A truckload of pumpkins from the gardens of the West Madison Agricultural Research Station had patients at UW Children’s Hospital grinning like jack o’lanterns.

Visitors to the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station’s Dairy Day on Dec. 3 will pick up some tips on heifer management, along with an update on the station’s expansion project and a demonstration of silage storage in a bunker.

Kenneth H. Parsons, a life-long student of institutional economics and a pioneer in the study of economic development, died in Madison, Wis. Wednesday, Oct. 21, after a short illness at the age of 95. The University of Wisconsin-Madison economist was an international expert on land tenure and agrarian reform.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison dairy cattle judging team took first at the Mid-South Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Oct. 3 in Memphis, Tenn. The team was first in Oral Reasons, Jerseys and Guernseys; second in Ayrshires and Brown Swiss; and fourth in Holsteins.

Students from the Department of Food Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison won several honors at the 77th Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest held Oct. 6 in Toronto, Canada. Three undergraduates and one graduate student competed in evaluating six categories of dairy products: ice cream, butter, milk, yogurt, Cheddar cheese and cottage cheese.

Bill Reese of Madison has contributed $10,000 to the University of Wisconsin Foundation to establish the Bill Reese Dairy, Deli, and Bakery Study Grant Fund.

The third CALS Issues Forum will look at future research directions for the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and options for funding needed research projects and programs. The audience is invited to participate in panel discussions on the future of research at CALS.

Research assistant, professor of dairy science, CALS associate dean and director, CALS executive associate dean, CALS interim Dean, CALS Dean

LaVerne Ausman of Elk Mound, the Bassett Family of Ski Hi Fruit Farm near Baraboo, Russell C. Doane of Menomonie, and Patrick J. Luby of Madison will receive Honorary Recognition awards Nov. 13 from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The awards will be presented at a banquet in the Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus. Also at the banquet, Neal Jorgensen, professor emeritus of dairy science and former Dean of the College, will receive the CALS Distinguished Service Award.

LaVerne Ausman has been selected to receive Honorary Recognition by the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences for his long and distinguished career as a dairy farmer, public servant and community leader.