CALS in the News for the Week of January 2-6

In the News

A Year That Was Good to Beets
NPR 12/30/2011
Quoted: Irwin Goldman, Horticulture

Bruce Jones to Head UW Agribusiness Institute
Wisconsin Ag Connection 1/5/2012
Quoted: Bruce Jones, Agricultural Economics

US’s biggest organic seed conference set for Jan. 19
Western Farm Press 1/5/2012
Mentioned: Bill Tracy, interim dean and director, CALS and professor, Agronomy

UW-Madison gets approval to renovate dairy facilities in 2012
The Country Today 1/4/2012
Quoted: Kent Weigel, Dairy Science

Wisconsin Corn Checkoff funds University research
Agri-View 1/5/2012
Mentioned: Shawn Conley, Agronomy
Mentioned: Ann MacGuidwin, Plant Pathology
Mentioned: Vince Davis, Agronomy
Mentioned: Paul Mitchell, Agricultural Economics

Wisconsin Corn Checkoff Funds University Research
Wisconsin Ag Connection 1/3/2012
Mentioned: Shawn Conley, Agronomy
Mentioned: Ann MacGuidwin, Plant Pathology
Mentioned: Vince Davis, Agronomy
Mentioned: Paul Mitchell, Agricultural Economics

All in black and white: Natzke, Elliott earn top honors at Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention
The Country Today 1/4/2012
Quoted: Laura Elliott, CALS undergraduate
Quoted: Kyle Natzke, FISC alumnus

Milk prices ring in 2012 on a lower note
The Country Today 1/4/2012
Quoted: Robert Cropp, Agricultural Economics
Quoted: Ken Bolton, Center for Dairy Profitability

Finley, Blake crowned Holstein royalty
Wisconsin State Farmer 1/5/2012
Quoted: Laura Finley, CALS undergraduate
Quoted: Anna Blake, CALS undergradate
Quoted: Breinne Hendrickson, CALS undergraduate
Quoted: Carrie Warmka, CALS undergraduate

Natzke, Elliott earn top Holstein honors
Wisconsin State Farmer 1/5/2012
Quoted: Laura Elliott, CALS undergraduate
Quoted; Kyle Natzke, FISC alumnus

Of Interest

On Campus: UW ranked 13th ‘best value’ public university by Kiplinger’s
Wisconsin State Journal 1/3/2012

Science and Security Clash on Bird-Flu Papers
The Chronicle of Higher Education 1/1/2012

World Food Prices Will Probably Decline This Year, UN Says
Bloomberg BusinessWeek 1/3/2012

Corn Seed Shortage Sows Farm Belt Woes
The Wall Street Journal 1/5/2012