Tag: Horticulture
- Posted on May 25, 2012
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Posted on May 7, 2012
Jed Colquhoun
Two years ago Jed Colquhoun PhD’00 told CALS’ Grow magazine about a vegetable grower who had to leave 40 acres of carrots in the field […]
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Posted on May 4, 2012
Irwin Goldman: Badger Flame, Sunset, Torch beet varieties released – audio
/RSS Feed[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/irwin_goldman_3_new_beets.mp3|titles=Irwin Goldman releases new beet varieties] Three colorful new beet varieties released Irwin Goldman, Professor Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences […]
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Posted on April 30, 2012
Five things everybody should know about hops
1. Wisconsin was once the nation’s largest producer of hops. The 1860s saw “an unbounded zeal” in Wisconsin hop production, according to the Milwaukee Sentinel […]
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Posted on April 9, 2012
Allen Centennial Gardens in 2012
“Paint Your Garden” is the Allen Centennial Gardens theme for 2012. ACG director Ed Lyon explains in this CALS video.
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Posted on March 9, 2012
New online map pinpoints independent garden centers – Audio
/RSS Feed[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/eileen_nelson_independent_garden_centers.mp3|titles=New map pinpoints independent garden centers] Eileen Nelson, Faculty Associate Department of Horticulture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences eonelson@wisc.edu (608) 265-5283 New online […]
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Posted on March 5, 2012
Field to Foodbank program
Wisconsin farmers are now sending surplus vegetables—in canned form—to the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, preventing tons and tons of nutrient-rich vegetables from going […]
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Posted on February 13, 2012
Wisconsin Chip Potato Research
UW-Madison scientists collaborate with the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association in a continual effort to improve the state’s chipping potatoes. This work, a great […]
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Posted on January 30, 2012
Gypsum powder helps Peruvians improve potato crop
After proving he could increase the yields of some of Peru’s most popular potato varieties, Jiwan Palta still had a tough panel of critics to […]
- Posted on January 3, 2012