May brings a profound rhythm of celebration. Across rural communities and small towns caps and gowns appear, cameras flash and families gather to witness far more than the awarding of a diploma. From high schools to technical colleges and universities, graduates cross the stage not merely as…
“Farmers are ahead of schedule this year,” said Jacob Scriver, agronomy location manager for Allied Cooperative in West Salem, Wisconsin. “Almost all the planting in the area is wrapping up. We’ve finished with the pre-emerge soybean spraying and we’re just getting started on the corn post-e…
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.
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.
The 2026 Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest recently brought together some of the nation's top dairy science students to demonstrate their technical skills, sensory evaluation expertise, and understanding of dairy product quality across multiple product categories.
Increasing and decreasing gasoline prices are not only affecting what people pay at the pump, but also they are shaping demand for biofuels and the outlook for key agricultural commodities.
A recent one-day workshop facilitated by Professional Dairy Producers® showed that dairy producers are eager to be at the front of the learning curve when it comes to adopting new innovations such as artificial intelligence. The PDP Smart Dairy Workshop gave dairy producers and other industr…
The way Ray Flickner tells it, he must be one of the luckiest farmers in all the state because his life has been a front-row seat to the future of agriculture.
Where will we find the next generation of farmers? How can we help more young people become interested in agriculture? We hear those questions frequently, but we don’t often hear answers. In Wisconsin there is an answer to those frequent questions; it’s a pathway that connects students to farming.
Temperatures remained cooler-than-normal in Wisconsin the week of May 14, with many locations reporting average temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees colder than normal. Most of Wisconsin received no precipitation. Totals were more in the northwest, but those totals were less than normal for this t…
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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.
“And then two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.” – Luke 24:13
This is a webinar that walks through the Build It Yourself Low Cost Milking Parlor Guide by Travis Hurt from North Sky Farm. The guide can be downloaded for free here https://northskyfarms.com/pages/resources.
For small-scale dairy producers and herd-share operators, the path to a professional-grade operation can be blocked by the expensive cost of a milking parlor. Permanent structures can cost thousands and often require advanced skills like welding. It’s a risky investment for farmers on rented land.
Research from Michigan State University Professor J. Richard Pursley is trailblazing an area within dairy-cattle management that Wendell Van Gunst says is essential to keep farms profitable.
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.
Kevin Hoyer and his wife, Jody Hoyer, own Hoyer Farms near West Salem, Wisconsin. The couple own 500 acres of cropland, mostly no-till, with a crop rotation of corn and soybeans. Both have full-time jobs off the farm as well.
Farmers in South Africa who have already vaccinated their cattle for Foot and Mouth Disease are seeing them become reinfected with the disease, increasing tensions amid the agricultural industry.
HOLMEN, Wis. – Miller Wagyu is home to a herd of beef cattle that supply what’s consider a premium meat. Located near La Crosse, Wisconsin, it’s owned by Steve and Sally Miller. It has a long history of farming in the region. According to their website, they purchased the farm from his fathe…
Temperatures were 2-5 degrees colder than normal across most of Wisconsin this past week. That contrasts with the warmer-than-normal temperatures that we have experienced during the past month.
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EAGLE, Wis. – A visit to Old World Wisconsin is a step back into the living history of Wisconsin and a celebration of our immigrant agricultural heritage. This year the almost-600-acre open-air museum owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society will celebrate its 50th anniversary …
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