Category: Food Systems
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Posted on August 1, 2017
UW Organic Agriculture Field Day to focus on cover crops and soil health
In a growing season that has brought both too much and too little rain across the North Central region, farmers are increasingly looking for ways […]
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Posted on July 28, 2017
Wisconsin hosts the 2017 North American Manure Expo – Aug. 22-23
The latest equipment and technology for professional manure management will be on display at the 2017 North American Manure Expo on Aug. 22 and 23 […]
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Posted on July 27, 2017
UW field day, tasting dinner feature organic vegetables
Vegetable farmers and interested home gardeners are invited to attend the UW Organic Vegetable Variety Trials Field Day, set for Thursday Aug. 24 at the […]
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Posted on July 26, 2017
UW–Madison’s Lancaster ag station celebrates half-century study of crop rotation
Shortly after it was established in 1963, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Lancaster Agricultural Research Station embarked on a study of crop rotation, to serve the […]
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Posted on July 25, 2017
Summit findings showcase best practices for sustaining public plant breeding
How can public plant breeding programs reap royalties and research investments while keeping their cultivars in the public domain? This is one of the challenges […]
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Taking the genomic revolution to corn fields to improve crops
“Having the sequence of a genome is like having the blueprint of a house,” says Natalia de Leon, a professor of agronomy at the University of […]
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Posted on July 18, 2017
Training series to help farmers sell local food to Wisconsin schools
Farmers interested in selling their products to K-12 schools and early care sites are encouraged to attend “Know Your Buyer, Know Your Supplier” trainings across […]
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A big-city ag high school blossoms: CALS helps leads a rebirth of Vincent Agricultural High School
It’s just after lunch at Milwaukee Vincent, and students are settling into their two-hour Advanced Animal Science class. Using their fingers to write on an […]
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Public invited to horticulture field day at UW’s West Madison Ag Research Station
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s West Madison Agricultural Research Station (ARS) will be hosting a field day for the general public on Saturday, Aug. 12. The […]
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Posted on July 14, 2017
Late blight in potatoes and tomatoes – Audio
/RSS FeedAmanda Gevens, UW-Extension plant pathologist Department of Plant Pathology UW-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences gevens@wisc.edu http://vegetables.wisc.edu/ 608-890-3072 Total Time – 3:01 0:16 – […]
