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MSU women to globetrot to improve horse welfare in Brazil
April 21, 2006- Nine undergraduate women and Animal Behavior and Welfare Group director Adroaldo Zanella will spend three weeks in Brazil in June working along side students and faculty there. The MSU Equine Welfare Interaction Strategy-Action team (EQWIS-Action) will assess and improve the lives of some of the more than 6,600 working horses in and around Porto Alegre and Passo Fundo, Brazil.
2006 Ag Expo at MSU July 18-20
April 11, 2006- Farmers, educators and families are invited to Michigan’s largest agricultural equipment exposition July 18-20 when the 27 th annual Ag Expo takes place at Michigan State University (MSU).
The exposition will feature a skid-steer ride-and-drive, zero-turn mower demonstrations, utility vehicle ride-and-drives, livestock handling demonstrations, an antique and garden tractor pull (July 19 only), a toy tractor show and an FFA tractor driving contest.
More than 250 commercial exhibitors -- including equipment, seed, fertilizer, building and service suppliers -- will be on site. Visitors can expect to see tractors, implements, trailers and other equipment, and can talk to representatives from manufacturers, dealers and agencies.
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CANR Students Dominate Regional Animal Science Competition
April 3, 2006- Four Michigan State University (MSU) animal science students combined their diverse areas of expertise to win first place overall in the Midwest Regional Academic Quadrathalon (AQ). The students competed against 16 teams during the Midwest Regional American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) and American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) meetings in Des Moines, Iowa, March 20-22.
Team members Beth Blauwiekel, Fowler junior; Kristen Etchebarne, Modesto, Calif. junior; Virginia Riggs, Holt junior; and Stephanie Willmarth, Wexford, Pa. junior, placed first in quiz bowl, first in laboratory practical, second in formal presentation and fourth in the written exam.
Read more about this story.New MSU Leadership Program Launched With Kellogg Startup Grant
March 20, 2006- Cultivating leadership that bridges diverse and some times competing interests is the focus of a new academy being launched by the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) and the Eli Broad College of Business with help from generous grants by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
The Kellogg Foundation has awarded a $390,000 startup grant to fund the first two years of operation of the Great Lakes Leadership Academy (GLLA), an outreach initiative that will help current and emerging leaders from Michigan’s manufacturing, agriculture and natural resources sectors develop collaborative relationships and enhance leadership skills. The academy will initially offer two leadership concentrations -- the Leadership Skills Development program and the Leadership Advancement program.
Read more about this story.MSU CANR Ranks High in Minority Degree Standings
March 17, 2006- MSU tops the list of universities in the number of African American students receiving baccalaureate degrees in agriculture-related industries. The rankings come from Diverse magazine’s Top 100 Degree Producers, an annual survey of colleges and universities using data reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
According to Hilary Hurd, editor of Diverse, the survey is a 13-year tradition that started when editors of Black Issues in Higher Education wanted to see which schools were graduating the most minority students. The magazine changed its name to Diverse last summer.
Read more about this story.Besides food, farming can provide wildlife habitat and reduce global warming
February 18, 2006- When people hear the word "agriculture," most think of food. But the benefits of agriculture are much more than farm fresh corn or dairy products. Now scientists are investigating how farmers can manage their land to offer everyone more environmental benefits, and whether farmers could be paid for providing these benefits.
"Agriculture, which includes planted forests, is the world's largest human-managed ecosystem," said Scott Swinton, professor of agricultural economics at MichiganStateUniversity. "There is a huge area of land that people manage for food, fiber and fuel – these are all marketed products with a value attached to them. What we want to know is if we can also manage agriculture for things that people like and appreciate, but don't have markets, such as cleaner air, cleaner water, less global warming, wildlife habitat and aesthetics – many people enjoy seeing the green, open space of farmland in their communities."
Read more about this story.Agriculture, food system study shows potential for job, industry growth
February 1, 2006- “The Economic Impact and Potential of Michigan’s Agri-Food System” highlights how the agri-food system has the potential for adding nearly $1 billion to the state’s economy if current investment trends continue over the next three to five years.
The paper, released in January, examines economic contributions from agriculture and related industries, including leather, nursery, turfgrass, ornamental plants and food processing. This total food and fiber system has a $60.1 billion impact each year on the state’s economy.
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- 3/2/06 "MSU CANR Ranks High in Minority Degree Standings"
- 2/18/06 "Besides food, farming can provide wildlife habitat and reduce global warming"
- 2/1/06 "Agriculture, food system study shows potential for job, industry growth"
- 1/21/05 "Strong Coffee: Rebirth brews in Rwanda with a land-grant assist from MSU"
- 9/23/04 "MSU part of new center to study Great Lakes and health"