News from The Institute

Rachel Gurney is co-lead of the Soil Health & Agroecological Living Lab (SHALL) in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the...

Originally published 11/8/24 by WTTW Chicago PBS The majority of Mint Creek's turkeys are a heritage Black Spanish breed that is...

Originally published 11/8/24 by The Soil Health Alliance For Research and Engagment (SHARE) The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute...

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is seeking a bilingual (Spanish or Hmong), Upper Midwest-based individual to join our team as our...

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Jazmin Perlata who has joined Michael Fields as Operations Manager. Ireri is bilingual...

Ashley Waggoner, our own SHARE engagement coordinator, and her unique soil health display, caught the attention of Farm Progress' Midwest...

The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI) – along with the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center of the U.S. Department of...

Ryan Martin, Heather Allen, Robin Lisowski & Chelsea Chandler - Wisc Politics Climate disasters will impact us all, including here in...

Scientists in the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are leveraging artificial intelligence to map soil moisture across...

The Soil Health Institute will feature several presentations on soil health at the 2024 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting,...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has numerous programs to assist farmers, ranchers, and foresters with their land...

Dr. Jules Reynolds recently joined the Soil Health Alliance for Research and Engagement (SHARE) as the project coordinator. She’ll lead...

By Hannah Francis, PhD student in the Ruark Lab, UW-Madison Department of Soil Science Repeated torrential rainstorms do not make soil...

More than 70 people committed to soil-health research and engagement attended the Demonstrating Soil Health in the Badger State program...

Grass-based farmers in Wisconsin just got a big boost in the form of three grants to Wisconsin organizations from USDA’s Grazing Lands...

Did somebody say... KERNZA® PANCAKES!? Heck yeah we did. Our Fields Best flour masterminds have been hard at work perfecting a a pancake...

To reduce global warming carbon pollution in the atmosphere, there’s growing interest in paying farmers to increase the carbon that’s...

Five Major Principles for Building Soil Health Introduction: Building and maintaining healthy soil is crucial for sustainable and...