The table beet is a biennial plant. That means, left to its own devices, a beet plant takes a full two growing seasons to complete […]

Additional photographs available at CALS Flickr For two weeks in late May, Kemp Natural Resources Station was home and headquarters to 24 UW–Madison students gaining […]

As one of April’s last snowstorms swirls outside, obscuring the view of west campus, the students’ thoughts inside turn to warmer climes. Much warmer. Some […]

The summer vegetables sag in the wake of the first frosts. But the low October sun still warms the fields of the Eagle Heights Community Garden as Devon […]

Launching a scholarship — even before graduating Abagail Catania, an agricultural business management major, took the unusual step of creating a scholarship for other undergraduates while […]

University of Wisconsin–Madison dairy science student Morgan Larson helps take care of the campus Meat Lab and the students who work there. Auna Kaufmann-Schwartz, a […]

Students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Dairy Science earned second place honors at the National North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge Contest, which was […]

A bioreactor that removes phosphorus from lakes, an easy-to-use harness system designed to prevent falls from dangerous heights, and an early detection sensor for toxic […]

For most people, a fruit smoothie is a healthy, refreshing drink. For students who sign up for Plant Pathology 123 during Summer Term at the […]

Scientists in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry are watching evolution happen in real time. In a recent study published online in the Journal of Bacteriology, biochemistry […]