Category: Food Systems
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Posted on November 10, 2016
Nematode resistance in soybean
A NIFA-funded research team led by Dr. Andrew Bent at the University of Wisconsin uncovered the molecular mechanism of a very widely used soybean trait for […]
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Posted on November 3, 2016
School for Beginning Market Growers Offered in January
The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for anyone planning to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered January 6-8, […]
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Posted on October 26, 2016
Craig Dueholm: A Farm and Industry Short Course success story
When Craig Dueholm went off to UW–Madison to attend the Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) program, it wasn’t simply to learn more about dairy […]
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Alumnus Jeff Merritt shows the power of Farm and Industry Short Course
For more than 130 years, young men and women have been coming to UW-Madison to take the Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) at the […]
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Posted on October 19, 2016
Spooner Research Station dairy sheep flock dispersed at auction
Eighty years of sheep research and outreach came to an end with the dispersal of the dairy sheep flock at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station […]
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Posted on October 18, 2016
Beyond genes: Protein atlas scores nitrogen fixing duet
Of the many elusive grails of agricultural biotechnology, the ability to confer nitrogen fixation into non-leguminous plants such as cereals ranks near the very top. […]
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Posted on October 7, 2016
Moldy corn and soybean issues – Audio
/RSS FeedMoldy corn and soybean issues Damon L. Smith, Extension Field Crop Pathologist Department of Plant Pathology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences damon.smith@wisc.edu (608) […]
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Posted on October 4, 2016
Hancock Agricultural Research Station links farmers and researchers
UW-Madison University Communications recently produced a short video about Hancock Agricultural Research Station, highlighting the station’s role linking farmers from across the state and UW–Madison researchers. […]
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Media advisory: UW-Madison food science department to celebrate new wine industry partnership
MEDIA ADVISORY 10/4/16 CONTACT: Monica Theis, mltheis@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2225 What: Open house to learn about UW-Madison partnership with wine industry When: 2 to 4 p.m. […]
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Posted on September 23, 2016
You say potato, I say potential! Research station connects growers, researchers and industry leaders
The Hancock Agricultural Research Station, a 412-acre vegetable research farm founded in 1916 in central Wisconsin, links farmers from across the state and UW-Madison researchers. Growers, […]