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Students Preparing for Little ‘I’

Published February 1, 2024

The NDSU Little International Livestock Show will be held February 10. Little I Manager Kell Hellmuth is looking forward to this year's competition. "The atmosphere in Shepherd (Arena) with the excitement, the clean chips, the streamers hanging, all the bright…

Clean Air Technologies Being Evaluated in Swine Units

Published February 1, 2024

A new joint venture, Univox, is partnering with NDSU to research clean air technologies for confined animal feeding operations. Univox Managing Partner Merritt Hamilton Allen believes that these technologies could lead to better production and safer work environments. "We're going…

NDSU New Faculty Spotlight: Kirsten Butcher

Published February 1, 2024

Kirsten Butcher joined the NDSU staff as an assistant professor of soil health this past year. She received her undergraduate biology and environmental science degree from St Louis University and a Masters degree from NDSU in soil salinity. After NDSU,…

NDSU New Faculty Spotlight: Lindsay Malone

Published February 1, 2024

Lindsay Malone was hired in August of 2022 as an assistant professor of climate smart approaches in agriculture. Malone grew up on a dairy farm just outside of Buffalo, New York and studied plant sciences at Cornell University before moving…

Buchanan to Retire

Published May 24, 2023

NDSU College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources Associate Dean David Buchanan is retiring on June 1. Buchanan has been at NDSU for the past 11 years as an animal scientist, educator and administrator. Previously, Buchanan spent nearly 28…

Budget Cuts Hit NDSU Ag College

Published March 1, 2023

Due to declining enrollment and a $7.6 million deficit, North Dakota State University is implementing budget cuts. NDSU Vice President of Agricultural Affairs Greg Lardy outlines the impact to the agriculture college. "We're in a position here in the College of…

NDSU Forecasts Commodity Prices

Published February 1, 2023

NDSU Extension has released its 2023 short-term and long-term planning price projections. Farm Management Specialist Ron Haugen says commodity prices remain positive. "Spring wheat is projected to be about $8 per bushel, corn at $5.25 and soybeans at $12.25 per…

Difficult Decisions for NDSU Ag College

Published January 26, 2023

Due to budget concerns, North Dakota State University is scaling down from seven academic colleges to five. NDSU Vice President of Agricultural Affairs Greg Lardy says the merger plan has little impact the College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural…

NDSU Releases Research on Drought Tolerance Study

Published December 13, 2022

NDSU released trial results from a study looking at corn hybrid data. NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center Director Mike Ostlie says the study showed drought tolerant corn produced only marginally more yield. "We looked at drought-tolerant corn traits versus hybrids…

Preparing the Next Generation

Published December 10, 2022

North Dakota State University Extension and North Dakota Farmers Union partnered on a farm successing planning workshop in Bismarck. "Anytime you hand down property to keep a farm going, there's going to be a lot of planning involved," explained Tyler…

Articles tagged under: NDSU

Students Preparing for Little ‘I’

Clean Air Technologies Being Evaluated in Swine Units

NDSU New Faculty Spotlight: Kirsten Butcher

NDSU New Faculty Spotlight: Lindsay Malone

Buchanan to Retire

Budget Cuts Hit NDSU Ag College

NDSU Forecasts Commodity Prices

Difficult Decisions for NDSU Ag College

NDSU Releases Research on Drought Tolerance Study

Preparing the Next Generation

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