Tag: Agricultural and Applied Economics
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Posted on September 14, 2020
There’s no use in wasting spilt milk: CALS, Extension experts help farmers repurpose surplus milk that would otherwise be dumped
Imagine the hard work of running a dairy farm — the relentless hours, the uncertainty over everything from the weather to prices, the worries about […]
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Posted on August 31, 2020
Seven short term, high impact projects at UW-Madison funded by state-sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently selected seven projects for funding through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. The one-year […]
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Posted on June 17, 2020
Badger Talks: How COVID-19 is affecting the meat supply chain
News stories about meat-packing workers succumbing to COVID-19 and meat shortages at grocery stores have caused some consumers to worry that the meat supply chain […]
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Posted on May 1, 2020
UW–Madison CALS experts available to discuss COVID-19 impacts on meat industry
Below are four experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) who are available to discuss various impacts of COVID-19 […]
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Posted on April 3, 2020
UW to host “Considerations for Landspreading Milk” webinar on Apr. 7
Some Wisconsin dairy farmers have been asked by their processors to withhold delivery of milk, resulting in the need for milk or milk/manure mixtures to […]
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Posted on March 17, 2020
Stephenson and Shutske: Six possible impacts of COVID-19 on farming
The World Health Organization now considers the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to be a pandemic. The rapidly evolving situation is raising questions throughout the U.S. The […]
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Posted on February 21, 2020
Decision-making guides for USDA commodity support programs ARC and PLC
Resources are available to help producers make decisions about enrolling in Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC), commodity support programs administered by […]
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Posted on January 17, 2020
Dairy contributions to Wisconsin’s economy – Audio
Mark Stephenson, Extension Dairy Policy Analyst Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mwstephenson@wisc.edu (608) 890-3755 Total Time – […]
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Posted on January 10, 2020
Wisconsin’s dairy industry in 2019 and 2020 – Audio
Mark Stephenson, Extension Dairy Policy Analyst Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension and the College of Agricultural and Life […]
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Posted on December 28, 2019
More green, less greenhouse gas: Sustainable dairy project finds ways to lower emissions while increasing profits
In 2013, the $10 million Dairy Coordinated Agricultural Project, or Dairy CAP, set out to assess the greenhouse gas contributions of the dairy industry and […]