Tag: agricultural and applied economics
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Posted on March 5, 2025
Pristine Waterways: How to Put a Price on the Priceless
Americans are demanding cleaner lakes, beaches, and rivers. In survey after survey, people rank water quality as the environmental issue that worries them the […]
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The Sovereign Right to Renewable Resources
The quality of land on Native American reservations is often considered poor. These regions, where the U.S. government relocated tribes in the mid- to […]
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Agriculture’s Economic Impact in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s agricultural production and food processing sectors contributed $116.3 billion in industrial revenues in 2022, according to a UW study. That’s more than 14% […]
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Posted on October 23, 2024
What’s In a Name? Maybe Your College Major Choice
If your childhood surname started with a letter toward the end of the alphabet, you might remember long wait times when teachers organized activities […]
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Posted on July 1, 2024
Horse Sense
When Natalie Sander BS’24 graduated in May with a degree in agricultural business management, she left behind an impressive legacy: a strong and successful […]
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Women in Agriculture Connected to Better Community Welfare
A larger number of women working in agriculture is associated with greater community well-being. That’s the finding of a study coauthored by Steve Deller, […]
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Posted on March 8, 2024
Flexibility + Preparation = Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic expanded our everyday vocabulary to include words such as “PCR test” and “supply chain.” Economists and the general public alike wondered […]
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Posted on November 2, 2023
The Road to Rural Broadband
The South Shore of northern Wisconsin — where Bayfield County meets Lake Superior — is known for its natural beauty. Summer used to be […]
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Focus on Rural and Tribal Wisconsin
Four projects, including two from CALS, that will support Wisconsin’s rural communities and tribal nations have been selected to receive funding through UW’s Wisconsin […]
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Posted on July 7, 2023
The Food Label Effect
Use the term “genetically engineered food,” chances are you’ll spark a debate. Some praise its societal benefits — lower greenhouse gas emissions and reduced […]
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Posted on August 2, 2022
Innovation through Campus Cooperation in America’s Dairyland
In 2019, Wisconsin dairy leaders approached state legislators with a long-standing problem and a request for help. The state’s dairy farm numbers were in […]
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Posted on April 29, 2022
A Round-Up of CALS Research for Spring 2022
Healthier Prisoners, Safer Community The presence of a state prison in a county was associated with 11% more COVID-19 cases during the spring and […]