dairy farms

Microbes might offer a better way to manage wastewater

Wisconsin saw a nearly 10% drop in the number of farms between 2017 and 2022.

Last Friday, Congress heard from several speakers on the urgency of clamping down on methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas that primarily comes from agriculture

Attorney General Josh Kaul announced a settlement with the former owners and operators of Morning View Dairy

Rural residents are less likely to be worried about the health risks of drinking unpasteurized milk, but they are just as likely as other Americans to understand the effectiveness of pasteurization to kill germs without changing milk’s taste or nutritional value

Public health officials continue to monitor the spread of bird flu, with it passing from chickens to cows to humans

According to Robert Michitsch, Professor of Soil and Waste Resources at UW-Stevens Point this strand of the H5N1 started in 2021 in Asia, and since has slowly made its way across the world through migrating birds making its appearance in the states back in spring of 2022

At the end of February, the town board of Lind, Wisconsin voted against changing the zoning laws to allow a nearby 600-cow dairy to install an anaerobic digester. These digesters are becoming more common, particularly at larger dairy operations housing thousands of cows, called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

Starting next week, farmers and clubs showing cattle at state fairs need to test their animals to make sure they're healthy for a week leading up to the fair

So far, no cases have surfaced in Wisconsin's milk production, but experts say more testing is needed to prevent the spread