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CANR Spartans come together to give almost $50K on Give Green Day

Published on March 22, 2022
The 2022 Give Green Day was very successful for the CANR community, with nearly $50,000 raised for various projects and programs representing the college, AgBioResearch and MSU Extension.
CANR alumni provide matching gift opportunity for Give Green Day

Published on March 22, 2022
Valerie Wright, '89, and Andrew Schweitzer, '00, alumni from the School of Planning, Design and Construction, provided an additional gift for exceeding the CANR goal on Give Green Day.
PRCI Southeast Asia workshop for developing cassava value chain analysis proposals

Published on March 21, 2022
Kasetsart University (KU) in collaboration with IFPRI conducted a PRCI Southeast Asia workshop for developing cassava value chain analysis proposals
New MSU research shows how biofuel crops can help mitigate climate change when grown on land of otherwise little agricultural value

Published on March 21, 2022
Newly published research from MSU Foundation Professor Bruno Basso shows how some Midwest farmers can see economic and environmental benefits of growing switchgrass, a biofuel crop, on traditionally less-productive land.
Create your own March Madness with a financial free throw activity

Published on March 21, 2022
Combining fitness, finances and free throws makes this a game worth playing.
How many stocked steelhead returning to Michigan rivers are still unmarked?

Published on March 18, 2022
Anglers have been tracking catches of steelhead with and without fin clips. Most stocked steelhead in Michigan rivers now have an adipose fin clip, but some do not.
FSHN accepting applications for Academic Specialist-Teacher

Published on March 18, 2022
The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) at Michigan State University invites applications for a full‐time, 12-month, fixed-term Academic Specialist-Teacher with a 100% teaching assignment.
Using pneumatic defoliation to improve fruit color and quality in apple: A follow-up from the International Tree Fruit Association Annual Conference

Published on March 17, 2022
A summary of research from the Laimburg Research Centre and Cornell University for improving quality for fresh market apple varieties.
MSU students receive scholarship awards for 2021-22

Published on March 17, 2022
Michigan Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation and endowments honoring Howard Cowles and Rolland Patenge award over $80,000 in scholarships to MSU students
Plant science at the dinner table: peaches

Published on March 17, 2022
Peaches can be eaten fresh or used for making peach cobbler, jam pie or peach ice cream.