Vegetable processors across the country are feeling price pressure due to tariffs on steel. This is according to the Midwest Food Products Association. It’s amped up the competition with foreign processors. Wisconsin is one of the top states in the production of the major processing vegetables. This includes gree...

Photo courtesy of Mike Roemer for WCMA. Dairy processors, marketers, and suppliers raised an unprecedented $423,480 at the 2024 Novonesis Championship Cheese Auction at CheeseExpo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This shatters the previous record by more than $80,000. The funds support industry training programs offered by the...

The Savanna Institute announced that Oglala Lakota Chef Sean Sherman will deliver his keynote address “The (R)evolution of Indigenous Foodways” at the 2024 Perennial Farm Gathering. The gathering, held each year for perennial food and farming enthusiasts, will be in Madison this year. It will take place Sun...

There’s an artistry to making cheese. There’s also an art to sandwich making. And those two things come together at the Wisconsin Grilled Cheese Championship. The event takes place Saturday, April 20th, at the Lee Memorial Pavilion in Harris Park, Dodgeville. Doors will swing open at 10:45 a.m., kicking off...

The excitement on the UW-Rivers Falls campus is palpable as seniors wrap up their last semester and prepare to accept their diplomas on May 4. The news from the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences is that the job market for these grads is looking good. So good, that students have to weigh the benefi...