Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on June 30, 2020
Despite field day cancellations, many UW–Madison resources available to support farmers
To protect public health during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) has decided to cancel many […]
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Posted on June 18, 2020
Facing supply chain challenges, UW–Madison meat science program partners with Vita Plus to distribute surplus pork to food pantries
When the coronavirus pandemic started disrupting the nation’s meat supply chains this spring, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s swine program soon found itself among the affected […]
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Posted on May 19, 2020
More UW–Madison CALS experts available to discuss COVID-19 impacts
Below is a list of experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) who are available to discuss impacts of […]
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Posted on May 1, 2020
UW–Madison CALS experts available to discuss COVID-19 impacts on meat industry
Below are four experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) who are available to discuss various impacts of COVID-19 […]
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Posted on April 15, 2020
Dairy Innovation Hub takes COVID-19 related questions, offers resources page
The Dairy Innovation Hub has created an online form, available at dairyinnovationhub.wisc.edu/covid-19-resources/, that gives farmers, dairy processors and the general public a direct line to […]
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Posted on April 6, 2020
UW–Madison diagnostic labs adjust, suspend services
Some of the services offered by the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s diagnostic laboratories have been temporarily adjusted or suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Details are […]
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Posted on April 3, 2020
UW to host “Considerations for Landspreading Milk” webinar on Apr. 7
Some Wisconsin dairy farmers have been asked by their processors to withhold delivery of milk, resulting in the need for milk or milk/manure mixtures to […]
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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 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 March 9, 2020
Brandon Taylor’s acclaimed novel ‘Real Life’ explores his complex experience at UW–Madison
Brandon Taylor had to decide which passion he could live without. Science, the profession he’d imagined for himself since childhood. Or writing, which he’d embraced […]