Before there were the gently rolling hills of farmland and forest we see today, southwest Michigan’s landscape included large areas of prairie habitat. Dominated by wildflowers, grasses, and sedges, these habitats were maintained by ... Read More
Initiative to inventory soil carbon levels earns Basso, collaborator $250K prize
Soils store more carbon than trees, yet forested lands are the source of far more carbon credit sales than are agricultural fields. A innovative collaboration between Michigan State University Foundation Professor Bruno Basso and Kristofer ... Read More
Bur Oak tree a long-term tribute to KBS researcher Richard Harwood
The memory of a treasured colleague of many at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station will endure here in arboreal form. Last November, KBS grounds staff and faculty planted a Bur Oak tree (Quercus macrocarpa) near the KBS Long-term Ecological ... Read More
KBS home to another long-term research program
The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station has been a destination for ecological research projects measured in decades, not months or years. Now, KBS-based research focused on sustainable agriculture has a permanent, long-term home. In 2020, ... Read More
Love at first sight: The beauty of hard work and research at Kellogg Farm
Falling in love with the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station was like meeting a mysterious person in a bar. I saw KBS for the first-time last summer; I was so captivated by the beauty that the idea of hard work was non-existent. Brook Wilke, ... Read More
Life lessons in the field: Reflections on a KBS summer interning at Kellogg Farm
When I was told I would be spending the summer working on a study with grass-fed beef steers at the W.K. Kellogg Farm, I was thrilled. When the first day of preparation for the trial rolled around, I was more than ready to get started and ... Read More
On fertile soil: Interns join Kellogg Farm and Pasture Dairy Center for the summer
While many in-person summer programs at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station were canceled this summer, the W.K. Kellogg Farm and Pasture Dairy Center was able to welcome two college students for internships. Turns out, farming is pretty ... Read More
Study on no-till practices highlights the importance of long-term research
A recent paper by W.K. Kellogg Biological Station scientists and others suggests that the best time to transition to no-till farming practices may have been decades ago. The second-best time may be now. The study's results speak to the ... Read More
Kellogg Farm and Pasture Dairy Center a hub for research, community collaboration
This spring, like most, has been a busy one at the W.K. Kellogg Farm and Pasture Dairy Center. That's in part because of collaborative projects between KBS and Michigan State University researchers based in East Lansing. The nutritional ... Read More
KBS hosts 2020 Long-term Agroecosystem Research meeting, pivots to digital format
Some 150 people from around the country had planned to visit KBS in April 2020 for the fourth annual meeting of the USDA's Long-term Agroecosystem Research network, or LTAR. But in late March, as concerns about the novel coronavirus were ... Read More
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