In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radion, Professor Paul Mitchell advises that Wisconsin, the country’s second-largest producer of processed vegetables, will need to innovate to keep up with changing consumer preferences. However, consumer taste for …
In The Media
No farmers, no beer
Renk Agribusiness Director Jeremy Beach wondered if it was possible to grow all the ingredients you need to make beer on a single farm in Wisconsin. After years of planning, he’s happy to say that …
Economic Impact of Specialty Crops and Irrigated Agriculture in Wisconsin
AAE Professors Steve Deller and Paul Mitchell discuss the multiple benefits to the Wisconsin economy from specialty crops.
Concerns over Foxconn Deal
AAE Professor Steve Deller weighs in on the conversation about what types of incentives might have to be offered to get Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn to set up its first U.S. plant in Wisconsin, and …
The potential for bioenergy crop alternatives
What is the viability and sustainability of cellulosic bioenergy crops in the US? New research by AAE faculty Brad Barham and colleagues from other scientific fields at UW-Madison, Michigan State, and elsewhere explores the answer …
Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Developing World
Hear AAE Professor Ian Coxhead is featured on the Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio. When it comes to international energy production, many developing nations have turned to subsidizing fossil fuel prices in an attempt …
What if Ag Recruiting is too late?
Putting a value on natural assets: the BP Oil Spill
AAE’s Rich Bishop is lead author, with Kevin Boyle (AAE Ph.D. 1985) and others, on a new study published in Science magazine, that values the damages caused by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon drilling explosion, …