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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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Posted on July 14, 2017
    Late blight in potatoes and tomatoes – Audio
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    Amanda 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 – […]

  • Posted on July 11, 2017
    Field day will address diversified organic grain rotations – July 21

    There is a growing demand for organic grains, but there’s also a learning curve that farmers have to navigate before accessing the market. Organic and […]

  • Posted on June 30, 2017
    The 2017 soybean growing season – Audio
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    Shawn Conley, Extension soybean and small grains specialist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 608-262-7975 spconley@wisc.edu 3:03 – Total time 0:16 – […]

  • 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 […]