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    • Join the Hub at World Dairy Expo on Thurs. Oct. 1

      As a nod to the successful partnership between UW–Madison, UW–Platteville, and UW–River Falls through Wisconsin’s Dairy Innovation Hub, the three campuses will host receptions on the same date and time – Thursday, Oct. 1 from 5-7 p.m. This is a great opportunity for faculty, staff, alumni, and friends to connect with colleagues across the state…

    • Advisory council meeting and tour highlights innovation and on-farm research

      Tour guests explore a woodchip bioreactor at Kinnard Farms on Aug. 11, 2026. Photo by Nguyen Tran CASCO, Wis. — Members of the Dairy Innovation Hub Advisory Council gathered Aug. 11 at Kinnard Farms in Casco to explore how research, technology and farmer-led innovation intersect. The event brought together faculty from UW–Madison, UW–Platteville, and UW–River Falls,…

    • From the director: June, gratitude, and getting out to the farm

      Maria Woldt (left) and Elisabeth Berndt (right) at the June 13 Lafayette County Dairy Breakfast, hosted by UW–Platteville’s Pioneer Farm By Maria Woldt, director Every month is dairy month in Wisconsin, but June Dairy Month is an especially fun time to be in America’s Dairyland. Across the state, Wisconsinites are celebrating the start of summer…

    • Four faculty fellowships funded at UW–Platteville by state-sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub

      The University of Wisconsin–Platteville recently awarded four faculty research fellowships to increase dairy-related research capacity through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. Known as the Dairy Industry Impact Innovation Faculty Fellowships, or “DI3 faculty fellowships”, the selected faculty members will tackle research projects in the Hub’s four priority areas; stewarding land and water resources; enriching human…

    • Five faculty fellowships funded at UW–River Falls by state-sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub

      The University of Wisconsin–River Falls College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) recently awarded five faculty research fellowships to expand dairy-related research through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. The selected faculty will lead projects across the Hub’s four priority areas: stewarding land and water resources; enriching human health and nutrition; ensuring animal health and…

    • Fifth annual Dairy Symposium encourages sharing findings, exploring ideas

      The afternoon plenary featured a panel of business partners and researchers from the Forward Agriculture initiative coordinated by WiSys . Photo by Nguyen Tran. The Dairy Innovation Hub held its fifth annual Dairy Symposium on Tuesday, May 12, at the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. During the day-long event, which drew over 200…