Extension Farm Management in the News: December 2025

Jan 02, 2026

Extension Farm Management specialists and educators across Wisconsin are regularly featured by local and national news outlets to share expertise on a wide range of topics. With a shared commitment for research-based, culturally responsive educational programs, information, and tools to inform farm business management decisions, Extension provides invaluable guidance to a wide range of agricultural audiences in and around Wisconsin.

Americans drank more milk in 2024, reversing a decade-long decline | Dec. 5 | Wisconsin Public Radio | Featuring Leonard Polzin
Matchmaking website could connect retiring farmers with younger farmers | Dec. 6 | Wisconsin State Farmer | Featuring Joy Kirkpatrick
Here are some tools to turn those new ideas into income for your farm | Dec. 9 | Wisconsin State Farmer | Featuring Steph Plaster
Local Agricultural Leader Awarded Again By Wisconsin Farm Bureau
| Dec. 9 | Seehafer News | Featuring Kelly Wilfert
Helping Farmers When the Checks Suddenly Stop Coming | Dec. 15 | Southern Farm Network Today | Featuring Kelly Wilfert

Source : wisc.edu

Video: Methionine Requirements for Lactating Sows - Cierra Kozole

In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Cierra Kozole, PhD candidate in Swine Nutrition at the University of Guelph, explains how methionine supports lactating sows beyond milk protein synthesis. She discusses updated requirement estimates, source comparisons, methylation demand, and why modern sow genetics may require more precise amino acid strategies. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Methionine supports protein synthesis while also serving critical functions through methylation pathways that influence multiple biological processes."

Meet the guest: Cierra Kozole / cierra-kozole-772b64253 is a PhD candidate in Swine Nutrition at the University of Guelph in Canada. Her doctoral research focuses on refining estimates of methionine requirements for primiparous lactating sows, including evaluating methionine sources, nutrient partitioning, methylation reactions, and the links among amino acid supply, milk production, and sow protein retention. Learn more from Cierra Kozole on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.