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Posted on November 3, 2015
Even Cows are “Texting”
Modern communication systems allow dairy farmers to more efficiently monitor the health, milk yield, movement and other metrics of both herds and individual cows by cell phone, says Doug Reinemann
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Mexico: Mapping the roots of poverty and inequality
What makes development projects work? Jennifer Alix-Garcia, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, is diving deep into Mexico’s history to shed light on that […]
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Catch Up With … Shannon Strader BS’14 Biology
Shannon Strader BS’14 is no stranger to pain. At age 8 she lost her twin sister, Lauryn, to complications arising from cerebral palsy. Strader herself […]
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Going for the Gut
A CALS-based start-up offers an antibiotic alternative to animal producers
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Bitten
When it comes to mosquitoes, nobody wants to be attractive
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Moth Mating, Disrupted
CALS researchers deploy insect “birth control” to protect cranberries
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Middle East: Improving water policy in an arid region
Political conflict in the Middle East is a constant source of media attention, but Samer Alatout, a CALS professor of community and environmental sociology, focuses […]
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A Light, Airy Space for Soil Science
“Soil is the hidden, secret friend, which is the root domain of lively darkness and silence.” —Francis D. Hole (d. 2002), CALS professor of soil […]
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Posted on June 12, 2015
In the Field: Meet some Master Cheesemakers
Sid Cook (first certified in 2002) Having won 569 national and international awards within the past 14 years, Sid Cook’s Carr Valley Cheese probably ranks […]
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Posted on June 9, 2015
Eyes on the Green
How CALS scientists help the world-renowned Whistling Straits golf course get ready for this summer’s PGA Championship
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The Fox, the Coyote—and We Badgers
Growing populations of these animals on campus and in the city have inspired a new study aimed at living better together