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  • Posted on June 15, 2019
    What would a cow prefer? Jennifer Van Os studies dairy cows to help the animals, farms and consumers

    As a psychology student at Harvard University, Jennifer Van Os studied people with Alzheimer’s disease. Animals and agriculture were far from her mind. But she realized that, […]

  • Posted on June 14, 2019
    Organic-grain field day offers ‘tremendous opportunity’ to farmers

    A field day and series of talks in a restored rural schoolhouse near Oconomowoc offered expert advice and encouragement for organic farmers and those who […]

  • Posted on June 12, 2019
    UW deans’ statement about inclusion of the Dairy Innovation Hub proposal in the state budget by the Joint Finance Committee

    As leaders of UW System agricultural programs, we would like to thank members of the Joint Finance Committee for including funding for the Dairy Innovation […]

  • Posted on June 11, 2019
    Canada firm expands in Wisconsin to hire more farm-raised engineers

    MacDon Enterprises, Inc., a Canadian maker of harvesting equipment, broke ground on a research and development facility in Sun Prairie this spring. The building will […]

  • Posted on May 24, 2019
    The start of grilling season – Audio
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    Jeff Sindelar, Extension meat specialist Department of Animal Sciences UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences sindelar@wisc.edu (608) 262-0555 4:55 – Total time 0:11– What […]

  • Posted on May 23, 2019
    Five things everyone should know about mycotoxins

    Mycotoxins are small, poisonous molecules, produced by certain species of molds, that can cause disease or death in animals and humans. Mycotoxin-producing fungi can invade and […]

  • Posted on May 22, 2019
    Opportunities and strategies for organic transition to be highlighted at June 12 field day

    With seemingly unending low grain prices and increasing uncertainty concerning international trade, farmers are seeking alternative crops and production strategies that allow for higher margins […]

  • Posted on May 8, 2019
    Joao Dorea joins UW–Madison dairy science department as precision agriculture expert

    The same technology that alerts a self-driving car that there’s a pedestrian in the crosswalk could also warn a dairy farmer that a calf is […]

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    To live and learn together: Residential learning communities immerse CALS students in unique, focused academic experience

    The summer vegetables sag in the wake of the first frosts. But the low October sun still warms the fields of the Eagle Heights Community Garden as Devon […]

  • Posted on May 1, 2019
    Statement by CALS Dean Kate VandenBosch in support of Dairy Innovation Hub legislation

    In the 1800s, Wisconsin became America’s Dairyland because of a partnership between the state, led by then-Governor W.D. Hoard, Wisconsin’s early farmers and the scientists […]