Author: nemiller2
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Posted on March 30, 2020
UW–Madison temporarily closes on-campus Dairy Cattle Center in wake of COVID-19
In just a few weeks, there have been many changes on the UW–Madison campus – in-person classes have been replaced with distance learning alternatives and […]
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Posted on March 26, 2020
Six UW–Madison postdoctoral fellowships funded by state-sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently awarded six, two-year postdoctoral fellowships to help increase dairy-related research capacity through the […]
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Posted on March 25, 2020
Q&A with Amy Wray: Bats and COVID-19
It would be hard to find someone more enthusiastic about bats than Amy Wray. She’s so fascinated by these winged mammals that she has devoted […]
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Posted on March 17, 2020
Stephenson and Shutske: Six possible impacts of COVID-19 on farming
The World Health Organization now considers the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to be a pandemic. The rapidly evolving situation is raising questions throughout the U.S. The […]
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Posted on February 26, 2020
UW–Madison CALS invites nominations for Honorary Recognition, Distinguished Service and Distinguished Alumni awards
Nominations are now open for the 2020 College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Honorary Recognition Award, Distinguished Service Award and Distinguished Alumni Award. These are […]
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Posted on February 21, 2020
Decision-making guides for USDA commodity support programs ARC and PLC
Resources are available to help producers make decisions about enrolling in Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC), commodity support programs administered by […]
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Posted on February 5, 2020
Dairy Innovation Hub advisory council holds first in-person meeting, elects chair
Members of the Dairy Innovation Hub advisory council held their first in-person meeting on Friday, Jan. 31 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison West Madison Agricultural […]
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Posted on January 10, 2020
Wisconsin’s dairy industry in 2019 and 2020 – Audio
Mark Stephenson, Extension Dairy Policy Analyst Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension and the College of Agricultural and Life […]
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Posted on December 13, 2019
UW–Madison student project aims to save food, reduce food insecurity
It’s late Thursday afternoon, and seven UW–Madison undergraduates are spending about an hour scooping jasmine rice and a lemon-grass tofu-vegetable dish into single-use plastic containers. […]
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Posted on December 9, 2019
2020 OGRAIN Organic Grain Winter Conference set for Jan. 24-25
Farmers with interest in organic row crop and small grain production should plan to attend the fifth annual OGRAIN (Organic Grain Resource and Information Network) […]