It is once again time for pumpkin racing on Lake Mendota, where spectators can watch University of Wisconsin-Madison horticulture students and faculty paddle giant gourds […]

In early May, a group of artists and scientists convened to discuss climate change and the role of art in educating the public about this complex topic. The group is now putting together an art exhibition designed to help explain the likely impact of climate change on Wisconsin”s Northwoods.

Exercise developed in College horticulture labs shows high-schoolers how to decipher genetic code

Two scientists from the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences were among the three UW-Madison professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences this month. The two CALS electees include biochemist Richard Amasino and geneticist Barry Ganetzky.

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.