Category: Economic and Community Development
-
Posted on January 24, 2017
Potato industry commits $5M to support UW-Madison potato and vegetable research program
Wisconsin’s potato industry has had a strong, decades-long partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s potato researchers, one that has helped place Wisconsin among the top […]
-
Posted on January 20, 2017
‘Magic’ plus UW science equal world-champ cheese
Wisconsin cheese is at least as old as the state. The University of Wisconsin–Madison has one of the world’s great institutions of dairy food science, […]
-
Posted on
Seeds & vegetables in the future – Audio
/RSS FeedBill Tracy, Professor Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences wftracy@wisc.edu 608-262-2587 NOTE: Fifth and final in a series for 2017 Wisconsin […]
-
Posted on January 13, 2017
2017 Dairy outlook – Audio
/RSS Feed
Mark Stephenson, Extension Dairy Policy Analyst Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mwstephenson@wisc.edu Phone (608) 890-3755 NOTE: Fourth […]
-
Posted on January 6, 2017
Innovation drives food business – Audio
/RSS Feed
Paul Mitchell, Extension Agricultural Economist Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences pdmitchell@wisc.edu (608) 265-6514, (608) 263-3964 NOTE: Third […]
-
Posted on December 30, 2016
Dairy year in review – Audio
/RSS Feed
Mark Stephenson, Extension Dairy Policy Analyst Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mwstephenson@wisc.edu Phone (608) 890-3755 NOTE: Second […]
-
Posted on December 27, 2016
Annual Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum – Jan. 19
Terms such as “treading water” and “getting by” and “eating equity” are being used by agricultural economists to sum up 2016. When those same economists […]
-
Posted on December 20, 2016
OGRAIN organic grain production and marketing workshop offered in January
With strong demand and premium prices for organic grain, opportunities abound in this growing industry. A weekend workshop offered by the Organic Grain Resources and […]
-
Posted on December 14, 2016
From public outreach to peer review, UW–Madison scientists find value in social media
Social media has erased many of the boundaries between leaders and the people they represent, between experts and the lay public, between scientists and nonscientists. […]
-
Posted on December 9, 2016
Fast Plants Program’s new varieties are tailored for classroom use
A UW–Madison program built around plants that mature quickly enough to engage the scientific curiosity of elementary through college students is releasing two new varieties […]
