Ukrainian Agriculture Visit

June 2024. MSU Extension hosted four farmer owners from Ukraine who were interested in getting into vegetable production, or improving their current production techniques, in response to uncertainty during the war with Russia. Accompanying the farmers was an interpreter and the co-founders of BRIDGES, which is a privatized Extension service in Ukraine, specializing in consultation, education, and work-study trips. They visited Michigan’s most prominent vegetable growers over four days and also prepared a talk describing the effects of war on Ukraine’s agribusiness sector. Contact: Ben Phillips.

Workshop for bovine practitioners and dairy professionals - Milking and Humane Euthanasia

March 2024. Over 80 participants learned about the latest milking technologies and research. The euthanasia workshop focused on the welfare aspect of it and the use of captive bolt device

Both workshops were offered in the Central and Southern region of Chile. Contact: Paola Bacogalupo Sanguesa.

Cochran Fellowship Program- Nigerian Farm Management

September 2019. With the funding support from the United State Department of Agriculture – Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) seven Cochran fellows from Nigeria received two-weeks training in Agricultural Management MSU during  August 25 - September 6, 2019.  

The team from Nigeria represented various organizations in agricultural services in Nigeria. The two-week program included interactive presentations as well as field visits to various facilities across the state of Michigan, including MSU Extension offices and agricultural research stations, a USDA office, commercial farms, Amish farms, post-production storage facilities, agricultural cooperatives, Detroit's Eastern Market and urban farming sites, and the MSU Anaerobic Digestion facility. Contact: Anne Baker

  • Visiting a goat farm and creamery.

  • Discussing different technologies

  • Visit to the MSU Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Center.

  • Visiting a small farm and learning about harvest methods.

  • Taking a watermelon break during a field visit

  • Learning about Post-Harvest Processing

  • At the MSU Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center

  • Fellows arriving in East Lansing, MI

  • On MSU's campus

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