Roger Wyse, dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1992, announced his resignation Monday, June 23, effective immediately. The attached letter containing reasons for Wyse’s resignation was delivered to Chancellor David Ward Monday morning.

If you’re interested in learning some of the latest crop-management techniques that may increase grain and forage yields and profitability, check out Summer Field Day July 1 at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Marshfield Agricultural Research Station.

Reducing herbicide rates can save Wisconsin corn and soybean producers $10 per acre, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Reduced rates of post-emergent herbicides can control giant foxtail, pigweed, and lambsquarters without affecting yields, when combined with rotary hoeing or cultivation.

Jerry Doll, extension weed scientist, is comparing reduced herbicide rates with full rates over five years at Lancaster Agricultural Research Station. The research integrates mechanical control and measures yield and the weed seed bank. Mechanical-only weeding systems are included in the trials to compare their effectiveness to the use of herbicides. A primary focus of the research is to analyze what happens to the seed bank in the full range of weed control strategies. Weeds being studied include lambsquarters, pigweed, velvetleaf and foxtails. This is the final year of the study.

Luck had something to do with it, but hard work, brilliance and a knack for bringing people together have distinguished the career of dairy scientist Neal Jorgensen. After 35 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jorgensen will retire June 30 as executive associate dean of UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

It’s starting to make the U.S. dairy industry a little nervous.

Conjugated linoleic acid, a fatty acid found in dairy products and other animal fats, has many beneficial biological effects. So many, in fact, that CLA may be a previously unrecognized nutrient, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Unfortunately, our consumption of CLA may be decreasing.

Although Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is the lowest in decades, many local officials are still trying to figure out what their communities can do to attract new businesses and add jobs. Among their best choices are investments in their roads, sewage plant and schools, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison expert.

More than 1,800 students from 169 Wisconsin schools participated in the State FFA Agri-Science/Natural Resources Career Development Event on April 25 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Almost 600 three-person teams participated in the 15 contest divisions.

In Wisconsin, 70 percent of dairy farmers surveyed haul manure daily, most without accurately knowing the amount they are applying to fields. A prototype manure spreader, developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, can deliver a predetermined amount of manure to the field and may lead to better manure management.