Category: Highlights
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Posted on June 27, 2011
At Arlington station, foxes can read
Educated wildlife find their place. A grad student of Kevin Shinners snapped this photo in a machine shed at the Arlington Ag Research Station.
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A dozen CALS profs retire this month
The end of the fiscal year usually brings a bunch of retirements, but this year likely sets a record. A dozen will retire this month. […]
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Culver’s CEO and former Alice send Ride to Farm pedalers down the road
Craig “Butterburger” Culver and Christine Lepple Lindner, former Alice in Dairyland, were on hand to give thanks and encouraging words to riders in the 8th […]
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Posted on June 24, 2011
Faculty, staff, students, alums: Your help is needed for UW-Madison Day @ State Fair
UW-Madison is sponsoring a day at the Wisconsin State Fair on Wednesday, August 10th. The planning committee is still looking for volunteers to staff the […]
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Posted on June 17, 2011
Department chairs for 2011-2012
CALS Academic Department Chairs — 2011-2012* Agricultural and Applied Economics—Brad Barham, interim Agronomy—David E. Stoltenberg (interim) Animal Sciences—Daniel Schaefer Bacteriology—Richard Gourse Biochemistry—Elizabeth Craig Biological Systems […]
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Posted on June 15, 2011
New website helps farmers pick safe times to spread manure
CALS staffers in two departments helped create a new web-based tool that helps farmers decide when conditions are right to spread manure on their land, […]
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Posted on June 13, 2011
Recognize deserving alumni. Nominate now for Forward Under 40 awards
Nominations are now open for the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Forward under 40 awards. This annual awards program is entering its fifth year, and it’s a […]
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Posted on June 6, 2011
Three UW teams are finalists in national food product contests this week
Three teams of CALS food science students are headed to New Orleans this week as finalists in national food product development competition. One UW team […]
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Posted on May 31, 2011
UW spinoffs represent a new face for ag production
Agricultural experts at University of Wisconsin-Madison have long played a key role in a state known for corn, milk and cheese. But even as organic […]
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Posted on May 23, 2011
Stinkbugs in Wisconsin? It’s just a matter of time, Pellitteri says.
If you have friends in the East, you may have heard them grousing about stinkbugs. Specifically, what they’re talking about is the Brown Marmorated Stink […]