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ANSCI/DYSCI 101

Professors

Fall 2026

Eric Ronk

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Raw average: 3.40/5 from 15 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.83 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.47 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical guest lecturer Randy Shaver is described as an enthusiastic and approachable expert in forage and dairy nutrition who makes for a fun, laid-back class experience.

ERIC RONK is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	23 / 18	0
LAB 301	Classroom Instruction	23 / 18	0

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Student experience

the class

Historical guest lecturer Randy Shaver is praised as an enthusiastic, approachable expert who makes for a fun class, though current instructor Eric Ronk has no reviews.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.83 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.47 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

No specific workload details are provided for the current term; historical guest lectures were rated as moderately difficult.

Reviewers found historical guest lectures engaging and fun due to the instructor's passion, but no current student experience data exists for Eric Ronk.

Topics

Reproduction, nutrition, milk quality, raising dairy replacements, facilities, and records.

Skills

Practical application, analysis of alternatives, and decision making in dairy management.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

Grades over time

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records

DYSCI 233 · Fall 2026

Dairy Herd Management I

Recorded 2026-09-07

Raw records

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    "term_id": "1272",
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    "source_subject_id": "292",
    "title": "Dairy Herd Management I",
    "credits_min": 3,
    "credits_max": 3,
    "typically_offered": "Spring"
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Grade history

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Model outputs & technical records

nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4

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Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

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Model & dataset provenance

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  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "f77f0806b6ba97b543bce797b32b0da5e8f6946ef0d4b6ceb5e9246657fa5980",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
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