SHELBY, Wis. – If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi River in front of her looked, as recent as a decade ago. It was nothing but open, muddy water. Now it’s covered with impressively tall and thick beds of wild rice.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Adding robots to a dairy setup has many benefits, especially for dairies that are finding it difficult to find and retain employees, according to a recent University of Wisconsin workshop. Benefits and challenges were presented at “Milking Robots, Are They the Future?”
Editor's note: This is part 2 of this article; the first part was published in the March 27 issue of Agri-View.
With more than 20 percent of U.S. agricultural production destined for foreign markets, exports are critical to the financial success of American farmers and ranchers. U.S. farmers exported in 2024 more than 144 million metric tons of agricultural products through ocean ports, valued at more…
“I call it my spark bird,” Dan McGraw says of the long-eared owl he first saw on his land in 2019.
There comes a day every year in the midst of the dance of the seasons when winter allows spring a brief interlude. Because we live in Wisconsin, that day may come in late February or late March, and will likely have the longevity of the latest K-pop star; the dance of the seasons is often fl…
DENVER – Most if not all the learning sessions at the 2025 Commodity Classic were filled with useful and interesting ag information. A few were on the dry side while many others were intriguing.
Hello readers of Agri-View! I’m Dr. Claiborn Lins, one of the livestock veterinarians at Lodi Veterinary Care in Wisconsin. I earned my bachelor’s degree in dairy science from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and graduated in 2023 from the University of Wisconsin-School of Veterinary…
Genetic improvements within the U.S. dairy herd are fueling historic gains in key milk components needed to produce cheese, butter and a variety of other popular dairy foods. While U.S. fluid milk production has remained relatively flat in recent years, butterfat and protein levels within th…
Weaker expectations for the future led to a decline in farmer sentiment in March as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index decreased 12 points to a reading of 140, a decrease from 152 a month earlier. The farmer view of the future was decidedly less optimistic in March th…
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This winter has been similar to this past winter in terms of snow and potential moisture for the spring. Much of the state received less-than-average fall and winter precipitation, leading to less-than-average soil moisture. Currently, 55 percent of the state is experiencing some level of dr…
More than two-thirds of U.S. preschoolers attend childcare, where they consume daily meals and snacks. Part of the meal requirements include serving milk. However, as much as 40 percent of the milk served by childcare staff is wasted. Wasted milk has obvious financial consequences, but there…
President Donald Trump has announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — including a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others. Trump placed the elevated tariff rates on dozens of nations that run meaningful trade surpluses with the …
After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is announcing a barrage of self-described “reciprocal” tariffs on friend and foe alike. The new tariffs — coming on what Trump has named “Liberation Day” — are a bid to boost U.S. manufacturing and punish other countr…
Artificial intelligence is changing the way people work, create and share information — but brownies? A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how ChatGPT can be used in the sensory evaluation of foods, specifically brownies. The study offers insights that could …
For alfalfa growers, balancing pest management, harvest flexibility, and economic efficiency has long been a challenge. HarvXtra alfalfa is changing the game by providing a unique solution that not only improves forage quality but also plays a vital role in integrated pest management (IPM) a…
Dynamic and instantaneous information flows across the entire food complex demand next-generation approach, say two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences students.
Based on 2020 market values, predators cause about $4 million in losses annually to Kansas cattle producers. Likewise, they financially burden the state’s small ruminant operations to the tune of about $750,000 per year.
Sorghum’s uptake in dairy rations has continually grown, but the crop's limiting factors have laid hurdles for those who desire to partially replace corn silage in the diet while promoting water use savings. The team at Texas A&M University recently developed a means to control and even …
Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather events. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how heat stress affects U.S. dairy production, finding that high heat and humidity lead to a one percent decline in annual milk yield. Small farms are hi…
Cold winters help prevent many potential pest insects from establishing in the Midwest and Minnesota or require species that cannot survive the winters to migrate north from southern states each year. Extreme cold can also knock back species that are already established. The cold can be a we…
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