Category: Food Systems
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Posted on June 29, 2017
UW’s new dairy youth specialist aims to serve kids from both farm and nonfarm backgrounds
When Kalyanna Williams says that there are opportunities for non-farm youth in the dairy industry, she speaks from experience. Williams, who recently took the job […]
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Posted on June 26, 2017
Frozen Dessert Center Conference set for Oct. 23
The Frozen Dessert Center, housed within the UW-Madison Department of Food Science, is pleased to announce its first annual Frozen Dessert Center Conference. The conference, […]
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Posted on June 22, 2017
Feucht inducted in Wisconsin Army National Guard Hall of Honor for agricultural work in Afghanistan
During a three-decade career in the United States military, Colonel Darrel D. “AJ” Feucht has led missions in far-flung places like Nicaragua, Japan and Afghanistan. […]
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Posted on June 20, 2017
Mike Peters named director of UW-Madison Ag Research Station network
Mike Peters has been named director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Agricultural Research Station (ARS) network, the university’s system of 11 research stations located throughout […]
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Posted on June 19, 2017
New program makes vegetables, produce available for free on campus
A line of about 20 students and staff members stretched down the hallway of the Student Activities Center last Friday, waiting for the chance to […]
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Posted on June 14, 2017
Summer 2017 organic grain field day series
Faced with another year of relatively low commodity prices, more farmers may be open to trying something new: transitioning to organic production. To help farmers learn […]
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Posted on June 13, 2017
Like valium for fish? UW-Madison discovery aims to solve stress in fish farms
A University of Wisconsin–Madison group that discovered a way to improve survival in fish farms has begun to unravel the mechanism behind their unexpected finding. […]
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Posted on June 9, 2017
New guide to toxic plants – Audio
/RSS FeedMark Renz, UW-Extension Weed Scientist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mrenz@wisc.edu 608-263-7437 3:05 – Total Time 0:14 – The Guide […]
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Posted on June 8, 2017
Lactation sensation: Laura Hernandez works to improve milk production, for the benefit of both cows and humans
When the city girl decides to study lactation, she must first learn to milk a cow. Laura Hernandez, an assistant professor of dairy science at CALS, […]
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Posted on June 6, 2017
WARF and UW–Madison ranked sixth among universities in U.S. utility patents in 2016
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which serves as the designated patent management organization for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, moved up to sixth place among […]