The MSU College of Agriculture program benefits students in the animal sciences by providing hands-on learning of the beef industry.

The MSU winter wheat breeding program has released new winter wheat varieties in grain and forage, both intended as replacements for two of Montana’s most-planted winter wheat varieties.

BOZEMAN — Among the many dishes Montana State University serves to its students, staff and visitors, it’s hard to find a recipe that doesn’t include at least one ingredient that came from a Montana farm or ranch.

Strolling among the cuisine counters at Miller Dining Commons recently, Kara Landolfi, MSU’s Farm to Campus Coordinator, noted wood-fired pizzas topped with bacon from Montana 4-H pigs, taco meat from MSU-raised steers and Gallatin Valley kale at the salad bar. A unique salad topping — Montana wheat berries popped in Montana safflower oil — was yet another example of MSU’s myriad local offerings.

“It’s integrated into everything,” Landolfi said.

(MSU News Release) BOZEMAN – The public is invited to attend free annual field days across Montana to tour and learn about the people, places and projects involved with agricultural research at Montana State University's College of Agriculture<http://agriculture.montana.edu/> and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station<http://agresearch.montana.edu/maes.html> or MAES.

MSU Extension Plant Pathologist Mary Burrows has received a Fulbright Fellowship to Adelaide in South Australia to research new methodologies in detecting plant disease and develop connections between Montana and Australian agriculture.

DRUMMOND - Area ranchers will want to be at the Drummond Senior Center for a free seminar on how to get your calves, pigs and other stock growing and maturing at a faster rate.