Raagav Vijayalakshmi Siva, a senior majoring in agricultural business management, was selected to participate in the Farm Foundation Cultivator Program and attend the June 2026 Farm Foundation Round Table in St. Louis, Missouri. The program …
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Ellie Capra: On the Fast Track
AAE Graduate, Ellie Capra, represents talks about the life from rural living to our MSPO classrooms and her journey as a transfer student.
From Concept to Crunch
Each semester the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) hosts a Case Competition in partnership with a company or organization, sponsored by the Renk Agribusiness Institute. This spring 25 students across 12 CALS undergraduate …
The Bee-uty of AAE
AAE’s very own Sadie Goettl and Emily Sydow have taken reign as representatives of the Wisconsin agriculture industry the past two years as the Wisconsin Honey Queens.
Vikas Gawai, PhD candidate, wins CFS RDRC Research Award
The Center for Financial Security’s Retirement and Disability Research Center (CFS RDRC) names five winners from its 2022 Junior Scholars in Training (JSIT) cohort to receive research awards. This spring Gawai was one of ten …
AAE Fulbright Scholar in Brazil
During AAE Ph.D. candidate Marin Skidmore’s first semester on campus, her advisor Jeremy Foltz encouraged her to articulate her goals and make a plan to achieve them. Having arrived at UW-Madison already interested in agricultural …
AAE Ph.D. student inducted into Bouchet Society
AAE doctoral candidate Esteban Quiñones was recently inducted into the UW–Madison Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The Bouchet society “provides scholars with a network of peers who exemplify character, leadership, scholarship, service, and advocacy for …
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The choice to migrate is never easy. While there are a lot of economic theories about where and why people migrate, what we find is that real world behavior often doesn’t match what theories would …
The effect of subsidies on conservation programs
For many years, the world has been worried about the effects of agriculture and livestock on deforestation. During the last two decades, budgets to protect forests have grown substantially. At the same time, many countries …
Agricultural Subsidies and Deforestation
For many years, the world has been worried about the effects of agriculture and livestock on deforestation. During the last two decades, budgets to protect forests have grown substantially. At the same time, many countries …