Four second-year students from the Michigan State University Institute of Agricultural Technology dairy production program competed in a close-scoring International Postsecondary Dairy Judging Contest held during World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., in early October.
Publish Date: Oct. 30, 2009
Peter McGhee, research assistant in the Department of Entomology, discusses his work with insects' pheromones to save Michigan crops.
Publish Date: Oct. 22, 2009 | Multimedia: 
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development and Michigan State University will use a five-year, $10.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to connect African biosafety regulators with advances in technology – an initiative aimed at reducing poverty through improved agricultural practices.
Publish Date: Oct. 15, 2009 | Multimedia:
Hungry to make fruit better for longer, Michigan State University scientists will lead a four-year, $14.4 million grant-funded research project. The grant is the largest ever awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative since its inception in 2007.
Publish Date: Oct. 06, 2009 | Multimedia:
Michigan’s animal agriculture industry continues to confront numerous challenges on various fronts while simultaneously seeking out potential opportunities.
Publish Date: Sept. 29, 2009
Creation of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station pasture-based dairy is a logical extension of the strong tradition of ecological research at KBS. Integration of row-crop, dairy and biofuel production research programs at the MSU research facility on Gull Lake in Kalamazoo County’s Hickory Corners provides a unique opportunity to examine agriculture from an integrated, whole-system perspective.
Publish Date: Aug. 14, 2009 | Multimedia:
Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station crop and soil scientist Doo-Hong Min earned recognition from the American Forage and Grassland Council in recognition of his contributions to forage and grassland agriculture.
Publish Date: July 31, 2009
The dissolution of the former Soviet Union left a difficult environmental legacy to Central Asia, one that Michigan State University researchers and colleagues are helping to reverse.
Publish Date: May 22, 2009 | Multimedia:
The landmark sequencing of the domestic cattle genome, reported April 24 in the journal Science, could lead to important new findings about health and nutrition, a participating Michigan State University researcher said.
Publish Date: April 23, 2009 | Multimedia:
Dwindling federal funding jeopardizes important animal and biomedical research, together with the institutional research programs that focus on them, a group of Michigan State University scientists warn.
Publish Date: April 23, 2009
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