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Looking back to see ahead: How a CALS demographer predicts the state’s 30-year population trends
When David Egan-Robertson was asked to project Wisconsin’s population trends 30 years into the future, he went 30 years into the past. Egan-Robertson, a demographer in […]
Global Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture scheduled for March 2013
The University of California, Davis has been asked by the World Bank to host a global conference focused on the topic “climate smart agriculture” The […]
USAID International Food and Agriculture board issues report on CRSP model
USAID advisory Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) conducted a formative review the Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) model and was charged to […]
CALS in the News for the Week of August 20-24
In the News Bill would limit growth of N.Y. dairy farms Watertown Daily Times 8/21/2012 Mentioned: Mark Stephenson, Agricultural & Applied Economics Curiosities: What exactly […]
Profile: Retired vet Dave Rhoda shares his experience with Short Course students
For nearly four decades, Dave Rhoda was a highly sought-after and award-winning farm veterinarian. Now that he’s retired, he’s a highly sought-after and award-winning instructor […]
2013 Summer Internship Opportunities at Agricultural Research Stations
Applications for the Agricultural Research Stations’ Summer Internship Program are now being accepted and are due December 14, 2012. A summary of this opportunity is […]
4th Annual Barn Dance, featuring Growing Power’s Will Allen, supports CALS program for beginning farmers
Tickets are now available to an old-fashioned barn dance celebrating Wisconsin farms, locally-sourced food and our rural communities, Saturday, September 22, 2012 at the historic […]
Free bus passes available this week at WARF
UW Transportation Services will be at the WARF building to distribute free 2012–13 bus passes to UW-Madison faculty, academic staff, classified employees, LTEs, emeriti, and […]
Salary data from recent CALS B.S. grads
Each year CALS career services compiles data about salaries received by CALS B.S. students and contributes to a larger, regional survey organized by Iowa State […]
Babcock’s Juustoleipä is one of “5 to Try” cheeses
Saveur, “a magazine for people who experience the world food first,” has listed the Babcock Hall dairy plant’s Juustoleipä among “5 to try” university-made cheeses. “A […]