Agriculture

Wisconsin lawmakers will weigh whether to allow hunting of sandhill cranes and provide aid to corn growers experiencing damage from the birds under a bill introduced this month.

Wisconsin workers may be among the most at risk in the nation as other countries begin to impose retaliatory tariffs.

New research suggests avian flu could be a threat to specialty producers that rely on aging instead of heat to create unique cheeses.

Ever thought about growing your own potatoes? It’s easy to be a chip off the old block if you follow the right steps. UW-Madison Professor and Extension Specialist Amanda Gevens explains how.

In an email to WPR, a USDA spokesperson called the initiatives “pandemic-era” programs with “no plan for longevity,” and said the department was returning to “long-term, fiscally responsible initiatives.”

Fired U.S. Department of Agriculture workers in Wisconsin are weighing their next steps after a federal board reinstated thousands of the agency’s probationary employees on Wednesday.

With Wisconsin’s production of soybeans valued at $1.3 billion, export concerns are in the spotlight as one of America’s key international markets looks to protect its future in food and agriculture.

An effort to give farmers the “right to repair” their own tractors and other equipment has taken off in Wisconsin in recent weeks.

Two early-career scientists from Wisconsin were terminated from the Midwest Climate Hub as part of the Trump administration’s massive cuts to the federal workforce, leaving them — and their research — in the lurch.

Wisconsin may be America’s Dairyland. But it’s one of the last states in the country to begin testing milk for avian flu.