Category: Food Systems
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Posted on November 22, 2011
Drought-driven rise in hay prices eats into dairy margins, especially out west
It’s not enough that the prices for fuel and fertilizer keep going up but everything dairy producers use to feed cows also is on the […]
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Posted on November 21, 2011
The importance of beets
Learn about beets–including the vegetable’s role in social justice–from Irwin Goldman, a CALS horticulture professor and the nation’s only publicly supported beet breeder.
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Registration open for UW’s 2012 Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum
Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum. The event will be held on the UW-Madison campus on January 25, 2012. Speakers […]
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Posted on November 16, 2011
Global commission delivers food security policy recommendations
A new report published by an independent global commission of eminent scientists states that the world’s food system needs an immediate transformation to meet current […]
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Posted on November 14, 2011
Michael Bell named director of UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Environmental sociologist Michael Bell has been named director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS), a multi-disciplinary research and outreach program that focuses on […]
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Posted on November 11, 2011
Farm Short Course invites H.S. seniors and juniors to preview days
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course invites prospective students and their parents to campus on Nov. 30 or Dec. 1, 2011 to […]
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Centenarian’s recollections of his farm-boy days support scholarships for today’s rural youth
Olaf Larson PhD’41, age 101, wrote his latest book for his children and grandchildren, not thinking it would necessarily appeal to a larger audience. Larson […]
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Popular UW-Madison program for first year students continues to grow
Scott Barton, a New York-based chef, is no stranger to his role as kitchen commander. He bounces around the room, correcting techniques, dispensing trivia about […]
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Trends in 2011 dairy prices charted
The market prices for milk products such as butter, dry whey, nonfat dry milk tend to fluctuate during the year. UW-Madison dairy economist Brian Gould […]
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Posted on November 10, 2011
Wisconsin grain farmers likely to benefit from smaller U.S. crop
“Like last year, it appears Wisconsin grain sellers will benefit from a ‘down’ crop in much of the rest of the Midwest,” suggests Mike Rankin, […]