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  • Posted on September 11, 2018
    Celebration marks launch of Babcock Hall construction project, honors partners

    On Friday, Sept. 7, the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences hosted a celebration to mark the launch of a major construction […]

  • Posted on August 31, 2018
    Dean VandenBosch op-ed: Curiosity-driven research at UW-Madison unearths nitrogen-fixing corn

    When I was in graduate school in the early 1980s, I remember hearing Winston Brill, a professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on […]

  • Posted on August 30, 2018
    Drones, joysticks, and data-driven farming: The use of drone-assisted remote sensing is ushering in an era of ‘precision agriculture’

    Brian Luck grew up on an 800-acre corn and soybean farm in western Kentucky, so he knows well the look of a planted field from the […]

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    Extraction innovation could cut energy, streamline Wisconsin mint oil production

    As you drive around a steel building at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station on Mineral Point Road, your nose informs you before your eyes […]

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    Agronomy/Soils Field Day showcases UW agricultural research

    About 215 farmers, agricultural extension agents and crop consultants soaked up the latest data on crop production, pest management and soil science at the UW […]

  • Posted on August 10, 2018
    Fruits and vegetables – healthy many ways! – Audio
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    Barb Ingham, UW-Extension food scientist Department of Food Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bhingham@wisc.edu (608) 263-7383 Total time – 3:03 0:14 – […]

  • Posted on August 9, 2018
    UW Organic Agriculture Field Day to focus on reducing tillage and intensifying cover crops

    As farmers become increasingly aware of the importance of maintaining and improving soil health, they are seeking more options to integrate cover crops and perennials […]

  • Posted on August 7, 2018
    Scientists identify corn that fixes its own nitrogen, needing less fertilizer

    A public-private collaboration of researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of California, Davis, and Mars Inc., have identified varieties of tropical corn from […]

  • Posted on August 2, 2018
    Green County cheesemaker opens major expansion

    Klondike Cheese Co. is expanding production as it enters its second century of cheesemaking, under the leadership of six Master Cheesemakers certified by UW–Madison’s Center […]

  • Posted on July 24, 2018
    UW field day to showcase organic vegetables at West Madison Ag Research Station

    Vegetable farmers are invited to attend the Organic Vegetable Variety Research Showcase, a field day at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s West Madison Agricultural Research Station, […]