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MSU Equestrian Team Qualifies for National Show April 7, 2008 The MSU Equestrian Team competed in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Western Semi Final Show last weekend in Laurinburg, NC, taking home 3rd place honors and qualifying as one of only 9 teams to move on to the IHSA National Championship Show to be held in Burbank, CA on May 8 through 11, 2008. This is the first time the a whole team has qualified for competition since the 1990's and tops off a season in which the team placed no lower than 2nd at any of the 9 regular season shows. Competing for the Spartans and their individual placings were:
Please congratulate any of these students, as well as any other members of the Equestrian Team, that you may have in class. All 40 members of the MSU Equestrian Team worked hard all year to qualify the team for Nationals, and we hope to make a strong showing in Burbank. GO STATE! MSU Team Takes First Place at Dairy Challenge Students from MSU won a 1st place Platinum placing in the Seventh Annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) held April 4-5, 2008 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with 31 teams from the United States and one team from Canada competing. The team from MSU consisted of: Christine Hadley, Niles; Ashley Messing, Bad Axe; Andrew Reinker, Horton; and Laura Zeldenrust, Fremont. Herb Bucholtz, Marcus Hollman, and Miriam Weber Nielsen coached the team. NAIDC is an innovative two-day competition for students representing dairy science programs at North American universities. It enables students to apply theory and learning to a real-world dairy, while working as part of a four-person team. 2008 ASAS ADSA Midwest meeting
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The MSU Department of Animal Science is selling Queen sized MSEWE blankets. These ewenique Limited Edition products were developed by MSU students in the ANS “Experiencing Entrepre- neurialism” class to promote Spartan Spirit while providing an alternative marketing strategy for wool produced at the MSU Sheep Teaching and Research Center. Proceeds from sale of the blankets go to support student activities at the MSU Sheep Teaching and Research Center. Order MSEWE blankets online...
In 1906, milk was 12 cents a can, three pounds of sirloin steak sold for a quarter and eggs were 15 cents a dozen. The year 1906 also marked the organization of animal agriculture into the State Agricultural College’s newest department. |
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Michigan State Animal Science accomplishments from undergraduates include the Academic Quadrathlon Team at the ASAS Midwest meetings in Des Moines, Iowa. Team members included: Gail Carpenter, ANS Junior from Dansville; Bobby Laux, ANS Sophomore from Petersburg; Erica Wines, ANS Senior from Richland; and Jason Scramlin, ANS Junior form Holly. After capturing first place among 8 teams at the Block and Bridle/MSU local competition, this team represented MSU very well at the Midwest completion. The MSU team placed first in both the Sheep lab and General Lab of the lab practical. They also competed in a written exam, a quiz bowl and an oral presentation. Well done guys!
"DHIA in America - A Foundation for Progress" is a 35-minute Ken Burns style (PBS) documentary that delves into the status of the dairy industry at the turn of the 20th century leading to the development of Cow-Testing Associations -- DHIA (Dairy Herd Improvement Associations) as we know them today. The 1st DHIA Association in America was started in Newaygo County, Michigan in 1905. Since then, DHIA has been one of the cogs to provide great strides in the U.S. dairy industry. This documentary was created to capture the 100-year history of cow-testing in America. Over 200 photos included.
