UW-Madison CIAS
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Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) = collaborative research on resilient agriculture & food systems, linking farmers, stakeholders & researchers.
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http://www.cias.wisc.edu 13-04-2011 13:45:38
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Kernza: it's heading toward a bright future Grassland 2.0
Trucking is to farming like pollination is to flowering plants—and yeah, truckers (and bees) are in trouble. John Oliver helps explain the squeeze. youtube.com/watch?v=phieTC…
If you pay attention to policy incentives for midwest farmers to pursue environmental practices, you'll be keen to read the new excellent report out from Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) . Great data and solid recommendations. iatp.org/documents/paym…
Great to see this important and timely research from CIAS collaborations. michelle miller
To graze or . . . to graze better!? New tool helps dairy farmers explore the economics of grazing dairy heifers, a collab with our own John Hendrickson & Grassland 2.0 🐄🍀💵 grasslandag.org/the-heifer-gra…
Integrated systems approach! Nice infographic on capturing the benefits of how cropping and livestock can work together. From the folks at Green Lands Blue Waters & SARE Program greenlandsbluewaters.org/match-made-in-…
From our research at UW-Madison CIAS and w/ collaborators we know how farmers are constrained by technology and supply. They still innovate, and we rely on farmers to teach us about cover cropping in Wisconsin. But it's risky. Failure is real, transition takes time. 2/7
.Dept. of Agriculture accepted more than 3.1 million acres into this year’s Grassland CRP signup - the largest signup in the program’s history! But it’s not too late for you to participate. Learn more: bit.ly/3asrddb