Category: Food Systems
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Posted on March 12, 2015
ARS student intern inspired by summer of hands-on fieldwork
Before last summer, Vera Swanson’s only exposure to plant sciences had been through classes in introductory biology. That changed big-time when Swanson, a junior majoring […]
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Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research turns Greek yogurt waste into new products
With exploding consumer demand for Greek yogurt, production is up. That’s great for food companies’ bottom lines, but it also leaves them dealing with a lot […]
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Posted on March 9, 2015
School for beginning grape growers offered in March
The Midwest School for Beginning Grape Growers, a three-day workshop for anyone planning to start a vineyard business, will be offered March 29-31, 2015 on […]
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Posted on March 6, 2015
UW finds strategies to increase number of organic grain farms in Wisconsin
While the $35 billion U.S. organic industry continues to expand at a brisk pace, organic grain production is not keeping up with the growing demand for […]
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Insects play a role in the spread of food-born pathogens on crops
Imagine you’re standing in a sun-drenched field full of lettuce plants. There’s a gentle breeze and a smattering of tiny insects flitting about. It’s a […]
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Eliminating a costly disease of sheep – Audio
/RSS FeedThe story of Ovine Progressive Pneumonia 3:06 Total Time 0:12 – What is this sheep disease 0:37 – What are you doing to eliminate the […]
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Posted on February 27, 2015
And now, cows are texting too – Audio
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Cows now text messaging Doug Reinemann, Professor Department of Biological Systems Engineering UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences djreinem@wisc.edu Phone (608) 262-0223 2:56 – […]
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Posted on February 24, 2015
A groundbreaking gut check
You might expect that the most important break- through in feeding dairy cattle in years would rate a snazzy name. Instead, you get “total tract neutral […]
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Posted on February 20, 2015
Spring lambing at Arlington ARS – Audio
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Wisconsin sheep business Todd Taylor, Shepherd Department of Animal Science Arlington Agricultural Research Station UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences toddtaylor@wiscmail.wisc.edu Phone (608) 846-5858 […]
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Posted on February 17, 2015
Irwin Goldman on the Open Source Seed Initiative
Last April, professors Irwin Goldman of horticulture and Jack Kloppenburg of community and environmental sociology, as well as graduate student Claire Luby, mailed out packages […]
