Beef Plant Closures Hit Wisconsin
High beef prices have been making headlines for both producers and consumers, and those pressures are contributing to some meat processing… Read More
Brenda Boetel
Cattle Feeders Workshop Coming March 26
With cattle prices at record highs, margins remain tight, and good management is critical to successful cattle finishing. Join UW-Madison… Read More
Wisconsin Livestock Outlook
Photo by Michael P. King/UW-Madison CALS Beef Beef prices were a bright spot in Wisconsin agriculture this past year and consumers… Read More
Beef, Pork, Poultry–Trouble And Potential Ahead
After three years of changing our day to day eating and buying habits, animal protein markets are working on getting the pendulum back towards center. Brenda Boetel is a professor and extension commodity marketing specialist at UW River Falls. While beef, poultry and pork are all facing different challenges, she gave a broad look at where the meat industry stands today during the Wisconsin Ag Outlook Forum.
More Than Just An Award
Two University of Wisconsin-River Falls judging teams brought home first-place overall national wins earlier this month. The Soil Judging… Read More
Webinar Series For Dairy-Beef Producers
Many dairy farms have adopted the practice of breeding a portion of their herd to beef bulls to produce calves for the beef production…. Read More
Cattle Feeders Invited To Extension Series
The UW-Madison Extension Cattle Feeders Series has valuable and timely information for farmers finishing both dairy and beef… Read More
California’s Proposition 12 Impacts Nation
California’s new law, Proposition 12, went into effect on January 1st and will impact pork production nationally. It requires a breeding… Read More
UWRF Offers International Degree Program
The UW System Board of Regents has approved a new undergraduate Bachelor of Science program in international food operations management at… Read More
Boetel Named UWRF Adviser Of The Year
Brenda Boetel, professor of agricultural economics, has been named Adviser of the Year at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Boetel… Read More