If farmers are looking for another reason to take their first cutting of alfalfa fairly soon, it would be that their fields are infested with enough alfalfa weevil larvae to degrade both the yield and quality of the crop.
Although there was no more than minimal support for it in the dairy commodity market, the Class III milk futures price for June rose by 40 cents per hundred as nearly 800 contracts were traded on Wednesday of this week for June on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
Gov. Scott Walker announced that Wisconsin will observe Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, May 20-26.
Owners and friends of woodlands are invited to join Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association members at chapter events this summer for learning and networking.
Authorities have removed dozens of dogs and goats from the property of a dog breeder in Fond du Lac County.
Junior livestock exhibitors and their families interested in gaining knowledge of the livestock industry should consider adding the 14th Wisconsin Junior Livestock Show Camp to their calendar of summer events.
Bank of the West is one of the leading bank lenders to U.S. agriculture, according to an American Bankers Association online ranking of the Top 100 Farm Lenders.
Almonds can be treated with infrared heat and then hot-air roasting so they remain safe from Salmonella.
A Yakima Valley farm has agreed to pay $90,000 to the Washington Department of Ecology to settle allegations of illegal dumping.
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During a meeting sponsored by the Dodge County Master Gardeners, Sherry Shaft and Joan Schultz from the Madison Rose Society described the difference between what is officially termed a shrub rose and those that fit into other classifications.
In honor of Cedarburg Public Library's 100th anniversary, the Friends of the Library invited Jerry Apps, storyteller, historian, professor emeritus and author of 25 books to offer ideas from his latest book, "Garden Wisdom: Lessons Learned from 60 Years of Gardening."
Dairy industry leaders and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker officially kicked off fundraising efforts April 12 for the Campaign to Secure Wisconsin's and North America's Dairy Future, which will renew and renovate Babcock Hall, home to the Center for Dairy Research and UW Food Science program.
A commentary by Brad Pfaff, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin Farm Service Agency, state executive director.
A commentary by U.S. Representative Jeff Flake (R-AR).
Governor Scott Walker received the endorsement of the Wisconsin Dairy Business Association [DBA] for the upcoming recall election.
Wisconsin's winter wheat harvest production is expected to be about 23 percent less than in 2011 because of reduced acres, while the national crop is anticipated to be 13 percent higher. This is according to the state and federal agricultural statistical services' first forecast of the years,
"We create a partnership with our members," Kay Jensen says. "We as farmers have to worry about the weather, insects, weeds and other things that affect our crops and so do our members because they know what they eat that week will be effected."
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