Month: December 2025

    • New faculty profile: Yun Jiang

      Together with members of her lab, Jiang is building a research program developing nutritional strategies to improve feed efficiency, reduce environmental impacts, and improve feed quality and safety. Photo contributed…

      New faculty profile: Yun Jiang
    • New faculty profile: Rebecca Smith

      Smith trims shoots from young Sorghum plants in the Walnut Street Greenhouse at UW-Madison as part of a research trial exploring improvements to the plants’ cell wall for increased digestibility…

      New faculty profile: Rebecca Smith
    • New faculty profile: Gregg Sanford

      Sanford’s research also focuses on Ecological intensification, which works with nature to grow crops more sustainably. Practices like cover crops, reduced tillage, and crop-livestock integration can improve soil health, boost…

      New faculty profile: Gregg Sanford
    • A note from the director: charting the Hub’s continued growth

      Matt Ruark speaks to the Hub’s advisory council about soil health and dairy systems in August at the Lancaster Agricultural Research Station. Photo by Nguyen Tran/Dairy Innovation Hub As we…

      A note from the director: charting the Hub’s continued growth
    • New faculty profile: Md Azhar Uddin

      Assistant Professor  |  Agriculture Economics | UW–River Falls   |  start date August 2024 What is your hometown? I grew up in Chittagong, a major metropolitan area in southeastern Bangladesh.…

      New faculty profile: Md Azhar Uddin
    • The Hub’s 2025 Year in Review

      2025 was busy for the Dairy Innovation Hub! The Hub would like to thank everyone who helped make it a great year! Highlighted below are just a few samples of activities, updates,…

      The Hub’s 2025 Year in Review
    • Hub-funded research featured at the State Capitol on Jan. 21

      Karen Antunes, a Hub-funded PhD student in nutritional sciences at UW–Madison, presents her research using bovine colostrum to combat obesity at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Photo by Maria Woldt/Dairy Innovation…

      Hub-funded research featured at the State Capitol on Jan. 21
    • Mitchell Armstrong’s dual mission: dairy research and military service

      Mitchell Armstrong presents a research poster at the 2025 Dairy Symposium, May 14, 2025 at UW–Madison. Photo by Nguyen Tran When you meet Mitchell Armstrong, the duality of his life…

      Mitchell Armstrong’s dual mission: dairy research and military service