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Agenda for CALS Equity and Diversity Committee meeting – March 15
The CALS Equity and Diversity Committee is meeting on Thursday, March 15 from 11 a.m. to noon in 250 Agricultural Hall. View the agenda.
LGM-Dairy insurance program refresher webinar – March 28
The funding limitation imposed on the Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Cattle (LGM-Dairy) insurance program was eliminated via the Federal budget agreement. Coupling this with […]
Call for Nominations for the Fritz Friday Chair for Vegetable Production Research
Nominations are now being accepted for the Fritz Friday Chair for Vegetable Production Research. The chair was established by Mr. Fritz Friday, owner and CEO […]
Nominations open for Aberle and Toepfer Faculty Fellow Awards
Nominations are now being accepted for two CALS faculty awards for 2018-19 that recognize promising assistant professors in the early stages of their careers. The […]
NIFA funding opportunities – March 9
Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS) Humanity is reliant upon the physical resources and natural systems of the Earth for […]
ARS users: Time to sign up for WPS training for ag pesticides
The following letter was sent to Ag Research Station users by Jeff Breuer on March 8: This spring Agricultural Research Stations Department will once again […]
CALS Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) director candidate presentation schedule
The search committee for the Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) director position has announced four candidates who have been invited to give public presentations. […]
Spring issue of Grow looks at the human gut, the possibility of precision medicine and more
The spring issue of Grow magazine has arrived in mailboxes, and it’s also available online in multiple formats. Feature stories include the following: COVER STORY: […]
Can perennial bioenergy crops help sequester carbon?
In an article published last summer in Science, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) reported on ten years of work assessing the potential climate benefit […]
Hamming it up: JP Cullen marks construction milestone for new meat science home with dry-cured hams
When construction companies hoist the last structural beam for a building project, it’s a tradition to mount an evergreen tree on top of the final […]