Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on May 28, 2019
UW Changes Lives: Campus-born fertility company seeks to improve women’s health care, Wisconsin economy
What started as a side project in a laboratory in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry is now a successful Wisconsin startup that’s closer […]
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Posted on May 22, 2019
Opportunities and strategies for organic transition to be highlighted at June 12 field day
With seemingly unending low grain prices and increasing uncertainty concerning international trade, farmers are seeking alternative crops and production strategies that allow for higher margins […]
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Posted on May 8, 2019
Joao Dorea joins UW–Madison dairy science department as precision agriculture expert
The same technology that alerts a self-driving car that there’s a pedestrian in the crosswalk could also warn a dairy farmer that a calf is […]
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Controversy to consensus to civility: Reports show potential for informing and shifting tone of public discourse on science topics
Somewhere in the discouraging maze of fake news and widespread disinformation campaigns aimed at confusing and polarizing public discourse, there lies a road map for […]
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To live and learn together: Residential learning communities immerse CALS students in unique, focused academic experience
The summer vegetables sag in the wake of the first frosts. But the low October sun still warms the fields of the Eagle Heights Community Garden as Devon […]
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Posted on May 1, 2019
Statement by CALS Dean Kate VandenBosch in support of Dairy Innovation Hub legislation
In the 1800s, Wisconsin became America’s Dairyland because of a partnership between the state, led by then-Governor W.D. Hoard, Wisconsin’s early farmers and the scientists […]
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Posted on April 30, 2019
Faculty testify in support of Dairy Innovation Hub legislation
On May 1, Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, and Reps. Gary Tauchen, R-Bonduel; Rob Summerfield, R-Bloomer; Travis Tranel, R-Cuba City; and Shannon Zimmerman, R-River Falls […]
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Posted on April 24, 2019
UW Changes Lives: Advice, research boosts Wisconsin potato growers
Wisconsin has a healthy potato industry, ranking in the top 5 nationally. It’s bolstered by support from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, ranging from supplying seed […]
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New UW–Madison project to support Wisconsin hemp growers
Last year, after the state passed legislation making it legal to grow industrial hemp, around 200 Wisconsin farmers gave it a go. It proved challenging […]
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Posted on April 22, 2019
UW Changes Lives: Experts advance new crops for long-term profitability
On a field in western Madison, where cornfields sprout houses, Amaya Atucha and three graduate students are giving a buzzcut to some experimental grape vines. […]