Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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Posted on July 6, 2017
Five things everyone should know about sloths
1) A sloth is not a sloth. There are two types of tree sloths that diverged roughly 20 million years ago—two-toed and three-toed sloths, so named […]
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Posted on June 20, 2017
Mike Peters named director of UW-Madison Ag Research Station network
Mike Peters has been named director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Agricultural Research Station (ARS) network, the university’s system of 11 research stations located throughout […]
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Posted on June 14, 2017
Summer 2017 organic grain field day series
Faced with another year of relatively low commodity prices, more farmers may be open to trying something new: transitioning to organic production. To help farmers learn […]
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Posted on June 9, 2017
New guide to toxic plants – Audio
/RSS FeedMark Renz, UW-Extension Weed Scientist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mrenz@wisc.edu 608-263-7437 3:05 – Total Time 0:14 – The Guide […]
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Posted on June 2, 2017
50 years of rotation – Audio
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Arin Crooks, Superintendent Lancaster Agricultural Research Station UW-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences arin.crooks@wisc.edu 608-723-2580 3:09 – Total Time 0:20 – The study 0:46 […]
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Bacteria may supercharge the future of wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment plants have a PR problem: People don’t like to think about what happens to the waste they flush down their toilets. But for […]
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Posted on May 26, 2017
Government transparency limited when it comes to America’s conserved private lands
American taxpayers spend millions of dollars each year to conserve privately owned lands. These lands provide public benefits like timber, water quality protection and food. […]
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Posted on May 19, 2017
A visit to the Lancaster ARS – Audio
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Arin Crooks, Superintendent Lancaster Agricultural Research Station UW-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences arin.crooks@wisc.edu 608-723-2580 3:09 – Total Time 0:16 – Introduction to the […]
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Posted on May 5, 2017
Kernza: A crop with many uses – Audio
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Valentin Picasso Risso, Assistant Professor Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (608) 890-3858 picassorisso@wisc.edu 3:09 – Total Time 0:16 – What […]
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Posted on May 4, 2017
New book gives personal account of pioneering Yellowstone research
Tom Brock views his career as a series of three ventures. Sitting inside a cabin warmed by a wood-fed stove at his third venture, the […]
