The Bassett family tree is full of good apples. Since 1907, the Bassett family of Ski-Hi Fruit Farm has been growing more than 60 cultivars of apples while contributing time and resources to research, education and their community.

The Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research will hold the 10th Artisan Cheese Seminar, “Semi-soft and Monastery Cheese and Cheddar Cheese Flavor Workshop,” Nov. 17 to Nov. 19 at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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 to see if the Farm and Industry Short Course will meet their needs.

On Oct. 15, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Biochemistry will dedicate its new campus home.

Young people interested in dairy farming have until Oct. 9 to apply for an innovative program, now in its fourth year, to help them establish their own grass-based dairy farms in Wisconsin.

As gardeners know, potassium is a basic element in plant fertilizers. Plants fall flat without it. They need potassium to control the water content of their stems and leaves. Without enough potassium, plant leaves become limp and cells can’t elongate.

The Annual Lancaster Cow-Calf Day will be held Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at the Lancaster Research Station.

David Curwen, an emeritus professor of horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died of cancer Sunday, Aug. 23 in Custer, Wis. at the age of 63

Pork producers and the general public are invited to a dedication ceremony for the new University of Wisconsin Swine Research and Teaching Center, Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Arlington Agricultural Research Station. The $3.9 million, 35,580 square-foot center stands on the site of the old swine research facility, which was destroyed by a fire in December 1995.

Hands-on laboratories in the campus dairy barn have long been a part of the dairy science introductory course. Students in lab sections work with faculty, graduate students and senior undergraduates in a wide array of hands-on experiences — from handling cows in the barnyard to micromanipulating embryos in reproductive physiology labs. Likewise, the dairy herd management course makes extensive use of farm visits, and offers an optional visit to western dairies over spring break.