The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Establishing a Pan-Epigenome for Cattle and Sheep is a newly funded $1.3 million dollar USDA NIFA grant that is being led by Animal & Veterinary Sciences Associate Professor Stephanie McKay, in collaboration with Darren Hagen, PhD, at Oklahoma State University, and Brenda Murdoch, PhD, at the University of Idaho. Continue reading “McKay Funded for Cattle and Sheep Pan-Epigenome Research”
Plant Biology Associate Professor Jill Preston recently received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to work with the Joint Genome Institute to sequence several grass genomes. Continue reading “Plant Biology Biofuel Research Funded”
The University of Vermont Extension Maple program and the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association (VMSMA) were co-hosts for the 2021 Vermont Maple Conference, held on December 8 to 11, 2021. The conference offered a mix of online and in-person learning with 15 informative sessions led by maple industry experts, maple producers and researchers including many from UVM. Continue reading “The 2021 Vermont Maple Conference”
We featured two November videos from Across the Fence on the timely subjects of Thanksgiving recipes and growing cranberries in Vermont. Continue reading “November Across the Fence Highlights”
For Vermont 4-H’ers enrolled in the dairy, beef and working steer projects, November 14 was a day filled with opportunities to explore several bovine-related topics in depth. Fifty-seven 4-H’ers from nine counties gathered at UVM’s Paul R. Miller Research and Educational Center in Burlington for the State 4-H Bovine Bonanza. They were split into groups, according to age, to learn about agricultural careers, calf health and nutrition, farm safety, milking parlors and tractor safety. Continue reading “4-H Groups Statewide Participate in Bovine Bonanza”