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  • Posted on November 20, 2017
    Plan, Partner, Promote: Top eight tips to support Wisconsin farmers market outreach and marketing

    Farmers markets provide many social, economic, and ecological benefits to farmers and communities. They support local producers, foster community engagement, and have a positive ripple […]

  • Posted on November 14, 2017
    Curator at ag station helps growers keep close watch on potato health

    Potatoes are heaped high in the storage building at the UW–Madison Hancock Agricultural Research Station, situated in the middle of the Central Sands area of […]

  • Posted on November 13, 2017
    Breeding highly productive corn has reduced its ability to adapt

    Stuck where they are, plants have to adapt to their environments, responding to stresses like drought or pests by changing how they grow. On a […]

  • Posted on October 31, 2017
    Green Lands Blue Waters conference will focus on ecological farming with livestock

    “Continuous living cover: Bridging the gaps with livestock” is the theme of the 2017 Green Lands Blue Waters conference, which will be held in Wisconsin […]

  • Posted on October 17, 2017
    Fish respond to predator attack by doubling growth rate

    Scientists have known for years that when some fish sense predators eating members of their species, they try to depart the scene of the crime […]

  • Posted on October 16, 2017
    Study quantifies need to reduce phosphorus in soils—for the health of lakes and rivers

    For decades, phosphorous has accumulated in Wisconsin soils. Though farmers have taken steps to reduce the quantity of the agricultural nutrient applied to and running […]

  • Posted on October 13, 2017
    Conservation, collaboration, creativity: Grant County farmer charts own path, with a little help from scientist colleagues

    You never know where a conversation with Gerry Weiss will drive you. Today, it’s swerved toward fence-line weaning. Whatever that may be. Once explained, however, […]

  • Posted on October 12, 2017
    Safer native foods: Bacteriologist works with Alaska Natives to keep botulism out of traditional favorites

    At the edge of a remote Alaskan peninsula, 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle, lies the city of Kotzebue. Snow-covered in winter and starless […]

  • Posted on October 10, 2017
    Farmers using UW-built software statewide to cut pollution, plan soil fertility

    A software program intended to cut water pollution and soil erosion has matured into an essential production tool for farmers, says Fond du Lac County […]

  • Posted on October 6, 2017
    The 2017 field and forage crop season – Audio
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    Damon Smith, UW-Extension Field Crops Plant Pathologist Department of Plant Pathology University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences damon.smith@wisc.edu 608-286-9706 Total Time: 2:53 […]