In the News

New traffic law changes how you pass slow vehicles – Audio
CALS News
September 14, 2012
Quoted: Cheryl Skjolass, Biological Systems Engineering

Know Your Madisonian: Ron Kean is the go-to guy for backyard chicken questions
Wisconsin State Journal
September 13, 2012
Quoted: Ron Kean, Animal Science

GROWMARK names scholarship recipients
Agri-View
September 13, 2012
Mentioned: Kelsey Olson, Student,Life Sciences Communication

Spider mites: Lessons learned, varietal differences
Agri-View
September 13, 2012
Quoted: Shawn Conley, Agronomy
Video

Industry advisors added to Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board
Agri-View
September 13, 2012
Mentioned: Kari Blazei-Kuehl, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Late-season weed escapes: Farmer participation still needed
Agri-View
September 13, 2012
Quoted: Vince Davis, Agronomy
Ross Recker, Student, Agronomy

Compaction: Think prevention rather than ‘cure’
Agri-View
September 13, 2012
Quoted: Francisco Arriaga, Soil Science

What happened to Wisconsin’s scenic silos?
Agri-View
September 13, 2012
Mentioned: Dr. Brian Holmes, Biological Systems Engineering
Mentioned: Dr. Randy Shaver, Dairy Science

WALSAA celebrates 40 years of supporting CALS students, faculty, & alumni
Agri-View
September 13, 2012
Quoted: Roger Biddick, Agronomy and Animal Sciences
Quoted: Rick Daluge, Emeritus Associate Dean
Quoted: Al Herrman, Dairy Science
Quoted: Kate VandenBosch, CALS Dean
Quoted: Rachael Baird, Student, Genetics
Quoted: Jill Makovec, Dairy Science

UW-Madison plans new labs and classrooms to support ag innovations
Wisconsin State Farmer
September 13, 2012
Quoted: Kate VandenBosch, CALS Dean

Grass finished beef pasture walk
Wisconsin State Farmer
September 13, 2012
Mentioned: Mitch Schaefer, Student, Animal Sciences

Meet the Nourishing the Planet Team: Brandon Kenney
World Watch
September 13, 2012
Mentioned: Brandon Kenney, Agricultural and Applied Economics

UW grain test plot data to reflect dry season
The Country Today
September 12, 2012
Quoted: Joe Lauer, Agronomy

USDA honors project led by UW-Madison professor
UW-Madison News
September 12, 2012
Quoted: Molly Jahn, Agronomy

Tilling a different field: Osseo man first assistant to Miller Park groundskeeper
The Country Today
September 11, 2012
Quoted:Michael Boettcher, Horticulture

UW Madison Short Course Looking for Class Instructors
Wisconsin Ag Connection
September 10, 2012
Mentioned: Ted Halbach, Dairy Science

CALS 2012 honorees: Robert and Carol Black, Martin Burkhardt, Roger Cliff, Karl Klessig, and Ken Shapiro
CALS News
September 10, 2012
Mentioned: Martin E. Burkhardt,
Mentioned: Kenneth H. Shapiro, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Food industry’s impact goes beyond ‘organic’ paradigm
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
September 8, 2012
Mentioned: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Of Interest

USDA adjusts corn & soybean yield projections for Wisconsin
Wisconsin Ag Connection
September 13, 2012

Dairy innovation center to shut down
Journal Sentinel
September 13, 2012

Speaker at biotech summit says pharmaceutical industry now has ‘flawed business model’
Wisconsin State Journal
September 12, 2012

Where Cows are Happy and Food is Healthy
New York Times
September 8, 2012