Category: Extension
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Protecting Groundwater in Wisconsin’s Central Sands
Steven Hall and Jed Colquhoun, researchers in plant and agroecosystem sciences, are partnering with growers in Wisconsin’s Central Sands to find economically and environmentally supportive solutions to prevent nitrate leaching.…
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A Helping Hand for Hemp
The Ellison Lab researches industrial and floral hemp to support Wisconsinites growing this cutting-edge crop. By Audra Koscik In the 2010s, legal restrictions lightened on a controversial crop: hemp. For…
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Smart Solutions for Cranberry Cultivation: Merging AI and Agriculture
By Audra Koscik Cranberries are integral to Wisconsin agriculture. The U.S. is the world’s largest cranberry producer, and Wisconsin accounts for over half of U.S. cranberry production. Given this, many…
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Red Corn Resurrection
By Audra Koscik Almost 20 years ago, Natalia de Leon and Shawn Kaeppler, professors in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, set out to bring a crop back from…