Newsmakers, September 13, 2012

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UW System Board of Regents President Bret Smith talks about the future of higher education in Wisconsin. And, using anaerobic digesters to turn animal waste into electricity could be expanding to small Wisconsin dairy farms.

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  • Update From UW Regents President Brent Smith

    We talk with UW System Board of Regents President Brent Smith about the future of higher education in Wisconsin.

  • Agricultural Waste-To-Energy Developments

    Using anaerobic digesters to turn animal waste into electricity could be expanding to small Wisconsin dairy farms. We visit a Coon Valley-area farm where the technology is being tested, and talk with Dairyland Power Cooperative which has nearly 10 years of experience buying power from farmers.