Tag: Dairy science
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Posted on October 28, 2016
Alumna Molly Sloan on judging the World Dairy Expo – Audio
/RSS FeedMolly Sloan, Alta International Training Program Manager Alta Genetics ’06 Alumna Dairy Science, Life Sciences Communication msloan@altagenetics.com (815) 670-3706 MORE PHOTOS AVAILABLE HERE: https://flic.kr/s/aHskEVdcHv 3:07 […]
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Posted on October 27, 2016
Dreams of walking on colored shavings
In her youth, Molly Sloan dreamed of one day stepping onto the colorful shavings on the floor of the Dane County Coliseum in order to […]
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Posted on September 7, 2016
Jordan Ebert: A next-generation dairy farmer
Even though UW-Madison undergrad Jordan Ebert grew up on a dairy farm, he wouldn’t describe himself as a farm kid. “In high school, I focused […]
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Posted on August 31, 2016
UW-Madison partners with WPT for show on new farming challenges
The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Wisconsin Public Television have partnered for “Wisconsin’s Homegrown Farmer,” a program about the challenges facing a new generation of farmers […]
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Posted on August 30, 2016
UW-Madison dairy science department to hold visit day Sept. 28
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Dairy Science invites prospective students and their parents to visit campus on Wednesday, September 28, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 […]
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Posted on August 17, 2016
CALS announces 2016 Honorary Recognition awardees
On Oct. 13 the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) will present its Honorary Recognition Award to Ben Brancel, Bernard Easterday […]
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Posted on July 25, 2016
Happy hormone’s calcium connection may make cows and humans healthier
Serotonin is best known for eliciting feelings of happiness in the human brain, but scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found the hormone plays […]
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Posted on July 20, 2016
Pamela Ruegg
Over the last 18 years, Pamela Ruegg, professor of dairy science and UW-Extension specialist, has racked up more than 100 outreach activities and conference appearances […]
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Posted on June 7, 2016
Milk, motherhood and the dairy cow
In the 1990s, dairy farmers were seeing a troubling trend in their herds. As cows produced more milk, their reproductive performance declined. This downward slope […]
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Posted on April 27, 2016
Dairy science graduate student awarded prestigious National Science Foundation award
By earning a National Science Foundation fellowship that was awarded to barely 10 percent of the 17,000 applicants, Department of Dairy Science and Endocrine and […]