Wisconsin Ag Connection - Peters to Head UW-Madison Network of Ag Research Stations

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Peters to Head UW-Madison Network of Ag Research Stations
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 06/21/2017

The University of Wisconsin-Madison's 11 agricultural research stations across the state will soon be under new leadership. Mike Peters has been named director of the network of ag stations, where he will replace the retiring Dwight Mueller.

Peters is currently serving as the assistant director of the Research Animal Resources Center at UW-Madison. In his new capacity, he will be responsible for the overall management and direction of campus' research station network--which provides facilities and support for the research, extension and educational programs of the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

Before joining the RARC, he served as the dairy herd administrator for the UW-Madison Department of Dairy Science for eight years. In that role, he managed the dairy herd on the UW-Madison campus and the herd at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station. He also worked as an ARS employee at the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center.

"We are thrilled to welcome Mike back to CALS," said Bill Barker, CALS associate dean for research. "He's a talented and experienced administrator, as well as a natural problem solver, qualities that will serve him well in this position."

Peters majored in dairy science at UW-Madison. As an undergraduate, he was the student manager of the UW-Madison Dairy Cattle Center, residing in the barn's second-floor living quarters for three years.

He begins his new duties on July 17.

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