exports were the largest since October though less than this past year’s large volume, according to data released by U.S. Department of Agriculture and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
The odds that El Niño – the warm phase of the planet’s most powerful natural climate pattern, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation – will emerge in the tropical Pacific Ocean later this year continue to increase. One sign that El Niño is on its way is the rapid shift from cool to warm ocean-surf…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service has reported Wisconsin soybean-planting progress on a weekly basis since 2000. We explore the Wisconsin historical soybean-planting-progress data and provide insights into trends in planting dates and their effects…
Agri-View is starting the farmers-markets calendar earlier this year to include markets held in May and June. Email any corrections and new market information to agriview@madison.com with "farmers market" in the subject line. Include hours, days, address and contacts for more information. Op…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The collapse of a major dam in southern Ukraine has increased global prices of wheat and corn, endangered crops in the country’s breadbasket and threatened drinking-water supplies. Both sides in the war are rushing to evacuate residents and blaming each other for the destru…
There's a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years, the United Nations weather agency said recently. It likely would only be a fleeting and less-worrisome flirtation with the internationally agreed upon temperature threshold. …
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Buy-Wisconsin grants awarded
Entries are being accepted for the World Forage Analysis Superbowl, which is open to all forage producers across North America. The 2023 contest, held in conjunction with World Dairy Expo, is set to award more than $26,000 in cash prizes.
Shrine Guest of Honor named
Excavation crews began laying the groundwork on farmland for the University of Idaho-Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment. It’s expected to feature the nation’s largest research dairy.
The dedication and ribbon-cutting of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, recently was celebrated by officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Homeland Security-Science and Technology Directorate. The facility, which offers the greate…
It takes a team effort at the Mississippi State University-Bearden Dairy Research Center to annually produce 369,000 gallons of milk from 200 cows. A new team member showing potential for herding large numbers of cows is a ground robot equipped to navigate pasture and direct herd movement.
Farms in the United States vary by many characteristics such as size, production scale and products they produce. But many agricultural policies are designed with a “one size fits all” approach.
What’s the big deal if a data point is off here and there? Or a couple of cows are in the wrong pen? Or a milk weight or two is missed?
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