Hub news

    • FY21 Hub-funded projects by priority area

      Pinned post Stewarding land and water resources: UW-Madison Postdocs Efficacy of manure nutrient prediction and variable rate technology to improve nutrient use efficiency on Wisconsin dairy farms – Postdoc: Xiaoyu Feng, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, PI: Matt Digman, Department of Biological Systems Engineering Capacity building equipment Low-field nuclear magnetic resonance – Matt Digman, Department…

    • Faculty director’s fall message

      Hello friends of the dairy community Welcome to the Dairy Innovation Hub newsletter, an opportunity to find updates on Hub activities and progress and see feature stories about featured projects. Thank you for your interest in the Hub and we look forward to using this newsletter as another opportunity to maintain open communication with groups…

    • Seven short term, high impact projects at UW-Madison funded by the Hub

      The University of Wisconsin­–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently selected seven projects for funding through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. The one-year grants will fund promising work in the Hub’s four priority areas: stewarding land and water resources; enriching human health and nutrition; ensuring animal health and welfare; and growing farm business…

    • Dairy Innovation Hub to offer communications school-year virtual internship

      ABOUT THE HUB: The Dairy Innovation Hub, which the state of Wisconsin is supporting with $7.8 million per year, harnesses research and development at UW–Madison, UW–Platteville and UW–River Falls campuses to keep Wisconsin’s $45.6 billion dairy community at the global forefront in producing nutritious dairy products in an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable manner. ABOUT…

    • Dairy Innovation Hub the focus of WiSys SPARK conference

      WiSys, who manages technology transfers and patents for the UW System comprehensive campuses, recently hosted a virtual conference dedicated to the work of the Dairy Innovation Hub. More than 80 people registered for the event – representing university faculty and staff, members of the public, farmers, processors, dairy professionals and legislative staff. If you missed…

    • State-funded Dairy Innovation Hub hires first faculty members

      Contact: Maria Woldt, Dairy Innovation Hub program manager, (608) 265-4009, maria.woldt@wisc.edu (Click names for high-res photos) Ryan Pralle and Joseph Sanford have been hired as faculty members by the UW-Platteville, School of Agriculture, representing the first tenure-track faculty positions funded by the Dairy Innovation Hub. Both positions are 70% research and outreach and 30% teaching.…