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MSU history continues strong in Saginaw Valley and Thumb Regions

Published on July 11, 2016
MSU's Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center has provided research for the agriculture industry for more than 40 years.
James Kelly: A masterful bean breeder and mentor

Published on July 11, 2016
MSU University Distinguished Professor James Kelly has developed 47 bean varieties in the past 35 years. And he's not finished yet.
Michigan Wheat Program becomes funding partner in MSU research at Richville

Published on June 20, 2016
The Michigan Wheat Program board announced its commitment to provide $700,000 in support over the next five years to assist Michigan State University (MSU) in purchasing additional acreage for wheat research.
Save the dates for MSU field days featuring research updates

Published on May 26, 2016
Members of the Michigan agriculture industry and others are invited to tour several of the Michigan State University research facilities this summer during the annual field day festivities.
New facility will increase hands-on opportunities for agriculture professionals, students, community

Published on June 1, 2015
More than $1 million in donations will be used to build a new 11,000-square-foot educational facility on the property at the Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center.
M-AAA awards more than $600K in grants for MSU animal agriculture research

Published on December 11, 2014
Seventeen Michigan State University researchers and Extension outreach and education specialists have received more than $600,000 in funding from the Michigan Alliance for Animal Agriculture.
MSU AgBioResearch announces new assistant director of natural resources programs

Published on October 22, 2014
MSU fisheries and wildlife professor Michael Jones has been named assistant director of natural resources programs for MSU AgBioResearch. This is a new part-time position within the organization.
MSU AgBioResearch names new acting associate director

Published on June 26, 2014
George Smith, MSU animal science professor, will serve as acting associate director of MSU AgBioResearch beginning July 1.
Farmers to hear Michigan wheat production updates at MSU research center

Published on June 10, 2014
Michigan's Winter Wheat Field Day will feature something for every wheat farmer in the state who has ever had a pest, weed, disease, rotation, nutrient, combine or production-related question about the crop.
MSU research centers to host public field days

Published on May 13, 2014
MSU AgBioResearch is inviting the public to tour several of its outlying research centers this summer.
Attracting wild bees to farms is a good insurance policy

Published on April 4, 2014
A paper co-authored by MSU AgBioResearch's Rufus Isaacs gives farmers of pollination-dependent crops tangible results to convert marginal acreage to fields of wildflowers.
Single gene separates queen from workers

Published on January 29, 2014
Scientists have identified how a single gene in honey bees separates the queens from the workers.
Controlling fire blight without antibiotics in organic apples goal of new USDA project

Published on December 20, 2013
A team of Michigan State University (MSU) researchers has begun investigating organic methods for controlling fire blight, a devastating apple and pear tree disease.
Research tour, public forum slated at Saginaw Valley center

Published on August 14, 2013
The MSU Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center will host its annual field day and research tour Aug. 21 beginning at 9 a.m. Topics of discussion include sugar beets, dry edible beans and other crops studied in the Saginaw Valley region.
Enviro-weather shows promise for growers of all kinds

Published on June 11, 2013
A 2011 survey of 1,000 fruit growers indicates that Enviro-weather helped to save at least $1.7 million in grower costs. Growers surveyed also indicated an estimated 7 million pounds in increased crop yield.
2007 PRAB Dry Bean Variety Trials

Data and results of the 2008 Michigan dry bean trials.
100 Years of Bean Breeding at Michigan State University: A Chronology

James D. Kelly, PhD., Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University summarizes the milestones achieved in bean breeding during the 20th century.
2013 Sugarbeet REACH Research Results

2013 sugarbeet research results from the Michigan Sugarbeet REACH.
Picture Tour: Sugarbeet Harvesting

Images of equipment, harvest, processing, and piling grounds.
Picture Tour: Sugarbeet Herbicide Injuries

Images of banvel, nortron, oil burn, roundup, treflan, command, paraquat, classic, and atrazine.