A new one-year master’s degree at CALS fills a needed niche helping companies with energy analysis and conservation

For Dominic Parker, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, a research foray into mining practices in Africa dug up some unexpected findings. Parker wanted […]

Swarms of midges rise out of a lake in northern Iceland in such enormous numbers every spring and summer that they can impair breathing and […]

Xuehua 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.

How the Center for Dairy Research helped Wisconsin makers of vastly different cheeses improve production and quality—and bring home top honors in international competitions.

Grow editor Joan Fischer reflects on her time at CALS.

With leadership that includes CALS, Vincent Agricultural High School is reborn

Brian Aukema MS’99 MS’99 PhD’03 Growing up on a corn, soybean, and swine farm, Brian Aukema’s love for bugs, trees and the outdoors began early. […]

Dairy scientist Laura Hernandez marvels at the miracle of milk— and she’s exploring how to improve the processes that create it, for the benefit of both cows and humans

Making strides with stem cells

In Greek mythology, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over the fertility of the earth. And in that spirit, members of […]