Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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Posted on April 11, 2024
Extinction of Species class offers insights into global biodiversity, threats and solutions
Our world is vast and brimming with an array of creatures. It can be challenging to think about what goes on outside our own neighborhoods, […]
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Posted on March 18, 2024
Dairy Innovation Hub partners to support research to reduce cattle methane emissions
It’s easy to ruminate over methane when thinking about dairy and its challenges. Dairy cattle are an essential piece of Wisconsin’s $45.6 billion dairy community, […]
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New research finds boreal arctic wetlands are producing more methane over time
Scientists have been measuring global methane emissions for decades, but the boreal arctic —with a wide range of biomes including wetlands that extend across the […]
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Posted on February 7, 2024
Dave Marach named superintendent of UW’s O.J. Noer Turfgrass Facility
Dave Marach joined the staff of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences in January 2024 as superintendent at the O.J. Noer […]
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Posted on February 5, 2024
Five energizing facts about agrivoltaics
In the quest to combat climate change, the idea of using agricultural landscapes in the Midwest to support renewable energy production has focused primarily on […]
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Posted on December 27, 2023
Multitasking microbes: UW–Madison scientists engineer bacteria to make two valuable products from plant fiber
We often look to the smallest lifeforms for help solving the biggest problems: Microbes help make foods and beverages, cure diseases, treat waste and even […]
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Posted on December 7, 2023
UW–Madison’s new FISC Ag Forward short course offers dairy trainings led by CALS experts
FISC Ag Forward, a new short course offered by University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course program, will be offered Jan. 16-19 on the […]
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Posted on December 6, 2023
2024 OGRAIN Organic Grain Conference offered in February
The 2024 OGRAIN Organic Grain Conference will be held Feb. 2-3, with an optional Regenerative Organic Event on Feb. 1. The conference will take place […]
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Posted on November 20, 2023
UW–Madison offers new FISC Ag Forward short course, with dairy production and management as inaugural course’s focus
FISC Ag Forward, a new short course offered by University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course program, will be offered Jan. 16-19 on the […]
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Posted on November 15, 2023
Grass and shrublands burn more land and homes than forest fires
When people think of wildfires, they often think of huge forests burning and flames jumping from tree to tree. But according to new research led […]