Category: Highlights
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Posted on July 16, 2018
WN@tL this week: BSE’s Doug Reinemann on 100 years of milking machines
Doug Reinemann will provide a brief history of the development of milking technology with an in-depth discussion of the state-of-the-art in robotic milking. Robotic milking […]
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Posted on July 9, 2018
Babcock Hall construction commences, Lot 40 parking impacted
It’s official. The site fence went up last week, so the construction phase of the Babcock Hall project is now underway. One of the immediate impacts […]
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Groundbreaking Discoveries from CALS talks available on YouTube
If you missed some of the Groundbreaking Discoveries from CALS talks you’d wanted to see, here’s some good news. The entire series was recorded and […]
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Dynamic modeling helps predict the behaviors of gut microbes
The human gut is teeming with microbes, each interacting with one another in a mind-boggling network of positive and negative exchanges. Some produce substances that […]
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Posted on June 25, 2018
June Dairy Month: Governor Walker visits Center for Dairy Research
In the midst of June Dairy Month, Governor Scott Walker proclaimed June 25 as Wisconsin Cheese Day. He visited the Center for Dairy Research (CDR) to […]
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No eCALS next week
eCALS is taking a break the week of July 4. We won’t be sending a newsletter on Monday, July 2. We’ll return July 9.
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Coursework and Dairy Challenge prepared UW dairy science grads for careers
Although Logan Voigts hadn’t been to this dairy farm before, he was pretty sure he’d find problems with the calves. Sure enough, when he got […]
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Posted on June 18, 2018
CALS Redesign: Dean expected to respond to department concepts in July
All departments in CALS submitted a concept document proposing a future structure to merge, collaborate or remain as is. In a recent communication to department […]
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Falcon chicks given names inspired by Babcock ice cream
Babcock, Neutrino, Crazylegs, and Berry are no longer just Babcock Hall Dairy Plant ice cream references — they’re now the names of four peregrine falcon chicks that […]
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WisContext: A shifting safety net for dairy farmers facing uncertain milk prices
As the U.S. dairy industry continues to struggle in the face of ongoing low prices, federal policies intended to support farmers are attracting more attention. […]