Tag: Top Stories
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Posted on March 13, 2006
Enterprise budgets help farmers plan for profits
Are you considering a new value-added business for your farm? Budgeting tools from the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison can […]
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New Report Emphasizes Wisconsin’s Leadership in Organic Agriculture
With the second highest number of certified organic farms in the U.S., Wisconsin is a national leader in organic crop and livestock production. Organic Agriculture […]
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Posted on March 7, 2006
Governor and First Lady Doyle Celebrate the Peace Corps in Ag Hall
Governor Jim Doyle and First Lady Jessica Doyle met with former and future Peace Corps volunteers in Agriculture Hall on Friday, March 3rd to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the program.
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New Status Report Available on Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin
Wisconsin continues to be a national leader in organic food production, despite the fact that certified organic farms, acreage and production represent only a small […]
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Posted on March 6, 2006
Wood County 4-H teams wins state, heads for national dairy quiz bowl competition
A 4-H team from Wood County won the Wisconsin 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest and will represent the state at the national competition in Kentucky.
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Mispairs in genetic material make protein synthesis more efficient
Writing today in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist reveals that mispaired nucleotides in transfer RNA actually make the molecule more adroit, enhancing its ability to build proteins.
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Posted on February 13, 2006
UW-Madison team takes second at Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest
One of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s two teams placed first in oral reasons and second overall in the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest held January 15, 2006 in Fort Worth, Tx.
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Posted on February 1, 2006
The cream of the crop
All-America Selections has chosen the College’s West Madison Agricultural Research Station as the winner of the 2005 AAS Display Garden Exemplary Education Award.
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Posted on January 26, 2006
Survey analyzes region’s logging sector
Private woodland owners provide the majority of timber harvested in Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and most owners choose to selectively cut, rather than clearcut, their woodlands, according to a study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Michigan State University.
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Posted on January 23, 2006
Mining for Gems in the Fungal Genome
Ever since penicillin, a byproduct of a fungal mold, was discovered in 1929, scientists have scrutinized fungi for other breakthrough drugs. As reported today in The Journal of Chemistry and Biology, a team led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has developed a new method that may speed the ongoing quest for medically useful compounds in fungi.