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Are things like cancerous tumors allowed by meat inspection?
Published on February 25, 2016
Each animal and carcass is inspected for safety and wholesomeness before it enters the food supply. -
Building the science back into 4-H animal science projects
Published on February 25, 2016
Utilize these four free educational resources to help incorporate interactive learning activities for individual 4-H members or club meetings. -
Feeding our crops, greening our cities, protecting the Great Lakes landscape
Published on February 23, 2016
Effective agricultural and urban management practices to protect water quality require an understanding of how and when nutrients move across the landscape, and which management practices are most likely to be successful in preventing nutrient loss. -
Building soil organic matter on Upper Peninsula crop rotations – Part 2 of 2
Published on February 16, 2016
For many farmers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, cover crops need to provide forage as well as soil improvement to be practical. -
“Mr. Forage” is coming to the Great Lakes Forage and Grazing Conference
Published on February 11, 2016
Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin Forage Specialist a.k.a. “Mr. Forage” to speak at the 2016 Great Lakes Forage and Grazing Conference. -
Powering Michigan Agricultural Conference panel speaker: Geothermal and solar PV systems
Published on February 9, 2016
Panel member will address utilizing geothermal, solar and energy efficiency technologies to reduce energy dependence at the Powering Michigan Agriculture with Renewable Energy Conference. -
Anatomy of a successful farm employee meeting
Published on February 1, 2016
What does a good employee meeting look like? How can we do a better job of communicating in meetings? Take a look at one meeting as an example; then plan your own. -
Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources event to focus on soil health
Published on January 12, 2016
Michigan State University will host its first Agriculture Innovation Day: Focus on Soils on Aug. 24, 2016, at the Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center in Frankenmuth, Michigan. -
Focus on Forages winter meetings slated for February and early March
Published on January 11, 2016
Recent forage research from Michigan State University will be featured at six locations in February and early March 2016. -
Take time to think about three things to improve your farm business
Published on January 7, 2016
At times, it seems that there are hundreds of things to think about. That can be paralyzing. Instead, focus your thoughts on three things.