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Biosecurity considerations to protect your equine investment

Published on September 12, 2025
Simple biosecurity measures can help to reduce chances of infectious disease introduction to your horse or horse farm.
Fall harvest safety tips

Published on September 5, 2025
Some common sense tips can help prevent injuries on the farm during harvest season.
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Michigan horse health alert

Published on September 3, 2025
MDARD confirms first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis for 2025 in a Benzie County horse.
Have you experienced barriers or challenges to accessing farmland? We want to know!

Published on September 1, 2025
Take part in a survey from a joint MIFarmLink-MSU Extension research project funded through a SARE grant.
MSU Extension Emergency Response to Accidents Involving Livestock (ERAIL) Team helps spur change in how emergency personnel respond to accidents involving livestock

Published on August 26, 2025
Survey results demonstrated actionable changes to strategies when responding to accidents involving livestock by emergency personnel who received previous MSU Extension ERAIL training.
USDA releases farmland cash rental values for Michigan counties

Published on August 26, 2025
Michigan State University Extension updates their annual report with the latest data.
Fundraising effort underway to bring draft horses back to MSU

Published on August 25, 2025
The MSU Driving Club is raising funds to bring a team of draft horses back to campus for teaching and 4-H programming.
Hay for horses, pancakes for people, fun learning for all at the 2025 Breakfast on the Farm event

Published on August 22, 2025
Nearly 1,200 people attended Michigan State University Extension’s 2025 Breakfast on the Farm event hosted at the Michigan State University Horse Teaching and Research Center.
MSU offers free webinar series on Immigration Essentials for Farm Employers

Published on August 19, 2025
MSU offers free webinar series on Immigration Essentials for Farm Employers.
MSU Extension offers two Emergency Response to Accidents Involving Livestock (ERAIL) trainings at the MSU Farm Bureau Pavilion

Published on August 19, 2025
Equipment for safely extricating livestock from trucks/trailers and containing animals after transport accidents will be shown in the first in-person training. Euthanasia training covers identifying compromised animals and humane euthanasia.