Universities are incubators for many of our nation’s most popular produce items — from the HyRed cranberry developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to the Honeycrisp apple created at the University of Minnesota. Universities also have created corn hybrids, soybean varieties, drugs for humans and livestock, and countless other inventions.
Image: WAITING FOR DECISION: HyRed cranberries were developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If the Biden administration decides to weaken the Bayh-Dole Act, which was signed into law 40 years ago by then-President Jimmy Carter, many fear the commercialization of university research will come to a grinding halt across the U.S.
