It’s going to take more than one good idea to boost the number of veterinarians available for large-animal production.
For many people, weather is the ultimate small-talk topic. But for the farmers who feed the world, weather is huge – it can be the difference between a bumper crop and a total loss – so weather talk is anything but small. And Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien’s principal atmospheric scientist, says he…
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- Jessica Ryan USDA
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service are helping poultry farmers protect their flocks and their employees, while improving poultry production. USDA Agricultural Research Service researchers recently developed an indoor air scrubber that purifies…
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa – It was a morning South African dairy farmers Carol and Craig Houston were dreading, as staff told them 50 cows were showing signs of the dreaded Foot and Mouth Disease. Even though the country had been plunged into an FMD crisis, the Houstons had tried their bes…
Madison College in Watertown is offering a Youth Tractor Safety course beginning March 7. Classes meet March 7, 14, 28 and April 11 and 18 at Lake Mills High School, 615 Catlin Drive, Lake Mills, Wisconsin. Testing is from 8 a.m. to noon April 25. The cost is S150. A $50 scholarship is avail…
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
This past summer I came across a box of love letters that my dad, Tom Pfaff, had written to my mom. I have no idea how they found their way to her because all he put on the envelope besides “Miss Ann Van Dunk” was “Holmen, Wisconsin.” ZIP codes were not used until 1963 but I’d still think a …
- Staff at Colorado State University
Maintaining the health of small acreage pastures can be challenging, even in years with normal rainfall and snowpack. The semi-arid climate of Colorado prevents dryland pastures from achieving the same level of productivity observed in states that receive greater precipitation. As a result, …
It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
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.
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.
- Michael Langemeier and Joana Colussi Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
Brazil is projected to produce a record 6.5 billion bushels of soybeans in the 2025-2026 crop season, while farm margins should decline to their worst level in almost two decades. Depressed soybean prices, increased production costs and weak port premiums have compressed profitability for Br…
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
DITHMARSCHEN, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, Germany – Weeding is one of the most tedious, time-consuming and costly jobs on a vegetable farm. And with labor becoming even more difficult to source, farmers desperately need alternatives.
It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
- Julie Belschner
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The 2026 Commodity Classic in San Antonio was full of information regarding weather, agricultural markets, crop diseases, livestock challenges and ag profitability. But there were several groups there to offer help with what those ag aspects create – stress. Without help…
From a surprising heatwave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling into the East Coast, chaotic weather March 16 put more than half the nation's population in the path of extreme conditions.
- Michael Langemeier and Joana Colussi Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
U.S. livestock producers have benefited from stronger market conditions but crop producers continue to face tighter margins. Results from the February 2026 Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer survey provide insight into how those differences are influencing producer sentiment, g…
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- Katherine Lin Mississippi Today
John Parker Campbell describes the wild pigs on his family farm as “a constant headache.”
- Andrew Freedman
(CNN) — A drastic weather pattern change is about to induce an acute case of weather whiplash for most of the country. During the next few days, a record-setting Western heat wave will settle in while winterlike cold returns to the East.
- Kristina DeYong Donald Danford Plant Science Center
Danforth Center scientists Tessa Burch-Smith and Kirk Czymmek, in collaboration with researchers at the CryoEM Facility at Stanford University, are embarking on a pioneering initiative to develop new cryopreservation and nanoscale imaging procedures for volume electron microscopy -- vEM -- o…
