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Money Raised Supports Undergraduate Programs If you’re a golfer, we know you are ready for winter to be over so you can get back on the course. Warm, sunny days…

UW-Madison’s Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences sent eight students to the 2022 Midwest Regional Dairy Challenge, hosted by Purdue University, Michigan State University, and Ohio State University February 16-18…

Greetings from the Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences on a nice March morning! Lots of exciting things are happening, and we hope you’ll take a moment to read some…

By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   Kylie Konyn waited until virtually the last minute to decide whether to attend UW-Madison or California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., but a…

By Jim Massey – Freelance writer   A committee within the UW-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences has come up with a list of eight development priorities to help move the…

By Jim Massey  Freelance writer   Dhanansayan Shanmuganayagam likens some of the biomedical swine research being conducted at the UW -Madison to launching a space shuttle – he says it takes a team…

By Jim Massey, Freelance writer  UW-Madison Dairy Sciences major Josh Gerbitz says before he got involved in a research project with Assistant Professor João Dórea and fellow students, he didn’t necessarily think…

By Jim Massey – Freelance writer   The feed that goes into a dairy herd accounts for more than 50 percent of the expense on an average U.S. dairy farm, so finding a way to…