Author: caschneider3
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Posted on July 5, 2019
Plant Breeding: ‘The Slowest of the Performing Arts’
The table beet is a biennial plant. That means, left to its own devices, a beet plant takes a full two growing seasons to complete […]
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Pollinators: What to watch for this season – Audio
PJ Liesch, Extension entomologist Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Science pliesch@wisc.edu Twitter: @WIBugGuy Total Time: 5:21 0:12 Wisconsin’s pollinator situation 1:13 […]
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Posted on July 3, 2019
Relieving two headaches with one process
With a new method to synthesize a popular pain-relieving medication from plants rather than fossil fuels, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have […]
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Posted on July 2, 2019
Blue Sky Science: Why (and for how long) do butterflies stay in a cocoon?
Why (and for how long) do butterflies stay in a cocoon? In this episode of Blue Sky Science, Jeremy Hemberger, a graduate student in the entomology department, […]
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Posted on July 1, 2019
Wood products mitigate less than 1 percent of global carbon emissions
The world’s wood products — all the paper, lumber, furniture and more — offset less than 1 percent of annual global carbon emissions by locking […]
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Posted on June 28, 2019
Wisconsin’s most impressive garden dwellers – Audio
Jamie Nack, Extension senior wildlife outreach specialist Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison jlnack@wisc.edu 608-265-8264 Total […]
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Posted on June 21, 2019
Safely sharing the road with farmers – Audio
Cheryl Skjolaas, Extension Agricultural Safety Specialist Department of Biological Systems Engineering UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 608-262-0568 skjolaas@wisc.edu Total Time: 5:19 0:12 – […]
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Posted on June 15, 2019
What would a cow prefer? Jennifer Van Os studies dairy cows to help the animals, farms and consumers
As a psychology student at Harvard University, Jennifer Van Os studied people with Alzheimer’s disease. Animals and agriculture were far from her mind. But she realized that, […]
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Posted on June 14, 2019
Pests: What to watch for this season – Audio
PJ Liesch, Extension entomologist Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Science pliesch@wisc.edu Twitter: @WIBugGuy Total Time: 4:11 0:12 Insect activity in Wisconsin […]
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Organic-grain field day offers ‘tremendous opportunity’ to farmers
A field day and series of talks in a restored rural schoolhouse near Oconomowoc offered expert advice and encouragement for organic farmers and those who […]