Category: Food Systems
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Posted on June 10, 2016
New labels for blade tenderized meat – Audio
/RSS FeedJeff Sindelar, Extension meats specialist Department of Animal Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences jsindelar@wisc.edu (608) 262-0555 2:40 – Total Time 0:12 – […]
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Posted on June 7, 2016
Milk, motherhood and the dairy cow
In the 1990s, dairy farmers were seeing a troubling trend in their herds. As cows produced more milk, their reproductive performance declined. This downward slope […]
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Posted on June 1, 2016
Media advisory: International Conference on Quantitative Genetics in Madison June 12-17
Quantitative genetics researchers from around the globe are set to gather in Madison, Wisconsin June 12-17 for the 5th International Conference on Quantitative Genetics (ICQG5). […]
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Posted on May 31, 2016
Media advisory: New farms rooted in the CALS experience
The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) helps produce alumni who are inspired to be a part of the agricultural system. As […]
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Wine guide
A few things immediately come to mind at the mention of Wisconsin: cheese, beer, the Green Bay Packers. Nick Smith wants to add wine to […]
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Posted on May 24, 2016
For senior Marjorie Kersten, the solution to global malnutrition is tiny
Where most of us see creepy crawlers, UW-Madison senior Marjorie Kersten sees the solution to global malnutrition. We’re talking about eating insects—or “entomophagy” if that […]
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Posted on May 20, 2016
Potato storage research advances – Audio
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Troy Fishler, Manager, Potato Storage Research Facility Hancock Agricultural Research Station UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences troy.fishler@wisc.edu – 715-935-0088 2:59 – Total Time […]
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Posted on May 13, 2016
Advisory: UW-Madison experts contribute to national GMO crops report
Two University of Wisconsin—Madison professors contributed to a national report on genetically engineered (GE) crops to be released on Tuesday, May 17 by the National […]
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2016 corn season underway – Audio
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2016 corn season underway Joe Lauer Extension Corn Agronomist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (608) 263-7438 (608) 262-1390 jglauer@wisc.edu 3:05 […]
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Posted on May 9, 2016
Carrot genome paints picture of domestication, could help improve crops
Sometimes, the evolutionary history of a species can be found in a fossil record. Other times, rocks and imprints must be swapped for DNA and […]
