PATS has provided counties and municipalities with data and basic analysis to aid in the land use planning process since the late 1990s.

PATS has paid particular attention to the changing role of women in various farm sectors.

PATS has explicitly ventured into agricultural policy issues, including tax policies, health care laws, nutrient management policy, and land use planning policy, throughout the years.

Health care issues are crucial to farm families and farm laborers. PATS has researched and done outreach on health care since 2000.

Part of PATS mission is to provide a voice for Wisconsin farmers, and we have done so through extensive interviews and publications.

PATS organizes lunchtime roundtables to encourage discussion of agricultural and natural resource issues between university researchers, policy makers, and the public.

This project examines the impacts of bioenergy production on agricultural producers, land use, communities, and the environment.

Este proyecto de investigación de Dr. Harrison está basado en encuestas por todo el estado y entrevistas con trabajadores inmigrantes y con sus empleadores en las lecherías de Wisconsin, a partir de 2007.

Jill's research into the changing demographics of the Wisconsin dairy labor force focuses on the social justice, political, and economic issues that affect immigrant laborers, farm operators, communities, and beyond.

Since the early 1990s, PATS (previously ATFFI) has continually examined the structural and technological dynamics of the dairy industry through surveying farmers and publishing various reports.

Since the early 1990s, PATS (previously ATFFI) has been tracking the dynamics of biotechnology adoption by Wisconsin farmers.

This project uses USDA-ARMS data to compare the profitability, and other factors, across organic, grazing, and conventional dairy production systems.

In 2004, PATS created the first state-wide, comprehensive survey of value-added producers in the state. Numerous PATS publications have stemmed from this research.