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  • Posted on March 13, 2019
    Field day to help beginning apple growers make sound business decisions

    A field day for people wanting to start a business growing and selling apples will be held in the Madison, Wisconsin area on April 6. […]

  • Posted on March 12, 2019
    THOR wrangles complex microbiomes into a model for improving them

    “Microbial communities run the world,” says Jo Handelsman, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “People always laugh when I […]

  • Posted on February 25, 2019
    As climate heats up, rising rainfall averages hide crop-killing droughts

    Research performed in the Ethiopian highlands shows that even in years with above average rainfall, crops can be severely reduced by drought early in the […]

  • Posted on February 12, 2019
    Michel Wattiaux named interim director of CIAS

    Michel Wattiaux, professor of dairy science, has been named interim director of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS), effective March 1, 2019. In this role, […]

  • Posted on February 5, 2019
    To expand exports, Wisconsin ginseng industry relies on UW–Madison expert

    As ginseng growers in Wisconsin prepare to export fresh ginseng roots to Taiwan, they need to be able to show that the roots will not […]

  • Posted on January 31, 2019
    Genes behind lager yeast’s cold- and sugar-loving success revealed

    Lager beer is cold, crisp, dry — and worth about half a trillion dollars worldwide. Behind the world’s most popular alcoholic beverage is a yeast […]

  • Posted on January 29, 2019
    CALS researcher offers hands-on training at Gamou Farms in Mali

    A native of Mali, Thierno Diallo takes great pride in his Fulani heritage. The West African ethnic group is well known for its tradition of raising livestock. […]

  • Posted on January 24, 2019
    As climate heats up, rising rainfall averages hide crop-killing droughts

    Research performed in the Ethiopian highlands shows that even in years with above average rainfall, crops can be severely reduced by drought early in the […]

  • Posted on January 22, 2019
    UW course helps dairy farmer find small-farm success in a brutal market

    Andy Jaworski is “on call” during milking – as usual, as always. Though he only has 65 cows on his farm, it’s almost 11 a.m., […]

  • Posted on January 18, 2019
    What to expect for Wisconsin’s ag economy in 2019 – Audio
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    Paul Mitchell, Extension Agricultural Economist Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences pdmitchell@wisc.edu (608) 265-6514, (608) 263-3964 Second in […]