University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are developing a new way to measure crop yields from space using satellite remote-sensing technology. They recently used this innovative approach […]

A six-year Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) study on the viability of different bioenergy feedstocks recently demonstrated that perennial cropping systems such as switchgrass, […]

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Corn sets yield records in Wisconsin Joe Lauer, Extension Corn Agronomist Department of Agronomy UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (608) 263-7438 (608) 262-1390 […]

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UW-Madison researchers have teamed up with community leaders to analyze Green Lake, Wisconsin’s deepest inland lake and a crucial habitat for lake trout and other […]

It may look jury-rigged, but it’s cutting-edge science. In a back room in the university’s Seeds Building, researchers scan ears of corn—three at a time—on […]

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Michigan State University (MSU) report today that emissions of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) can be […]