W.D. Hoard’s bronze likeness has welcomed visitors to the UW-Madison’s agricultural campus since 1922. After eight decades of watching over Henry Mall, Hoard’s statue has gotten a professional makeover.

We may never know how chronic wasting disease got into Wisconsin’s wild deer herd, but we’re going to get a better idea of how the disease could move across the state’s farm and forest landscapes.

Since the discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin deer this past spring, many individuals have expressed concern over the safety of venison. This fact sheet is designed to give you some background information on CWD, and to answer questions related to venison safety and handling this fall.

A compound long used for baking and treating indigestion has a new use.

A team of dairy cattle judges from the University of Wisconsin-Madison took first place with the high team overall score at the 34th All American Dairy Show Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Sept. 23 at Harrisburg, Pa.

Robert J. Bosold of Eau Claire, Ed Brooks of Reedsburg, Larry R. Johnson of Fort Atkinson, and Steve A. Larson of Whitewater will receive Honorary Recognition awards Wednesday, Oct. 30 from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Discovery Farms welcomes Jim Leverich to its staff. Leverich will serve as Discovery Farms’ On-Farm Research Coordinator in western and southern Wisconsin.

Teryl Roper likes a good apple just as much as the next guy, but he also appreciates the value of an apple tree’s root system. As a University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension fruit crop specialist, Roper evaluates new apples in Wisconsin, and the different rootstocks to which they will be grafted.

Applications for the 2002-2003 session of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy Farmers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus must be received by Oct. 1. Classes begin Nov. 11 and run through March 28, 2003.

Plants have never impressed anyone with their intelligence, but they do measure the seasons and tell time. After all, a Christmas cactus blooms only in winter and an evening primrose opens just at dusk.