News from The Institute

Sometimes first impressions are all wrong. Anyone driving Highway 80 in Iowa County this past spring might be forgiven for thinking...

On a recent December Monday, a MFAI-led Zoom call was alive with excitement. Farmers, MFAI staff, UW Extension staff, and partners with...

Chris Bandura is a conservation cropping outreach specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension Crops and Soils...

Through a Conservation Innovation Grant, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and partners are using 3D imagery to map cover...

by Natasha Paris and Jeff Hadachek University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension and UW-Madison Sustainability is a common topic of...

Wisconsin environmental groups worry second Trump term will undo climate initiatives There are still things the state can do to protect...

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Mia Keady as she joins the Michael Fields team! Mia Keady is a PhD candidate in Environment...

World Soil Day 2024 | Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage World Soil Day is observed annually on December 5 to focus attention on...

Gregg Sanford is an assistant professor of soil carbon and cropping system ecology in the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences...

East Troy, WI – Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI) is thrilled to announce the launch of a new USDA funded grant project...

Applications for another cohort of The Equipping Next Gen Ag and Conservation Professionals Mentorship Program beginning in Spring 2025...

This Fall, Wisconsin Women in Conservation completed a fourth year of programming, including 5 Bus Tours and 3 very popular webinars on...

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...