Category: Food Systems
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Posted on March 31, 2017
Simpler detection for ketosis helps support state dairies
Mitch Breunig has been around dairy cows long enough — all his life, to be exact – to suspect something was amiss with two of […]
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Posted on March 21, 2017
Why we need cows – Audio
/RSS FeedWhy do we need cows? Michel Wattiaux, Professor Department of Dairy Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences wattiaux@wisc.edu (608) 263-3493 3:03 – Total […]
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Posted on March 14, 2017
Study quantifies role of ‘legacy phosphorus’ in reduced water quality
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 […]
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Posted on March 10, 2017
Food sovereignty events explore indigenous cuisine
The first Food Sovereignty Symposium and Festival in Madison will be March 10 to 12. It focuses on indigenous communities and food sovereignty topics that […]
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Posted on February 28, 2017
Five things everyone should know about the future of agriculture
1) Apps are critical to ag. Farmers use mobile technology for many things, including turning irrigation and other equipment on or off, maintaining pest counts from […]
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Posted on February 20, 2017
University experts help Roelli create champion cheese
If you walk into Roelli Cheese Haus near Shullsburg in southwest Wisconsin, you’ll see plenty of succulent Wisconsin cheeses — but not Little Mountain, the […]
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Posted on February 6, 2017
Monsanto donates Middleton plant research facility to UW-Madison
A $10 million commercial biotech plant laboratory in Middleton, Wisconsin, first opened in 1982 with the help of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists, will soon become […]
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Posted on February 3, 2017
Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center – Audio
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Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center Shawn Kaeppler, Professor Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences smkaeppl@facstaff.wisc.edu (608) 262-9571 FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://cropinnovation.cals.wisc.edu/ 3:06 […]
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Posted on January 27, 2017
Cover crops in Wisconsin – Audio
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Matt Ruark, Assistant Professor Department of Soil Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mdruark@wisc.edu (608) 263-2889 FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://waterwaynetwork.org/ 3:01 – Total […]
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Posted on January 24, 2017
Potato industry commits $5M to support UW-Madison potato and vegetable research program
Wisconsin’s potato industry has had a strong, decades-long partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s potato researchers, one that has helped place Wisconsin among the top […]
