Bridging borders: Mexican partnerships provide rich experiences for CALS students

What Katie Behnke BS’08 MS’10 remembers most from a CALS trip to Mexico is the sight of cows grazing under coconut trees. It was on […]

UW beginning farmer school offers classes and mentoring at 17 sites across the state

If you’re an aspiring dairy or livestock farmer looking for some instruction and mentoring within reasonable driving distance, the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and […]

Babcock Institute making Wisconsin the world’s dairyland

David Combs: Do cows have to learn how to graze?

[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/david_combs_learning_to_graze.mp3|titles=David Combs: How cows learn to graze] Sevie Kenyon Some new research about grazing dairy cattle:  We’re visiting today with David Combs, Department of Dairy […]

Lou Armentano: byproducts valuable part of ethanol production

[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/lou_armentano_ethanol_DDG.mp3|titles=Lou Armentano: corn to ethanol] Transcript: Sevie Kenyon Corn goes in, ethanol comes out. We are visiting today with Lou Armentano, Department of Dairy Science, […]

Finding a cow’s inner dairyness

The dairy industry has spent a century searching for the perfect traits in a milk cow. Advances in genetics are getting us closer than ever – and changing our idea of perfect in the process.

Randy Shaver: Dairy feed costs hard to manage [audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/randy_shaver_feed_costs.mp3|titles=Randy Shaver: Managing dairy feed costs]

Tweeting the farm with Amy Radunz [audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/amy_radunz_twitter.mp3|titles=Amy Radunz Tweets the farm!]

Sheep symposium

CALS Dairy Science department will hold preview day for H.S. seniors and transfer students Oct. 28

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Dairy Science invites high school seniors and transfer students interested in exploring an education in dairy science to a […]