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From calf chores to cattle consulting: Kaylee Riesgraf is shaping the future of dairy
Kaylee Reisgraf speaks during the 2022 Dairy Summit event hosted by UW–River Falls. Photo by Pat Deninger/UW–River Falls For the past two years, Kaylee Riesgraf has worked as a dairy nutritionist, helping farmers in rural Wisconsin achieve their goals. Before beginning her professional career, Riesgraf was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and…
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Four new Hub-funded faculty hired in 2024
Four faculty members were recently hired at UW–Madison and UW–River Falls with funding from the Dairy Innovation Hub. These new scientists will support 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 and communities. The Dairy Innovation Hub,…
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Pioneering innovation: Zifan Wan’s cold plasma research at UW–Platteville
Wan is building a research program dedicated to improving dairy food production and processing. Cold plasma, a novel non-thermal technology, has proven effective in microbial inactivation while preserving food quality. Photo by Andy McNeill/UW–Platteville At the crossroads of food science, agriculture, and sustainability, groundbreaking research is transforming the future of the dairy industry. Zifan Wan,…
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Six UW-Madison postdoctoral fellowships funded by the Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently announced a third cohort of six, two-year postdoctoral fellowships to help increase dairy-related research capacity through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. The selected postdoctoral fellows began their research in the fall of 2024 and are tackling research projects in the Hub’s four priority…
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Hub-funded soil scientist at UW-Madison shares insights into multi-state research project at Dairy Strong conference
Panelists discuss the Dairy Soil & Water Regeneration project at the Dairy Strong conference on Jan. 16, 2025. Photo by Maria Woldt By Jamie Mara for Dairy Soil & Water Regeneration A panel discussion at the Dairy Strong conference Jan. 16 in Green Bay featured research being conducted by a University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty member…
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Share your dairy-related research at the Dairy Symposium, May 14
Proposals are due by Friday, March 7, 2025. The Dairy Innovation Hub is hosting the 4th annual Dairy Symposium event on Wednesday, May 14 at the Memorial Union on the UW–Madison campus. This day-long event brings together academic colleagues, students, and trainees from UW–Madison, UW–Platteville and UW–River Falls to share data from the Hub’s most…