Category: Highlights
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Posted on September 30, 2019
Improved residential experience for FISC students starting in fall 2020
Starting in fall 2020, students in the UW–Madison Farm and Industry Short Course program will enjoy a significantly upgraded residential experience. Through a new partnership between the […]
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Randy Shaver helped farmers learn to make more milk per acre
If you want to see what Randy Shaver has been up to over the past 30 years, take a drive through Wisconsin dairy country and […]
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Posted on September 27, 2019
NSF awards $2.9M to UW–Madison and ISU to advance next generation of crop genetic engineering
Genetic engineering systems are critical tools to advance crop genomics research and related crop improvement efforts in the United States and worldwide. These tools have […]
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Posted on September 23, 2019
Reminder: CALS Coffee this Friday, Sept. 27
Be sure to stop by and say hello to your colleagues at the next CALS Coffee gathering. The event is set for this Friday, September […]
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University helps state growers cope with voracious, invading fruit fly
It’s a beautiful summer day with a hint of fall in the air at Bures Berry Patch, southwest of Barneveld, Wisconsin. On the edge of […]
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Daniel Amador-Noguez uncovers secrets of metabolism to benefit biofuels and human health
Daniel Amador-Noguez is learning how living organisms transform nutrients into energy and other useful chemicals. Among a cadre of scientists looking at the biological underpinnings of […]
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Posted on September 16, 2019
VandenBosch: Many new faculty joining the college in 2019
After several years of an overall decline in the number of faculty searches conducted across the college, that trend is beginning to reverse. Over the […]
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2019-2020 CALS Coffees dates announced
Mark your calendars for the 2019-2020 CALS Coffees. All coffees will be from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27 in the East Atrium of […]
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UW–Madison awarded FFAR grant to map corn drought tolerance genes
The majority of America’s corn farmers rely on seasonal rainfall to water crops, yet extreme weather and drought present a growing challenge to the corn […]
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Posted on September 9, 2019
Study finds soybean neonicotinoid seed treatments provide farmers negligible benefits
New research has been published regarding neonicotinoid seed treatments (NST). It has been revealed that this soybean treatment provides negligible benefit to U.S. farmers. In recent […]