Tag: Farming
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Posted on June 20, 2011
Desert Spuds
The quest to improve potato growth in the arid, salty Middle East led to cost-saving innovations and some extraordinary travel experiences
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CALS Around the World
“The boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state,” proclaims the Wisconsin Idea. But that concept has expanded. The boundaries of the university […]
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Catch up with . . . Percy Mather BS’68 Biochemistry
“WHEN I RETIRE, I SHALL PLANT FRUIT TREES.” That’s not exactly how Percy Mather, a longtime civil and environmental engineer with the Wisconsin Department of […]
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Bridging Borders
Partnerships with our nearest neighbors give CALS students firsthand experience with diversity of both crops and cultures
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Posted on July 21, 2010
Costa Rica: Twin Gardens Teach About Local Food
Growing green mangos for green-minded tourists.
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Posted on March 23, 2010
Fixing Our Food: Teach More People to Farm
Our food production depends on a shrinking number of farmers. Who will succeed them?
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Fixing Our Food
Safe food. Healthy food. Enough food. Can we secure the bounty we take for granted for future generations? A team of CALS experts say that we can meet the world’s food challenges––and here are their best ideas for how to do it.
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Posted on March 27, 2009
A Herd of Their Own
School trains a new generation of dairy and livestock farmers.
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Posted on February 27, 2009
Catch up with…Mark Crave BS’88, Dairy Science
The man behind the milk at the Crave Brothers Farm.
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The Grow Dozen: 12 Alumni who are making a difference in the dairy industry
BS’93, Agricultural Education; BS’96, Dairy Science
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Back-End Solutions
No way around it: Dairy farming means putting up with a lot of crap. But what if dairy’s biggest headache became its most reliable asset? It’s happening on one Wisconsin farm.
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Posted on October 30, 2008
Grain of Doubt
Overuse of corn has clouded the image of America’s biggest crop. Can genetics help reshape corn’s future?