Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on April 14, 2017
5 things to know about the future of ag – Audio
/RSS FeedMimi Broeski Deana Knuteson, researchers Nutrient and Pest Management Program (NPM) Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 3:03 – Total Time […]
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Posted on April 11, 2017
Spinoff that puts phosphorus in its place signs key contract
In a bit of high-tech judo, a UW–Madison spinoff has started selling a technology to transform phosphorus at wastewater treatment plants from a major headache […]
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The science farm: A decades-long project offers insights into agriculture
On a still and warm summer morning, as scientists drive along the dirt roads that crisscross the Arlington Agricultural Research Station, the fields sweep in […]
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Posted on March 31, 2017
Simpler detection for ketosis helps support state dairies
Mitch Breunig has been around dairy cows long enough — all his life, to be exact – to suspect something was amiss with two of […]
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Posted on March 21, 2017
Why we need cows – Audio
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Why do we need cows? Michel Wattiaux, Professor Department of Dairy Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences wattiaux@wisc.edu (608) 263-3493 3:03 – Total […]
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Posted on March 17, 2017
Spring lawn care – Audio
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Doug Soldat, Extension Turfgrass and Urban Soil Specialist Department of Soil Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences djsoldat@wisc.edu (608) 263-3631 3:06 – Total […]
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Posted on March 10, 2017
Food sovereignty events explore indigenous cuisine
The first Food Sovereignty Symposium and Festival in Madison will be March 10 to 12. It focuses on indigenous communities and food sovereignty topics that […]
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Posted on March 2, 2017
Fast-track master’s preps graduates for jobs in energy analysis
For decades, American energy companies have tried to persuade customers to use less energy. Using giveaways and various other financial incentives, utilities have promoted new […]
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Posted on February 28, 2017
Helping women farm in Mali
Women in many industrialized countries are all too familiar with the “second shift”—the domestic duties they still perform disproportionately (compared with their husbands) once their […]
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Posted on February 20, 2017
University experts help Roelli create champion cheese
If you walk into Roelli Cheese Haus near Shullsburg in southwest Wisconsin, you’ll see plenty of succulent Wisconsin cheeses — but not Little Mountain, the […]
