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MSU Grazing School coming to the W. K. Kellogg Biological Station
Published on July 14, 2014
Michigan State University Extension will offer a grazing school for dairy, livestock and small ruminant producers at the Kellogg Farm on September 9th and 10th. -
New staff helps to breathe life into U.P. incubator farm
Published on July 2, 2014
A farm site at the MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center that has not been used for some 30 years is experiencing a rejuvenation, thanks in large part to the addition of three staff members and an intern. -
Cattle call: Using mobile app technology to prevent dairy disease
Published on June 11, 2014
Lorraine Sordillo, Michigan State University AgBioResearch animal scientist, will lead a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional effort to adapt mobile technology to help farmers prevent dairy cattle illness. -
The driving force: Technological innovations accelerate environmental antibiotic resistance research
Published on June 10, 2014
Technological advances have helped spur the frequently tedious and time-consuming efforts necessary to understand the complexity of drug resistance. -
How much fertilizer is too much for the climate?
Published on June 9, 2014
Helping farmers around the globe apply more-precise amounts of nitrogen-based fertilizer can help combat climate change, explains MSU AgBioResearch scientist Phil Robertson. -
Priming the pipeline:The promising role of MSU in drug development
Published on June 9, 2014
Several Michigan State University researchers are responding to the urgent call for new antibiotics and other novel drug therapies. -
The good and the bad: Reconceptualizing bacteria and their roles in human health and disease
Published on June 8, 2014
Linda Mansfield, MSU AgBioResearch microbiologist and veterinarian, is exploring the role of antibiotics in making humans more susceptible to infections caused by Campylobacter jejuni, a serious bacterial threat. -
Evolution in action: Long-term project stimulates research in many areas
Published on June 7, 2014
The evolutionary process has never been directly observed for so many generations and in such details as in Richard Lenski's experiment on bacteria that now features more than 60,000 generations of E. coli. -
The pressure is on: New ruling will end antibiotic use in organic fruit production
Published on June 6, 2014
Fruit growers have long relied on a small amount of antibiotics to ward off one of the biggest threats. A new ruling will change that for some.