Tag: Soil science
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Posted on July 6, 2011
Tour schedule available for Agronomy/Soils Field Day on Aug. 31
The annual UW Agronomy/Soils Field Day will take place on August 31 at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station. While a full news release about the field […]
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Posted on June 20, 2011
New website helps farmers pick safe times to spread manure
CALS staffers in two departments helped create a new web-based tool that helps farmers decide when conditions are right to spread manure on their land, […]
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Posted on May 27, 2011
Bonner Karger: research improves use of fertilizer
/RSS Feed[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bonner_karger_soils_research.mp3|titles=Bonner Karger: value of fertilizer research] Bonner Karger, Department of Soil Science Coordinator Wisconsin Fertilizer Research Council & Fund UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life […]
- Posted on May 23, 2011
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Posted on April 29, 2011
Dick Wolkowski: The pesky element phosphorus
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[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dick_wolkowski_phosphorous.mp3|titles=Dick Wolkowski: The pesky element phosphorus] Dick Wolkowski, Senior Scientist Department of Soil Science College of Agricultural and Life Sciences rpwolkow@facstaff.wisc.edu (608) 263-3913 The pesky […]
- Posted on April 11, 2011
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Posted on March 22, 2011
Teri Balser’s teaching style sparks curiosity and big picture thinking
CALS soil scientist Teresa Balser remembers the “aha moment” when she first decided to change her teaching style—a departure that, more than anything, led to […]
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Posted on March 15, 2011
When the deep freeze thaws
The melting of Arctic permafrost has vast implications for our global climate. CALS professor James Bockheim is studying cores of the frozen soil to gain a glimpse into the future.
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Posted on January 3, 2011
Soil, permafrost and climate change
Jim Bockheim, a UW-Madison soil scientist, studies carbon-rich soils in the Arctic and Antarctic, in hopes of better understanding how much carbon dioxide they will […]
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Posted on December 20, 2010
Teri Balser accepts U.S. Professor of the Year award
In her acceptance speech, soil scientist Teri Balser discusses her teaching approach.
