In the News

Heat Stress Hits Dairy Quality as Well as Quantity, Study Finds
Sentient Media, 7/20/26
Quoted: Nesli Akdeniz, Biological Systems Engineering
Quoted: Marin Skidmore, Alumna, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Research: Some Rural Residents Are Trading Nutrition for Shelter
Daily Yonder, 7/23/26
Co-authored by: Tessa Conroy, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Co-authored by: Yang Cheng, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Co-authored by: Erin Gaede, Student, Agricultural and Applied Economics

The Chocolate You Love Is Changing—and It May Never Be the Same
Serious Eats, 7/23/26
Quoted: Richard Hartel, Food and Nutritional Sciences

Meet the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Striving to Make the Best Cheese in the World
Milwaukee Magazine, 7/22/26
Quoted: Madeline Kuhn, Alumna, Food Science
Mentioned: Leyda Ponce de León, Alumna, Food Science
Mentioned: Center for Dairy Research

UW-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research turns 40
Wisconsin Public Radio – The Lee Rayburn Show, 7/21/26
Interviewed: John Lucey, Food and Nutritional Sciences
Mentioned: Center for Dairy Research

Discover potato research at Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station’s field day event
WJFW-TV, 7/20/26
Interviewed: Becky Eddy, Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station
Mentioned: Mike Peters, Agricultural Research Stations
Mentioned: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Scientists at Rhinelander research station welcomes public to see new potato crop innovations
WJFW-TV, 7/23/26
Interviewed: Jeff Endelman, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Mentioned: Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station

How to identify, observe and support backyard caterpillars
WUWM-FM, 7/22/26
Interviewed: PJ Liesch, Entomology

From farmers market sellouts to storefront
Eagle Herald, 7/23/26
Quoted: Tom Shen, Alumnus, Food Science

Research examines how cereal rye chemistry could create more targeted cover crop management
Brownfield Ag News, 7/20/26
Interviewed: Marta Kohmann, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

Of Interest

Scientists Warn Wildlife Photographers’ AI-Enhanced Bird Photos Could Threaten Research
Petapixel, 7/20/26

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.