W.K. Kellogg Biological Station • Michigan State University

New economics on the farm

Bruno Basso and collaborator win $250K award to support soil carbon inventory initiative.
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#KBSsummer underway

In-person academic programs will prompt some public access restrictions to KBS grounds. Please follow signage.
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Excellence in aquatic ecology

Professor Elena Litchman awarded prestigious honor for her contributions to the field.
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Making natural connections

Graduate student Isabela Borges wins award for research exploring effects of inbreeding on plant-rhizobia mutualism.
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A singular year

Join us as we revisit notable news of 2019-20 and look forward with anticipation.
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Image of a prescription map, showing which areas of an agricultural field are successful in growing conventional drops and which are not.

View of Gull Lake from Windmill Island, with the historic KBS windmill and foot bridge in the foreground.

Images of microscopic plankton of different shapes, in a fluorescent green light against a dark background.

Panorama photo of plants in black plastic pots sitting on a table inside a greenhouse, that are part of Borges's research.

Purple and yellow wildflowers against the backdrop of a cornfield.