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  • Posted on August 22, 2017
    UW team’s “virtual dairy farm brain” aims to help farmers make smarter decisions

    There’s a failure to communicate on Mitch Breunig’s dairy farm. The problem doesn’t involve people—Breunig and his crew share information just fine. It has to […]

  • Posted on August 21, 2017
    Shaping the future of farming: The Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center to serve as an incubator for agricultural improvement

    Thirty-five years ago, when CALS bacteriologist Winston Brill and his colleagues set out to exploit science’s newfound ability to manipulate genes to confer new traits […]

  • Posted on August 16, 2017
    Students on the cutting edge: Undergrads contribute to knowledge and get an advantage in the job market

    CALS undergrads are an impressive bunch, eager to get the most out of their time at college. As they tackle the challenging coursework required for […]

  • Posted on August 8, 2017
    Sparkling wine from Kewaunee best in show at first Wisconsin wine taste-off

    Nineteen Wisconsin wineries presented 93 wines at the first annual “Wine is Wisconsin” competition on the UW–Madison campus on Monday. The wines, made from grapes, […]

  • Posted on August 4, 2017
    Improvements in corn production – Audio
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    Flashback podCALS: This was originally published in April 2014. Joe Lauer, Professor Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (608) 263-7438 (608) 262-1390 […]

  • Posted on August 3, 2017
    UW Agronomy/Soils Field Day scheduled for Aug. 30

    The 2017 UW Agronomy/Soils Field Day will highlight University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension research to help understand and cultivate resilient agricultural systems – systems that recover or […]

  • Posted on August 2, 2017
    Field day focuses on adding organic grain to large-scale farms

    Farmer interest is growing in growing organic grain. Many large-scale grain farms throughout the country are transitioning some or all of their acres to organic […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]