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  • Field-Tested, Farmer Approved

    Posted on October 28, 2025

      Rodrigo Werle wonders if anybody is ever really happy to see him. He is, after all, a weed scientist. He specializes in some of […]

  • Five members of the pull team dressed in matching colorful windbreakers. They carry equipment and drive their tractor through a lot.

    How to Pull Away from the Pack with Panache

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      When undergraduate Devin Digman bought a 90s-era Kawasaki motorcycle earlier this year, he didn’t expect its purple and turquoise color scheme to bleed into […]

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    A College Try at CALS

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      The UW campus tends to be quiet in the middle of June. Commencement has been celebrated, dorms have emptied. Although classes continue during the […]

  • Two students leaned over a table of plant sprouts, examining the plants.

    It’s All About the Experience

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      Flip through the pages of any issue of Grow, and you might notice a thread connecting many of its stories. The students we highlight […]

  • An illustration of a group of people gathered with an industrial city in the background. A large spotlight shines on the center of the group of people.

    Myths and Misunderstandings About Rural America

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      Rural America is substantial in its size, population share, and social and economic significance. Roughly one in five Americans live in rural areas, and […]

  • A student in a lab coat and goggles at a desk working on a desktop computer.

    Waves of Curiosity

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      In fall 2022, Elliott Weix BSx’27 started his senior year of high school with a new career goal: scientist. Weix had spent his summer […]

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    Red Corn Resurrection

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      Almost 20 years ago, Natalia de Leon ’00, ’02 and Shawn Kaeppler BS’87, professors in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, set out […]

  • A scientist in a lab using a large pipet and test tubes

    Rewired Microbe Scarfs Toxic Chemicals for Dinner (and Then Skips Dessert)

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      Microbes are key to turning plants into liquid fuels. Yeasts and bacteria eat plant sugars, such as glucose, and turn them into alcohols, a […]

  • A close up of students using colored pencils to dram landscapes on notecards.

    Roots in Motion

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      “How does your garden grow?” It’s a question posed often enough that it even appears in a classic nursery rhyme. When Angela Johnson, a […]

  • The bowl of a silver-colored spoon, filled with white granules, rests upon a shallow pile of more white granules.

    How Sweet It Is

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      In Sweet Solution, (Grow, fall 2022), Jori Skalitzky BS’22 introduced a team of UW scientists who were transforming a remnant of Greek yogurt production […]

  • A white-tailed deer, as seen through a trail camera, puts its snout up close to the lens.

    100 Million Critters Caught on Camera

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      Snapshot Wisconsin is a community-based science program led by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). It utilizes a network of trail cameras — […]

  • The Hunt for Biopesticides and Decontaminants that Cut the Mustard

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      Inna Popova is a chemist who came to love soil. During her training in analytical and physical chemistry, she found herself increasingly drawn to […]

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