Category: Around CALS
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Posted on February 3, 2020
Stephenson talks dairy and the economy in 2020
In two Extension podcasts, Mark Stephenson with the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics discusses the dairy industry’s contributions to Wisconsin’s economy, reviews what happened […]
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Posted on January 27, 2020
Upbringing, fate lead nontraditional student to genetics
Had it not been for her father’s truck accident, Carmen Nightfall BS’x22 might never have attended college. But the unfortunate incident sparked a positive change […]
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Posted on January 21, 2020
The sounds of biodiversity
It’s said that a picture is worth a thousand words. To Zuzana Burivalova, an audio recording is worth a thousand pictures. That’s the beauty of […]
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Posted on January 13, 2020
CALS scientists wrangle big data for better farm management
The video clip shows some very colorful calves. It’s an overhead view of five young Holsteins, but none of them is black and white. They […]
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Posted on January 6, 2020
Conservationist reminds us Aldo Leopold still relevant today
Noted conservation biologist and longtime University of Wisconsin–Madison professor Stanley Temple is often asked how he remains hopeful despite rising threats to biodiversity. Temple’s answer […]
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Posted on December 23, 2019
2019 CALS Year in Review
The end of the year is a great time to look back and reflect on the accomplishments of the CALS community. Here are some of […]
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Posted on December 16, 2019
UW–Madison student project aims to save food, reduce food insecurity
It’s late Thursday afternoon, and seven UW–Madison undergraduates are spending about an hour scooping jasmine rice and a lemon-grass tofu-vegetable dish into single-use plastic containers. […]
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Posted on December 9, 2019
UW Seed to Kitchen project donates 10 tons of produce to food banks, others
Scores of variety trials are conducted each year by UW’s Seed to Kitchen Collaborative (SKC), a research project led by horticulture’s Julie Dawson that involves […]
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Posted on December 2, 2019
A Model Solution
Researchers expand a powerful computer simulation tool to study and address nitrate contamination in Wisconsin’s groundwater
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Posted on November 25, 2019
Deep in the weeds: Epigenetics studies could lead to big advances in ag and medicine
If you were to come across a patch of thale cress poking through a crack in a parking lot, you might not think much of […]