Category: Food Systems
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Posted on September 24, 2019
University helps state growers cope with voracious, invading fruit fly
It’s a beautiful summer day with a hint of fall in the air at Bures Berry Patch, southwest of Barneveld, Wisconsin. On the edge of […]
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Posted on September 23, 2019
Sustainable dairy project finds ways to lower emissions, boost profits
A six-year-long, nationwide research project has concluded with solutions to help the dairy industry reduce greenhouse gas emissions while boosting profitability. The $10 million Dairy Coordinated […]
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Posted on September 20, 2019
National Farm Safety Week 2019 – Audio
Cheryl Skjolaas, Extension Agricultural Safety Specialist Department of Biological Systems Engineering UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 608-262-0568 skjolaas@wisc.edu Total Time: 6:35 0:13 – […]
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Posted on September 17, 2019
‘App’-riculture: CALS experts develop mobile apps to bring science to farmers anytime, anywhere
Mike Cerny has been farming long enough to have a reliable intuition when it comes to decisions about applying chemical protection to his crops. So it […]
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Posted on September 11, 2019
UW–Madison awarded FFAR grant to map corn drought tolerance genes
The majority of America’s corn farmers rely on seasonal rainfall to water crops, yet extreme weather and drought present a growing challenge to the corn […]
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Posted on September 9, 2019
New research finds that soybean neonicotinoid seed treatments provide farmers negligible benefits
New research has been published regarding neonicotinoid seed treatments (NST). It has been revealed that this soybean treatment provides negligible benefit to U.S. farmers. In […]
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The case for healthier tomatoes: Could boosting resistance to plant pathogens in crops help prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses to people?
At some point in your life, you’ve probably gone to class knowing you left an assignment unfinished. The knot in your stomach grew as homework […]
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Posted on September 3, 2019
The protein professor: Food chemist Srinivasan Damodaran lends his expertise to innovations in food and nonfood products alike
Srinivasan Damodaran came to the United States in 1976 from South India, where the green revolution was fueling an explosion of wheat and rice production — […]
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Posted on August 23, 2019
Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center offers internship opportunities for Madison College students
When Kit Carlson read that Monsanto was donating its Middleton research center to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2017, she knew it meant new opportunities […]
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Posted on August 16, 2019
Wisconsin’s healthy produce and nutrition – Audio
Beth Olson Extension Nutrition Specialist Department of Nutritional Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension bholson@wisc.edu More information about choosing and using fresh fruits and […]