“Solar needs land. So do farms. Will that drive up food prices?” That’s a question posed by Barron’s Lisa Beilfuss her article in the July 25, 2022, edition of the financial publication

“Sustainable food systems” was a big buzz word last year as the United Nations prepared to host its inaugural Food Systems Summit (FSS). The aim of the FSS was “to help inspire a decade...

Labor shortages seem to span nearly every industry across the country. A combination of two factors – employees of the Baby Boomer generation reaching retirement and lower labor participation

Every aspect of the food system, from production to market development, was addressed in new funding initiatives announced last week by Secretary of Ag Tom Vilsack during a visit and discussion at Georgetown...

Anaerobic digesters have become a useful tool for some dairy farms to not only manage their manure and environmental impact

Just as the rising input costs of inflation are making food production more difficult for farmers, consumers are also continuing to see rising prices as they fill their grocery carts

Want to give a unique and delicious gift from the heart this holiday season while supporting Wisconsin’s dairy farm families? Doing so puts you in good company, with 45% of food gifters

Agricultural technologies must be shared with consumers willingly for them to include them in their diet

A world without animal agriculture wouldn’t be good for the nutritional viability of many people

This year’s Dane County Breakfast on the Farm treated visitors to a modern view of dairy farming

Listeria monocytogenes, salmonella and E. coli are nasty bugs. They are a threat to consumers and businesses by causing foodborne illness and even death

If you take all of the livestock industry in Colorado from the farm to the consumer, we are about a $40 billion industry

Due to the competitive nature of the food industry, efforts to innovate and develop quality products requires people trained in understanding both food science and dairy

Their concerns with dairy milk confirm the industry’s challenge for fluid milk, and the results suggest focusing on messaging about milk processing, environmental initiatives, and health benefits...

On Monday, March 22, the USDA held a 12-hour listening session to hear feedback from the public about the Farmers to Families Food Box Program

What if, in the next five to 10 years, we could double or triple milk and meat availability in developing countries without converting more land to cattle production? Millions of hunger-related

The government has purchased billions of dollars of dairy products and other foods this year through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program in order to stimulate cash flow on farms and get food to pandemic-stricken...

Through much of November and December, most of the people we talked to seemed to think that USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program was dead

“There’s a huge misconception that Europe is more sustainable because they embrace organic principles, but if you compare, America is a much more sustainable agricultural system,” said...

It’s been nearly six months since COVID-19 shuttered schools across the country