In the News

Rethinking the atoms of life
The Planetary Society, 9/8/25
Quoted: Betül Kaçar, Bacteriology

Amid Trump cuts, some UW students question their futures in science — and in America
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/8/25
Quoted: David Rivera-Kohr, Student, Biochemistry

Appleton Dem holds briefing on pesticides causing harm to pollinators
WisPolitics.com, 9/9/25
Quoted: Shawn Conley, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Quoted: Russ Groves, Entomology

Wisconsin Today: Monarch butterfly migration
Wisconsin Public Radio, 9/12/25
Interviewed: Karen Oberhauser, Emerit, Entomology

Garden Talk: Invasive Stiltgrass Found
Wisconsin Public Radio, 9/6/25
Interviewed: Mark Renz, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

This UW-Madison professor wants cows to chill out
Wisconsin State Journal, 9/8/25
Quoted: Jimena Laporta, Animal and Dairy Sciences

Proposed 1700% fee increase from DATCP could reshape Wisconsin’s dairy industry
WKOW-TV, 9/10/25
Quoted: Mitch Breunig, Alumnus, Animal and Dairy Sciences

AI needs active voices, not passive consumers, panelists say
The Cap Times, 9/9/25
Quoted: Dietram Scheufele, Life Sciences Communication

The Real Dirt on UW-Madison’s ‘Poet Laureate of Soil Sciences’
CityCast Madison, 9/10/25
Quoted: Francis D. Hole, deceased, Soil and Environmental Sciences

Cover crop biomass helps control problem weeds
Brownfield Ag News, 9/9/25
Interviewed: Rodrigo Werle, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

Of Interest

Farmer says ‘we’re in a very dire situation’—with zero soybean orders from China
Fortune, 9/9/25

To avoid closing Wausau branch campus, UW-Stevens Point tries sharing space with tech college
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/11/25

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.