Tag: Agricultural and Applied Economics
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Posted on December 11, 2017
Never too late: Alum participates in winter commencement 50 years after earning degree
Update: See a recap of the commencement ceremony here and photos of the event, including pictures of Barraza, here. Several months ago, Luciano Barraza’s grandson […]
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Posted on November 20, 2017
Experts in smart energy: New one-year master’s degree fills a needed niche
For decades, American energy companies have tried to persuade customers to use less energy. Using giveaways and various other financial incentives, utilities have promoted new […]
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Posted on October 25, 2017
Unintended consequences: Democratic Republic of the Congo
For Dominic Parker, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, a research foray into mining practices in Africa dug up some unexpected findings. Parker wanted […]
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Posted on September 18, 2017
A CALS “Bridge to Business” turns 20
Each January, the Renk Agribusiness Institute hosts the Wisconsin Ag Outlook Forum and releases the Status of Wisconsin Agriculture report—a sure sign for the agricultural […]
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Posted on August 22, 2017
UW team’s “virtual dairy farm brain” aims to help farmers make smarter decisions
There’s a failure to communicate on Mitch Breunig’s dairy farm. The problem doesn’t involve people—Breunig and his crew share information just fine. It has to […]
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Posted on March 2, 2017
Fast-track master’s preps graduates for jobs in energy analysis
For decades, American energy companies have tried to persuade customers to use less energy. Using giveaways and various other financial incentives, utilities have promoted new […]
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Posted on February 28, 2017
Helping women farm in Mali
Women in many industrialized countries are all too familiar with the “second shift”—the domestic duties they still perform disproportionately (compared with their husbands) once their […]
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Posted on January 13, 2017
2017 Dairy outlook – Audio
/RSS FeedMark Stephenson, Extension Dairy Policy Analyst Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mwstephenson@wisc.edu Phone (608) 890-3755 NOTE: Fourth […]
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Posted on January 6, 2017
Innovation drives food business – Audio
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Paul Mitchell, Extension Agricultural Economist Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences pdmitchell@wisc.edu (608) 265-6514, (608) 263-3964 NOTE: Third […]
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Posted on December 30, 2016
Dairy year in review – Audio
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Mark Stephenson, Extension Dairy Policy Analyst Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mwstephenson@wisc.edu Phone (608) 890-3755 NOTE: Second […]
