Heat stress is a growing concern for dairy farmers in Wisconsin. Increasing nighttime temperatures and reduced wind speeds from rural development have increased the need for mechanical ventilation in dairy buildings. While ventilation fans help maintain cow comfort and milk production during…
NEW ORLEANS – River Queen Greens, as the name suggests, lies just outside the levee blocking the Mississippi River, a 20-minute drive from downtown New Orleans. The farm produces certified naturally grown vegetables to sell to local restaurants and at farmers markets.
(Adds details from report, market reaction throughout) * Nonfarm payrolls fall 23,000 in July; confounding economists' expectations for an 80,000 increase * May and June payrolls revised down by
Studying genealogy is a favorite pastime of folks. They take inspiration from the courage of their ancestors who took chances to immigrate to a new land or to new nations. Often family stories are passed down through generations. Some of the stories outline ways family members stayed alive t…
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One of the world's longest-running scientific experiments, Park Grass at Rothamsted in England, is celebrating its 170th anniversary.
The 2026 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days event at Stratford, Wisconsin, is now in the rearview mirror. Working on future years, show organizers are widening a search for host farms for 2027 and beyond – in an attempt to keep the 72-year tradition alive.
Rainfall from spring and into midsummer wasn't unusual in total amount, but it was unusual in how it arrived in central Iowa. Cumulative rainfall data from April 1 to July 20 in Boone, Iowa, was in the upper-middle range of the 30-year record at 19.5 inches.
The “heat dome” -- hot temperatures during the early reproductive stages of corn development -- may affect Minnesota’s corn crop. The Minnesota corn crop is about a week ahead of normal and currently has adequate moisture but limited precipitation or chances for precipitation means things ar…
Owners of the world’s first floating dairy farm, in The Netherlands, have put it up for sale. They cite “ridiculous outdated demands” from the local environmental department as one of the main reasons forcing its closure.
WASHINGTON — When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the New World about five centuries ago, they brought muskets, cannons, armor, horses and attack dogs as they set about colonizing the Americas.
World events and domestic policy continued to influence shipping at Wisconsin’s seaports during the early part of the 2026 season on the Great Lakes. Often the predictions of pundits prove wrong because there are myriad factors at play in the complex endeavor of shipping and the economic hea…
My dad, Tom L. Pfaff, was proud to have served his country. The words from Lee Greenwood’s song “God Bless the USA” describes Dad’s feelings perfectly – “I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free, and I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me … God bless the USA.”
LUXEMBURG, Wis. – The rain that fell July 31 and Aug. 1 was badly needed in southern Wisconsin – some areas received almost 6 inches by some accounts – but it threatened to wash out the 15th-annual Titletown Threshing Club’s Thresheree. It was held this year at the Jossart Family Farm near L…
UKRAINE – With the lack of ships able to call at Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, farmers there fear this year’s harvest could be dumped on the domestic market. That decrease prices to less than the cost of production.
The noticeable switch from hot and humid weather to cool and drier weather, and back again, brought hope of rain as July melted into August in far-northern Wisconsin. Unfortunately the hope of rain did not turn into actual moisture for most. Much of northern Wisconsin remains dry with large …
Cattle finishing is a tight-margin business where profitability relies on feeder-cattle prices relative to fed-cattle prices and feed costs. That means that relatively good fed-cattle prices, like we’re experiencing in 2026, or relatively reduced feed costs do not necessarily translate into …
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Let’s just get this right out there – whatever I did to whomever years ago that made you angry enough to place a curse on my power equipment – I am sorry.
“To me, farming isn’t just about the ‘ag,’ it’s about the whole picture,” Ben Stern says.
In mid-July, 63 high school and middle school students attended the four-day Badger Dairy Camp on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, where they learned about the breadth of areas that contribute to Wisconsin’s dairy industry, and the higher education and career opportunities availab…
WASHINGTON — Scientists are documenting a planetary system in the Milky Way galaxy that is so starkly dissimilar to our own solar system that they are struggling to find the proper terminology to describe it.
As we sail through life there are the big things which affect our lives – and the small things. I had the opportunity in early March to visit my older brother Chuck in Texas. He had been fighting Stage 4 lung cancer for going on three years and his fight had become futile.
SpaceX's Starship rocket lifted off from Texas and briefly put its first 20 upgraded Starlink internet satellites into suborbital space July 24, the company's 13th test mission as it aims to begin routine service by the end of the year. The Starship rocket system blasted off about 6:50 p.m. …
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