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The Land Tenure Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been awarded $2.5 million for research and technical assistance in two regions of the world. The LTC, a global resource institution promoting equitable access to land, begins its advisory work on new projects in Zimbabwe, in southern Africa, and in Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean. Each project builds on the Center’s extensive experience with land reform and land administration in these regions.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison dairy cattle judging team took first place in oral reasons for the 13 time in the past 19 years at the National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Sept. 28 at World Dairy Expo in Madison. The team placed fifth overall among 27 teams, and placed first in Ayrshires, second in Milking Shorthorns, third in Guernseys, and fifth in Holsteins and Brown Swiss.

Richard Klemme, professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics and director of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named associate dean for Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension, a joint position between UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and Cooperative Extension, UW-Extension.

George W. Sledge, a longtime administrator in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, died Wednesday, Oct 20, of cancer. He was 71 years old.

When more than 30,000 of the world’s leading managers and technical experts in the food industry gather for the Worldwide Food Expo ’99 in Chicago this October, they will have the chance to taste an extraordinary new fruit smoothie made with whey protein and milk calcium. The strawberry-banana smoothie, developed at the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, is designed to be a good source of protein and calcium, says Kimberlee “KJ” Burrington, coordinator of the CDR’s whey applications program.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Cooperatives Library, which recently joined the Taylor-Hibbard Library in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics’ Taylor Hall, was officially dedicated as the Truman Torgerson Cooperative Collection in a ceremony held there Friday, Oct. 15.

For nearly half a century, William Geary has been a strong voice for animal agriculture, the cooperative movement, and agribusiness in Wisconsin. His contributions to Wisconsin agriculture have earned him the Honorary Recognition Award from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

For four decades, Arthur “Dave” Cole has played an important role in cultivating the “green gold” adorning Wisconsin’s farmlands, and improving the income and standard of living of Wisconsin dairy farmers.

Dennis J. Zeloski of Lake Mills, a leader of Wisconsin’s potato and vegetable industry for more than 30 years, will receive an Honorary Recognition Award from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.