Information Sources for Wisconsin Flooding Articles What is the impact on crops? Joe Lauer (608-263-7438, jglauer@wisc.edu) is a professor of agronomy and an expert on […]

According to estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food-borne pathogens account for 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. As the food industry continues to globalize, food safety is expected to remain a significant public health issue.

Spring rains may make flowers–and crops–grow, but when stormwater runs off fields it can carry topsoil, chemicals and nutrients such as phosphorus into rivers and streams. This spring, a University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist and his team will begin tests to understand the mechanisms of erosion by tracking sediment movement as well as the flow of water over fields.

Graduate students spend years pursuing advanced degrees, and many follow up their Ph. D.s with post-doctoral fellowships. But after that, there’s a world of career opportunities available beyond academia–which is something that not all graduate students understand.

By installing headlocks in four-row freestall barns, farmers can reduce the risk to workers and increase their profits by as much as $43 per cow each year, say University of Wisconsin-Madison farm safety experts.

In recent months consumers have become all too familiar with news of oil costs spiking, and most experts agree that higher prices at the pump are likely here to stay. As the demand for alternative forms of energy grows,

A plan for a company that will offer a device to monitor and enhance athletic performance, particularly in rowing, earned Nate Altfeather, a biological systems […]

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering courses on milking machines, milking management and milk quality. The courses are primarily for veterinarians, industry professionals, and milking operation managers who have a basic level of knowledge and some field experience.

A soil stabilization method developed at the College has found a life-saving application in the deserts of Iraq and Kuwait. Developed to prevent soil erosion from hillsides and construction sites, the method also locks down dusty soils at helicopter landing sites.

Sundaram Gunasekaran, professor of food and bioprocess engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received the 2003 International Dairy Foods Association Research Award.