Tuesday, November 14
4-6 pm
Russell Hall, UW–Platteville
Wednesday, November 15
9:00 am
9:45 am
Tammy Evetovich, Chancellor, UW–Platteville
Chuck Steiner, Interim Dean, College of Business, Industry, Life Science and Agriculture, UW–Platteville
Troy Runge, Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, UW–Madison
Mike Orth, Dean, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, UW–River Falls
10:00 am
“Local virtual enclosures to enforce managed grazing”
Hal Evenson, professor, engineering physics, UW–Platteville
Chris Wilson, farmer, Wilson Organic Farm, Cuba City
“Investigating a novel blood biomarker panel predicting bovine fatty liver”
Ryan Pralle, assistant professor, School of Agriculture, UW-Platteville
Andy Buttles, farmer, Stone-Front Farm, Lancaster
Tera Montgomery, professor and director, School of Agriculture, UW–Platteville (Moderator)
10:45 am
11:00 am
Growing farm business and community – two talks
Stewarding land and water resources – two talks
Ensuring animal health and welfare – two talks
Enriching human health and nutrition – one talk
12:30 pm
Velzy Commons
1:30 pm
Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green)
Rep. Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City)
Rep. Dave Considine (D-Baraboo)
Chad Zuleger, Director of government affairs, Dairy Business Association (Moderator)
2:00 pm
Choose from three campus research facility tours
Lab spaces in Sesquicentennial Hall
Lab spaces in Russell Hall
Technology investments at Pioneer Farm
2:00 pm
For anyone who doesn't attend a tour
3:30 pm