The podcast edition of this hour-long special is a collection of select stories going behind the scenes into some of the state’s most important resources and exploring WPR journalists’ insights into their findings from a year of reporting across Wisconsin

Wisconsin is known as America’s Dairyland, but the state actually ranks second in the nation in cheese and whey exports. California may hold that title, but Wisconsin holds bragging rights as being the top exporter of a few other products.

According to the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, winter temperatures in the state have increased 2.5 degrees between 1950 and 2006. And in the northwest corner of the state, it’s risen even more. So, what will Wisconsin's climate be like i

As farmers argue whether to focus on supply or demand for milk, the philosophical split among dairy farmers could determine the future of the industry.

Foreign ownership of farmland has shot up in Wisconsin and across the country. But according to the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, enforcement of the laws that regulate foreign ownership of farmland is lax. And because of that, we probably do

Farm fields, trees and wetlands once graced the site where Flambeau Mining Co. built its copper-gold mine near Ladysmith in the early 1990s. In September, a small group of environmentalists, lawmakers and residents toured the site where wildflowers, grass

As climate change leads to more frequent heavy rain events in Wisconsin, the risk of soil erosion becomes increasingly pertinent for the state's farmers. Northcentral Technical College’s Agriculture Center for Excellence is working with the farmers of tom

As of January 2017, Wisconsin was home to nearly 300 CAFOs. While agribusinesses have a tremendous impact on the state's economic viability, they pose the potential to pollute local drinking and surface water.

More than half of the people running a farm’s day-to-day operations are over the age of 55, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Census of Agriculture. As the industry ages, young farmers are needed more than ever. While there are many ideas

Researchers think "storm transposition" with computer models can help policymakers prepare for extreme rainfall events.