The Method Maker

Gerry Weiss, a Grant County farmer, scientist, and permaculturist, recounts a lifetime of innovation and collaboration with CALS and UW Cooperative Extension

‘Dairy Challenge’ Offers More than Competition

There’s no better place than America’s Dairyland for a dairy farm management competition that helps undergraduates learn firsthand about the industry. The Badger Dairy Challenge, […]

Winter Awakens Spring Flowering

To avoid the dangers of frost, many plants have evolved a knack for waiting for winter to pass before flowering. But the season’s cold weather is key to making it happen. Rick Amasino investigates this process — and the genes behind it — to reveal invaluable insights for farmers and plant breeders.
Interview by Kaine Korzekwa MS’16

Catch up with … Anna Snider BS’98 Horticulture

Anna Snider’s recent volunteer work has taken her to Nigeria, Bangladesh, and beyond, but her love of horticulture and farming started in Wisconsin. She grew […]

Final Exam Fall 2017

‘There is Nothing So Stable as Change’

‘There Is Nothing So Stable as Change’
—Bob Dylan

Saving an American Icon in England

The legacy of Eugene Smalley’s efforts to breed a hardier elm lives on at Windsor Castle.

Catching a ‘Silent’ Cow Killer

UW scientists have developed a simpler detection system for sub-clinical ketosis to help dairy farmers stay ahead of the costly disease.

Clean Tubers, from Test Tube to Plate

The Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program uses a high-tech campus facility to help keep spuds disease free for state farmers.

Hands on with Food and Farming

How UW’sPEOPLE program is planting the seeds of careers in agricultural science

In the Field: Alumni Making a Difference through Parks

Tom Blackwood MS’77  Tom Blackwood enjoys parks so much he decided to live in one. As the superintendent of Door County’s Peninsula State Park, Blackwood […]

Class Act: Caroline Hanson and the ‘Patio Tomato Project’

For sophomore genetics major Caroline Hanson, growing tomatoes goes beyond community gardens and farms. It could be the key to healthier lifestyles. With that in […]