Category: Food Systems
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Posted on August 19, 2011
Erin Silva: science of organic field crop production
/RSS Feed[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/erin_silva_organic_crop_practices.mp3|titles=Erin Silva: Science of organic field crop production] Erin Silva, Associate Scientist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences emsilva@wisc.edu (608) 890-1503, […]
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Posted on August 12, 2011
DATCP’s Agriculture Enterprise Area Forum to feature CALS keynote speakers
Steven Deller and Bruce Jones, both professors of agricultural and applied economics, will give the keynote presentations at the first Agricultural Enterprise Area Forum, hosted […]
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Posted on July 29, 2011
UW study finds larger dairy farms tend to have better milk quality
Wisconsin’s larger dairy operations tended to fare better than the state’s small farms in a UW-Madison study of milk quality, although all of the state’s […]
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Posted on July 22, 2011
National Guard agribusiness team to learn “Ag 101” at CALS
CALS is welcoming 58 members of the Wisconsin National Guard Agribusiness Development Team to campus July 25–29 for a 40-hour “Ag 101” training. The course, […]
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Posted on July 19, 2011
Five things everyone should know about acai berries
1. They cannot leap tall buildings in a single bound. Nor will they flatten your tummy, cleanse your colon, boost your immune system or increase […]
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Posted on July 11, 2011
UW-Madison scientists played role in potato genome project
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are part of an international consortium that has successfully sequenced and analyzed the potato genome. The consortium’s work, which is described […]
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Posted on July 6, 2011
Tour schedule available for Agronomy/Soils Field Day on Aug. 31
The annual UW Agronomy/Soils Field Day will take place on August 31 at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station. While a full news release about the field […]
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Posted on June 20, 2011
New website helps farmers pick safe times to spread manure
CALS staffers in two departments helped create a new web-based tool that helps farmers decide when conditions are right to spread manure on their land, […]
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Posted on June 14, 2011
CALS students work magic at national food competition
Pixie Dust was magic for a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison food science graduate students in New Orleans last weekend. That’s the name of the […]
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Posted on June 9, 2011
UW scientists create low-acrylamide potato lines
What do Americans love more than French fries and potato chips? Not much-but perhaps we love them more than we ought to. Fat and calories […]
