Category: Food Systems
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Posted on January 8, 2026
UW Badger Pulling Team uses ingenuity, skill and style to make its tractor design stand out at international competition
When undergraduate Devin Digman bought a 90s-era Kawasaki motorcycle earlier this year, he didn’t expect its purple and turquoise color scheme to bleed into other […]
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Posted on January 6, 2026
OGRAIN Conference offers sessions on making the organic transition
Grain farmers and industry professionals interested in learning more about organic management practices and the organic transition process can find valuable information at the upcoming […]
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Posted on December 19, 2025
Wisconet gives Wisconsin growers a powerful tool to reduce costs and improve yields
If you closed your eyes — and maybe if David Bartling wasn’t trying to shout over the roar of harvesting machinery — you might guess […]
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Posted on November 30, 2025
UW–Madison offers new beekeeping short course in February
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will be offering a new short course this winter focused on beekeeping. This three-day program is designed for beginning and intermediate […]
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Posted on November 17, 2025
2026 Wisconsin Ag Outlook Forum to examine agriculture and trade through the WI experience
The 2026 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum, themed “Agriculture and Trade: The Wisconsin Experience,” will take place on Tuesday, January 27, on the University of Wisconsin–Madison […]
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Posted on November 14, 2025
2026 OGRAIN Organic Grain Conference offered in January
The 2026 OGRAIN Organic Grain Conference will be held Jan. 23-24 at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., with a pre-conference event focused on emerging […]
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Posted on October 17, 2025
CALS scientists further the legacy of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 100 years after its founding
Hector DeLuca left his mark on the UW–Madison campus — literally. The professor emerit and former chair of biochemistry has three buildings that bear his name, […]
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Posted on September 24, 2025
UW–Madison’s agricultural research stations help Wisconsin farmers stay on leading edge
For an enhanced multi-media experience, read this story at https://news.wisc.edu/growing-the-future/. Rodrigo Werle wonders if anybody is ever happy to see him. He is, after all, […]
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Posted on September 23, 2025
Q&A: Leslie Holland on nurturing Wisconsin’s fruit crops – and her students’ curiosity
Leslie Holland loves a moldy fruit — more so in the lab than in her lunchbox. As an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology […]
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Posted on September 16, 2025
Six facts about herbicide resistance that may seem like science fiction
Synthetic herbicides were introduced to agriculture shortly after World War II. Affordable, reliable, and effective, they rapidly became the mainstay for weed management. Today, however, […]