Biochemist Richard Amasino plans to use his appointment as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professorand the $1 million grant that comes with it to develop a new line of plant mutants to teach genetic principles to K–12 students – and, he hopes, help cultivate a generation that values science.

From 2002 to 2004, the UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems facilitated a grower-led project that used ratios, such as net cash income per acre, as a way to share financial information confidentially. The results of this project are summarized in a new report – Grower to Grower: Creating a Livelihood on a Fresh Market Vegetable Farm.

Somewhere between the steamy, tropical lowlands and the lush, terraced hillsides of Guatemala, CALS students learned about more than just the tropical plant diseases they had come to study.

A 4-H team from Wood County won the Wisconsin 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest and will represent the state at the national competition in Kentucky.

Caitilyn Allen, a professor of plant pathology and women’s studies, was awarded the American Phytopathological Society’s Excellence in Teaching Award in August at the society’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas.

Dane County, Wisconsin is home to more than 120,000 dairy cows and some of the most productive farmland in the state. It’s also home to some of the hottest house-building in the state, thanks to a thriving job market in and around Madison, the capital city. And it’s home to some thorny urban/rural problems, as dairy farmers try to manage manure in a countryside that’s filling up with houses and commuters.

We made it! Our determined group of ten riders completed the 235-mile ride from Cadott to Madison June 24 to June 27 in great spirits … and with only

A grant from the UW-Madison Graduate School’s Technology Transfer Program will fund a project that uses computer mapping and statistical modeling to identify likely habitat of the endangered Karner blue butterfly–which could help Wisconsin land managers save thousands of dollars on field surveys required to protect the rare insect.

Over three weeks this summer, a building made of straw bales and stucco will rise from the wind-swept Montana plains–and you can follow the progress on a website updated by UW-Madison students

City and country come together in late June to support an important cause – the next generation of Wisconsin dairy farmers – at a fun, food-centered benefit dubbed