Have you ever seen a purple carrot? How about white, yellow, or red? Most people haven’t, even though such carrots have existed for hundreds of years. You may see them in the future, however. Recent research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that pigments in these colorful carrots, which taste just like regular carrots, may help prevent heart disease and cancer, and reduce cholesterol.

Ten scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences have been named Vilas Associates for 2000-2001. The appointment provides $10,000 in research funding each year for two years.

Bob Williams, a retired state ag official, and Ag Source/CRI will be honored for their contributions to the University of Wisconsin Madison Farm and Industry Short Course at the annual alumni reunion in Madison Saturday, Jan. 27. The reunion will be held at Jingles restaurant, 232 E. Olin Ave., across from the Dane County Alliant Center.

Warehoused cheese can help to lessen the summer electricity crunch in Wisconsin, a study at the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences has shown.

Robotic milkers could someday free Wisconsin dairy farmers from the tyranny of the milking schedule. However, for the short term, the machines will be a risky investment, according to Doug Reinemann, a milking systems researcher at the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

High school juniors and seniors, their parents, and other prospective students are invited to visit the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and see if the Farm and Industry Short Course will meet their needs.

University of Wisconsin-Madison animal scientist Mark Cook is finding ways producers can raise chickens economically with fewer antibiotics. “I believe that our new tools and strategies will increase both animal and human health,” he says.

Farm numbers, farm acreage and most livestock production in Wisconsin declined between 1987 and 1997, while crop production, particularly soybeans, increased considerably during that time, according to an analysis of Census of Agriculture data by a rural sociologist at UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

Use of recombinant bovine somatotropin in Wisconsin more than doubled between 1995 and 1999. About 15 percent of the dairy cows in Wisconsin are now treated with rBST, and about 15 percent of the state’s dairy farms have adopted the technology, according to researchers at the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

The application deadline for Interim Farm and Industry Short Courses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been extended to Dec. 31. The Interim Short Courses […]