Category: Food Systems
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Posted on December 20, 2013
Milk prices paid to farmers look stable for 2014
Bob Cropp, emeritus professor of agricultural and applied economics, offers the following outlook for prices paid to dairy farmers for the year ahead: Looking ahead […]
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Posted on December 19, 2013
Both students and dairies win with new Badger Dairy Challenge
Written by Adam Hinterthuer, freelance writer for CALS Four women dressed in business attire stood at the head of a conference table, backlit by the […]
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Posted on December 8, 2013
Real World Smart
CALS dairy science student Brian Schnell and department chair Kent Weigel were featured in a TV program called Forward Motion that aired on the Big […]
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Posted on November 27, 2013
Local economy receives boost with USDA funding for rural co-op development
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded a third year of funding to Cooperative Network and the University of Wisconsin […]
- Posted on November 26, 2013
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Posted on November 21, 2013
The power of pizza: CALS is helping state cheesemakers develop new varieties
The busloads of schoolkids who visit Jauquet Dairy each year have lots to talk about when they get home—from the really cute newborn calves to […]
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Posted on November 20, 2013
Hancock ag station partners with industry to boost vegetable growers
The research advances at UW–Madison’s Hancock Agricultural Research Station are keeping vegetable growers on the cutting edge of the industry, producers told Chancellor Rebecca Blank […]
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UW School for Beginning Market Growers offered in January
The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for anyone wanting to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered January 10–12 […]
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Posted on November 19, 2013
New technology could help food crops thrive in crowded fields
With the global population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, the world’s farmers are going to need to produce a lot more food — […]
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Posted on November 18, 2013
Photographing a diva
Dairy cattle aren’t all that eager to sit, or rather stand, for a portrait. Professional livestock photographers know that, and now, so do UW-Madison photographer Bryce Richter and writer […]