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Alyssa Schuck stands in a field, smiling and making a peace sign.

Love at first sight: The beauty of hard work and research at Kellogg Farm

10.26.20

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

Intern Kylee Kunse pours feed into a trough at Kellogg Farm.

Life lessons in the field: Reflections on a KBS summer interning at Kellogg Farm

09.23.20

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

A pasture at Kellogg Farm and Pasture Dairy Center on a misty summer morning.

On fertile soil: Interns join Kellogg Farm and Pasture Dairy Center for the summer

08.28.20

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

Seedlings emerge through last year's corn debris in an agricultural field.

Study on no-till practices highlights the importance of long-term research

07.31.20

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

Heifers in a pen at the MSU Dairy Teaching and Research Center before being transported to KBS.

Kellogg Farm and Pasture Dairy Center a hub for research, community collaboration

05.31.20

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

Screen shot of a Zoom gathering at the Long-term Agroecosystem Research 2020 meeting.

KBS hosts 2020 Long-term Agroecosystem Research meeting, pivots to digital format

05.29.20

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

KBS staffer honored with award from craft malt association

03.06.20

The Craft Maltsters Guild has singled out a W.K. Kellogg Biological Station staffer as an exemplary steward in the field of craft malt. Ryan Hamilton, who works for KBS with the Michigan State University barley research and extension ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Bruno Basso.

Basso Lab: Big data leads to sustainable crop yields and resilience to climate variability

03.04.20

What if we could understand why crop yield varies within a field and between years? Not only is it possible, it’s been done. Bruno Basso, MSU Foundation professor of earth and environmental sciences, and postdoctoral research fellow, ... Read More

Adam Ingrao, wearing a white beekeeping suit, holds a frame from a honey bee hive.

Veterans’ beekeeping program topic of upcoming Dessert with Discussion talk

02.17.20

This event has been rescheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, you can participate via live webinar by registering here: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m94zzGVcRJu3MD-CatHJkg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What do ... Read More

Study coauthor Selassie Ijelu stands in a switchgrass field, holding a trap to measure pest suppression.

Perennial biofuels show promise in meeting energy needs, supporting crucial ecological functions

12.27.19

When we think of biofuel crops, a sprawling field of corn is often what we imagine. Though corn (Zea mays) is the most commonly planted biofuel in the United States, its climate mitigation potential is diminished by the need to till, ... Read More

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