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Catch up with … Molly Sloan BS’06 Dairy Science/Life Sciences Communication
Posted on June 20, 2017As a child, Molly Sloan dreamed of one day stepping onto the colorful shavings that cover the floor of the Dane County Coliseum in order […]
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“Legacy Phosphorus” and Our Waters
Posted onA new study quantifies the need to reduce phosphorus in our soils—for the health of our lakes and rivers
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Early Excitement
Posted onCALS faculty work with elementary school students and teachers to help improve science learning
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Shaping the Future of Farming
Posted onThe new Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center is poised to serve as an exciting incubator for agricultural improvement.
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Safer Native Foods
Posted onA CALS bacteriologist is working with Alaska Natives and other groups to keep botulism out of seal oil and other traditional favorites
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A CALS “Bridge to Business” Turns 20
Posted onThe Renk Agribusiness Institute has earned its laurels, but with a new director and fresh ideas for the coming decade, the institute has no plans to rest on them
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Class Act: Sam Schmitz and Big discoveries in little worlds
Posted onThere are still some mysteries left in the world—even if, as Sam Schmitz has learned, you sometimes have to dive pretty deep to find […]
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Five things everyone should know about . . . The Soils of Wisconsin
Posted on1 l Wisconsin’s soils were first mapped more than a century ago. The first soil map of Wisconsin was also the first ever made in […]
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Experts in “Smart Energy”
Posted onA new one-year master’s degree at CALS fills a needed niche helping companies with energy analysis and conservation
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Unintended Consequences
Posted onFor Dominic Parker, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, a research foray into mining practices in Africa dug up some unexpected findings. Parker wanted […]
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Iceland: “Interwoven tapestry” of lakes and land
Posted onSwarms of midges rise out of a lake in northern Iceland in such enormous numbers every spring and summer that they can impair breathing and […]
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The “Icing” on the DNA
Posted onXuehua Zhong uses plants to study epigenetics, an exciting new field that is broadening our understanding of how some traits might be passed down from one generation to the next.