Category: Highlights
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Posted on January 22, 2018
Lake Michigan waterfowl botulism deaths linked to warm waters, algae
Since the 1960s, tens of thousands of birds living on the Great Lakes have died during periodic outbreaks of botulism. The outbreaks have only become […]
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Back to farming basics in Guatemala
When Claudia Calderón touched down in the fertile highlands of western Guatemala, she was stepping into a sociological experiment already afoot. What brought her to the verdant […]
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Posted on January 16, 2018
Dan Schaefer named director of new meat science facility
If you’ve been on Linden Drive in the vicinity of the Dairy Cattle Center, it’s impossible to miss the construction going on at the site […]
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Valuable potato specimens transferred to Wisconsin State Herbarium
When David Spooner’s elementary school teacher assigned the class to collect leaves, she didn’t tell the students the names of the trees. That didn’t sit well with […]
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UW–Madison professor led fight to ban pesticide DDT 45 years ago
Forty-five years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a press release. “The general use of the pesticide DDT will no longer be legal in […]
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Posted on January 8, 2018
Cracking the code of coenzyme Q biosynthesis
Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is a vital cog in the body’s energy-producing machinery, a kind of chemical gateway in the conversion of food into cellular fuel. […]
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Jan. 25 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum to explore rural-urban divide
After spending a decade visiting rural communities and inviting herself to listen in on informal conversations about politics at diners, gas stations and other local […]
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Sale of Lactic Solutions marks success for UW
The sale this past fall of a UW–Madison spinoff that promises to increase efficiency and reduce antibiotic use in making fuel ethanol marks a victory […]
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Posted on January 2, 2018
Curator at ag station helps growers keep close watch on potato health
Potatoes are heaped high in the storage building at the UW–Madison Hancock Agricultural Research Station, situated in the middle of the Central Sands area of […]
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CALS seeks new Farm and Industry Short Course director
The UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) is seeking a new director to oversee the Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) program. FISC […]