In the News

Scientists Revive a 3.2-Billion-Year-Old Enzyme To Unlock Life’s Origins
SciTechDaily, 3/5/26
Quoted: Betül Kaçar, Bacteriology
Quoted: Holly Rucker, Student, Bacteriology

‘The government put me out of business’: Wisconsin hemp growers, sellers brace for new federal hemp law
Wisconsin Public Radio, 3/5/26
Quoted: Shelby Ellison, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

Once pig feed, whey now one of the stars of the World Championship Cheese Contest
Wisconsin State Journal, 3/4/26
Quoted: Pratishtha Verma, Center for Dairy Research
Quoted: K.J. Burrington, Emerit, Center for Dairy Research

Madison Hosts World Cheese Championships
WORT-FM, 3/2/26
Interviewed: Luis Jiménez-Maroto, Center for Dairy Research
Interviewed: Andy Hatch, Alumnus, Farm and Industry Short Course

Changes to federal immigration process stress members of UW-Madison international community
The Daily Cardinal, 3/4/26
Quoted: Al Kovaleski, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

How odour, sound and vibrations can control crop pests
Farmers Weekly, 3/2/26
Quoted: Emily Bick, Entomology

How to win against waterhemp
Wisconsin Agriculturist, 3/2/26
Quoted: Rodrigo Werle, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

Of Interest

Farmers see fertiliser price surge as Iran war blocks exports, threatening losses
Reuters, 3/5/26

Meet The New FISC Director
Mid-West Farm Report, 3/5/26
Mentioned: Farm and Industry Short Course

CALS in the News is a weekly selection of media stories quoting or mentioning CALS faculty, staff, students, alumni, research and programs. Other stories of interest to the UW–Madison community and those in the fields of agriculture and the life sciences are also included. This list is produced by CALS External Relations. Read more about our mission and methodology for curating this list.