Category: Food Systems
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Posted on December 4, 2015
Organic grain production and marketing course offered in January
With organic grain prices as much as three times higher than conventional prices and demand for organic grain far outstripping supply, opportunities abound in this […]
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Posted on November 24, 2015
No axes to grind as U of M and UW students solve dairy management issues together
Students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Minnesota replaced their rivalry with camaraderie during the 2015 Badger Dairy Challenge on Oct. 23-24. […]
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Posted on November 18, 2015
Farmers across the Midwest benefit from UW – Vita Plus connections
It’s a crisp fall day as Augusta Hagen drives south of Monroe, Wisconsin into Illinois. Mahon Farms Dairy is just across the state line in […]
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Posted on November 11, 2015
Art for fruit’s sake
Look closely at the watermelon in this painting by seventeenth-century Italian artist Giovanni Stanchi. Yes, that watermelon, in the lower right corner: with its light […]
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Posted on November 9, 2015
Wisconsin: No.1 cranberry producer in the world
October was harvesting time for cranberry farmers in Wisconsin. Aided by UW-Madison research, cranberry bushes are producing higher yields with heartier and sweeter berries, with a shorter time […]
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Posted on November 6, 2015
Food safety for the holidays – Audio
/RSS FeedFood safety tips for the holiday Kathy Glass, Distinguished Scientist Food Research Institute UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences kglass@wisc.edu Phone (608) 263-6935, (608) […]
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Posted on October 29, 2015
Sprouting a new future for Wisconsin’s red and white
At a family farm where over 2 percent of the world’s cranberries are grown, Wisconsin’s state fruit sat in two bowls available to guests. In […]
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Posted on October 23, 2015
Advancing sheep genetics – Audio
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Making improvements to sheep genetics David Thomas, Professor, Department of Animal Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences dlthomas@wisc.edu Phone (608) 263-4306, (608) 263-4300 […]
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Posted on October 20, 2015
To eat it or not: Food biosensors offer improved freshness and safety indicators
Food engineer Sundaram Gunasekaran, a professor of biological systems engineering, works with gold. But you won’t find the shiny yellow stuff in his lab; instead, […]
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Posted on September 23, 2015
Five things everyone should know about unmanned aerial vehicles in agriculture
1) Agriculture is poised to become the biggest market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Up to 80 percent of the commercial market for UAVs will […]
