Current News from CALS
News for November 2009
October 2009UW short course offers offers 3-5 days courses on crop, livestock and farm business management
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course program will offer six courses - each a week or less in length - during the first half of January.
UW offers school for beginning apple growers
The Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start an orchard business, will be offered February 5-7, 2010 on the UW-Madison campus.
UW Short Course offers preview days Dec. 2-3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Farm and Industry Short Course invites prospective students and their parents to campus on Dec. 2-3, 2009 to preview what the program has to offer.
Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow
An article in Science documents a previously unknown symbiosis between ants and bacteria and provides insights into how leaf-cutter ants have dome to dominate the tropics.
Researchers reveal the genome of corn
This week, scientists are revealing the genetic instructions inside corn, one of the big three cereal crops. Corn, or maize, has one of the most complex sequences of DNA ever analyzed, says University of Wisconsin-Madison genomicist David Schwartz, who was one of more than 100 authors in the article in the journal Science.
Now Hear This: Mouse Study Sheds Light On Hearing Loss In Older Adults
Tomas Prolla is senior author of a new paper that looks at the genetic roots of this type of hearing loss, which is not due to noise exposure.
Vegetable storage crop workshops offered in Madison and Hudson
Fresh market vegetable growers can learn how to extend their marketing season with storage crops at a workshop being offered on Dec. 4 in Hudson and Dec. 11 in Madison.
Amy Radunz is new Extension beef cattle specialist
A new beef cattle extension specialist has joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Animal Sciences.
School for Market Growers offered Jan. 15-17
The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered January 15-17 on the UW-Madison campus.