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Odessa Piper: Spring 2006 Commencement Address
Posted on May 15, 2006Greetings. Thank you, Chancellor [John D.] Wiley. That was a lovely introduction that you said about me, but when I started out, my path was […]
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Odessa Piper will receive Honorary Degree from UW-Madison
Posted on May 2, 2006Odessa Piper, former chef-proprietor of Madison’s L’Etoile Restaurant, is one of five activists who will receive honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, […]
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Report Shows that Managed Grazing Dairies Succeed Statewide
Posted on April 6, 2006When it comes to household income, farming background, age, and technology use, dairy farmers who use managed grazing aren”t all that different from farmers who […]
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Enterprise Budgets Help Farmers Plan for Profits
Posted on April 4, 2006Are you considering a new value-added business for your farm? Budgeting tools from the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison can […]
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Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin: 2005 Status Report
Posted on February 28, 2006Wisconsin continues to be a national leader in organic food production, despite the fact that certified organic farms, acreage and production represent only a small […]
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Grower to Grower: Creating a Livelihood on a Fresh Market Vegetable Farm
Posted onFor most fresh market vegetable growers, earning a reasonable living from their farms is a bigger challenge than growing produce. While growers often share production […]
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Grazing in the Dairy State
Posted on February 15, 2006This report summarizes statewide information about Wisconsin dairy producers who use pasture and managed grazing as feeding and farm management tools. Surveys from random samples […]
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UW Grazing Research Will be Featured at Wisconsin Grazing Conference
Posted on January 26, 2006How profitable are Wisconsin dairy graziers? Are they more satisfied with their lifestyles than other dairy farmers? Do reed canarygrass and kura clover make a […]
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Poultry Your Way
Posted on December 27, 2005Farmers who are considering starting or modifying poultry operations have a new resource available. Poultry Your Way is a free, 124-page book that profiles a […]
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Rick Adamski and Valerie Dantoin receive CALS award
Posted on October 25, 2005Graziers Rick Adamski and Valerie Dantoin of Seymour received an Honorary Recognition award from the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences on October 27. […]