Category: 3 – Issue
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Posted on February 25, 2019
Plant Breeding: ‘The Slowest of the Performing Arts’
The table beet is a biennial plant. That means, left to its own devices, a beet plant takes a full two growing seasons to complete […]
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To Live and Learn Together
The summer vegetables sag in the wake of the first frosts. But the low October sun still warms the fields of the Eagle Heights Community […]
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Knowledge Applied
Should a school district close an elementary school with shrinking enrollment, or will student numbers rebound in the coming years? What’s the outlook for a […]
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Cooperative Extension Comes Home
By now the news has probably reached you that Cooperative Extension has returned to UW–Madison, and I would like to discuss why this is a […]
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Five Things Everyone Should Know about … Mycotoxins
Mycotoxins are small, poisonous molecules, produced by certain species of molds, that can cause disease or death in animals and humans. Mycotoxin-producing fungi can invade […]
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Hold the Fertilizer
The term is “nitrogen fixation.” No, it doesn’t refer to an unhealthy obsession with one of the most common chemical elements on Earth. Rather, it’s […]
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Engineers of Ingenuities
A bioreactor that removes phosphorus from lakes, an easy-to-use harness system designed to prevent falls from dangerous heights, and an early detection sensor for toxic […]
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Controversy to Consensus to Civility
Somewhere in the discouraging maze of fake news and widespread disinformation campaigns aimed at confusing and polarizing public discourse, there lies a road map for […]
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Minty Fresh
As you approach a basic steel structure at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station, your nose informs you before your eyes do that you’ve found […]
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Class Act | Chloe Green
Chloe Green BSx’19 came to UW–Madison from Culver City, California, with a desire to study sports nutrition. She was motivated by her high school involvement […]
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What Would a Cow Prefer?
As a psychology student at Harvard University, Jennifer Van Os studied people with Alzheimer’s disease. Animals and agriculture were far from her mind. But she […]
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In the Field | Alumni Making Their Mark as Entrepreneurs
Katherine BS’08 and Tyler BS’08 Rowe For Katherine (Kate) and Tyler Rowe, the most influential part of their CALS experience was their Horticulture 122 […]