Category: Extension and Outreach
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Posted on April 2, 2018
CALS In the News for the week of March 24 – March 30
Wisconsin’s small organic dairies squeezed by Texas mega-farms USA Today, 3/24/2018 Quoted: Steven Deller, Agricultural and Applied Economics Wisconsin Researchers Aim to Help Cranberry Industry US […]
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Posted on March 23, 2018
Finalists announced for Cooperative Extension Ag Institute Director
The Search and Screen Committee forwarded three candidates to the finalist stage for the Agriculture Institute Director position; April 2nd and 3rd are the dates for final interviews. The finalists will each […]
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CALS In the News for the week of March 17 – March 23
UW/Industry partnerships yield better solutions: UW-industry partnerships yield better solutions InBusiness, 3/22/2018 Co-written by: Kate VandenBosch, Dean, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Co-written by: […]
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Posted on March 19, 2018
Wisconsin Ag Outlook Forum presentations available online
The 2018 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum was held on the UW–Madison campus on Jan. 25, 2018. This event, held annually by the Renk Agribusiness Institute, […]
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Donations to fund Meat Lab construction matched through March 31
The new 68,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art Meat Lab is being constructed on the UW–Madison campus. The project is moving forward on time and on budget! One of our […]
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Posted on March 16, 2018
Update on UW-Extension Agricultural Weather Stations at Arlington and Hancock
The long-term UW-Extension Ag Weather stations at the Arlington and Hancock Agricultural Research Stations have received several equipment upgrades over the past year and a […]
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Posted on March 15, 2018
Patrick Proden named UW Cooperative Extension Associate Dean of Operations and Policy
Earlier this week, Karl Martin, Dean and Director of Cooperative Extension, announced the following hire: “After a highly competitive national search for our Associate Dean […]
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Survey finds urban trees well-loved by private residential landowners
Private residential landowners overwhelmingly see the trees on their properties as beneficial, according to the results of the recent Wisconsin Urban Landowner Survey.
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CALS In the News for the week of March 9 – March 16
Wildfire risk rises with 43 million U.S. homes near land susceptible to blazes USA Today, 3/12/2018 Quoted: Volker Radeloff, Forest and Wildlife Ecology Please Stop Building […]
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Posted on March 12, 2018
LGM-Dairy insurance program refresher webinar – March 28
The funding limitation imposed on the Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Cattle (LGM-Dairy) insurance program was eliminated via the Federal budget agreement. Coupling this with […]