A University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has developed a useful Web tool to help Wisconsin farmers better manage the weeds in their fields.

Irwin Goldman, professor of horticulture and UW-Madison faculty member since 1992, has been appointed Vice Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. In his new position, he will oversee faculty hiring and development efforts, manage the college’s research division, and assist the Dean in planning strategies and launching new initiatives.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor will oversee a new $10 million federal program that will support a wide range of projects aimed at understanding and curbing poverty in developing nations.

As he puzzled out why what should have been a routine procedure wouldn’t work, Marcin Filutowicz made a discovery that led to the creation of a new biological tool for destroying bacterial pathogens.

Kevin Shinners wants farmers to put less energy into harvesting and handling biofuel crops: Less fuel, less time and less labor – both in the field and the biorefinery.

Rather than dwelling on finding ways to squeeze extra ethanol out of biomass from crops such as switchgrass, Weimer is concentrating his research on the leftovers. He thinks that the large heap of fermentation residue from the ethanol-making process – what many people consider a byproduct – could be far more valuable than the ethanol itself.

Michael Casler and Paul Weimer are experts on matters related to forage digestibility in dairy cows. So how did they end up doing research on […]

It is once again time for pumpkin racing on Lake Mendota, where spectators can watch University of Wisconsin-Madison horticulture students and faculty paddle giant gourds […]

The discovery of a mutant gene in fruit flies will likely provide scientists with a useful model to study neurodegenerative diseases in humans such as […]

John Louis of Richland Center, Bob Hagenow of Poynette, and Mary Klecker of Cambridge will receive Honorary Recognition awards Oct. XX from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.