Located in the UW-Madison”s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Pesticide Use and Risk Reduction Project addresses the impacts of the U.S. Food Quality […]

The Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation has been chosen as this year’s Friend of Short Course. The Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation is the successor organization to the Wisconsin Rural Rehabilitation Corporation and these two organizations have provided more Short Course Scholarships than any other organization. The award was presented to Peter Dwyer of Verona, who represented the foundation’s board at the annual Short Course alumni reunion, held in Madison at Jingles.

High school juniors and seniors, their parents and other prospective students are invited to visit the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to see if the Farm and Industry Short Course will meet their needs.

Donald R. Peterson, emeritus professor of agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died of a heart attack Saturday, Aug. 8 in Madison. He was 73 years old.

Since receiving his bachelors degree 40 years ago from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Steve Slinger has been a link between Wisconsin muck farmers and UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. As an onion and mint grower from Randolph, Wis., Slinger has worked closely with CALS researchers and the Wisconsin Muck Farmers Association to raise research money and develop research projects.

If you’ve got a lawn-care problem or want to learn more about using less fertilizer and fewer pesticides, stop by the Homeowners Field Day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison O.J. Noer Turfgrass Research Facility. The field day is set for Aug. 23 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and it’s free. The facility is located at 3101 County M, just north of its intersection with County PD near Verona.

The latest developments in University of Wisconsin-Madison crops and soils research will be on display at Agronomy Field Day, Thursday, Sept. 11 at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Arlington Agricultural Research Station. Four tours will look at research in crop production, weed management, forage systems, and soil fertility research. The tour stops will be hosted by CALS researchers and extension specialists.

Compared with conventional moldboard plowing and no-tillage, a ridge-tillage system for corn approximately halved the fertilizer and herbicide movement to ground water while producing comparable yields in a four-year study on a sandy Wisconsin soil.

Soil scientist Kevin McSweeney has been named the new director of the School of Natural Resources at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Many farmers who visited the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station’s New Technology Field Day last month received their first exposure to precision farming – but probably not their last. Precision farming can help farmers cut input costs and reduce pollution.