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Kenya: Certified Seed Potatoes for Kenya
Posted on November 20, 2013When scientists in Kenya needed help developing a certification program for seed potatoes, a CALS plant pathologist stepped up to the task. The new program […]
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Five things everyone should know about … Industrial Hemp
Posted on1. It’s a booming industry. The American hemp industry generates sales of $450 million a year, according to the Hemp Industries Association—about a quarter from […]
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Gut Feeling
Posted onReaching in for the first time: Students at a Chicago high school got a whole new perspective on cows.
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Growing Our Future
Posted onAs you read the feature stories in this edition of Grow, I invite you to consider how they reflect the mission, vision, guiding principles and […]
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Will Dead Species Live Again?
Posted onIt sounds like science fiction—but it could happen in real life. Stan Temple describes “de-extinction” and its promise for conservation.
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Making It Personal
Posted onA CALS capstone class in genetics encourages students to explore their own genomes.
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Wisconsin’s “Brown Gold” Rush
Posted on June 18, 2013Transforming manure to energy in America’s Dairyland
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West Africa: “Highway Robbery” Has Far-Reaching Costs
Posted onIn the busy port town of Tema, Ghana, the driver of a tanker truck of gasoline northbound for Bamako, Mali, loads a few dozen pineapples […]
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Class Act: Jordan Ebert and A Ringing Success
Posted on“They called my cow’s name and the place lit up,” says dairy science major Jordan Ebert. “It was an adrenaline rush—the coolest experience I have […]
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Moldova: Better Barns for Dairy
Posted onBiological systems engineering professor and UW-Extension specialist Brian Holmes recently spent two weeks in Moldova under the auspices of CNFA, a nonprofit that focuses on rural economic growth in developing countries.