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  • Posted on May 4, 2017
    From test tube to plate, UW–Madison program keeps potatoes clean

    Years before that french fry landed on your plate, the plant that would eventually give rise to the spud your fry was cut from was […]

  • Posted on April 27, 2017
    Fermenting a winner: Class brews up “Red Arrow American Pale Ale”

    A spooky silence pervaded a classroom at Babcock Hall on the UW–Madison campus Feb. 8 as a couple dozen students focused with laser-like intensity on […]

  • Posted on April 26, 2017
    For some plants, winter carries the keys to spring flowering

    It’s springtime in Wisconsin again. Home gardeners and farmers are busy tending to their beds and fields, relishing the fresh, green sprouts of flowers, vegetables and […]

  • Posted on April 14, 2017
    5 things to know about the future of ag – Audio
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    Mimi Broeski Deana Knuteson, researchers Nutrient and Pest Management Program (NPM) Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 3:03 – Total Time […]

  • Posted on April 13, 2017
    Antibiotic alternatives, delivered by friendly microbes

    Microbiologist Jan Peter van Pijkeren looks at probiotics — those microbes thought to provide health benefits in our bodies — as more than just friendly […]

  • Posted on April 11, 2017
    The science farm: A decades-long project offers insights into agriculture

    On a still and warm summer morning, as scientists drive along the dirt roads that crisscross the Arlington Agricultural Research Station, the fields sweep in […]

  • 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 […]

  • Posted on March 21, 2017
    Why we need cows – Audio
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    Why 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]