22 September 2022

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Montana State professor awarded $450,000  NSF grant to improve bioplastics production

Montana State professor awarded $450,000 NSF grant to improve bioplastics production


Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service As a result of new research involving a cutting-edge facility at Montana State University, agricultural biomass that would otherwise sit in farmers’ fields could instead be turned into plastic beverage bottles and food containers. Stephanie Wettstein, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in MSU’s Norm Asbjornson

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Montana State’s annual Celebrate  Agriculture weekend set for Oct. 21-22

Montana State’s annual Celebrate Agriculture weekend set for Oct. 21-22


Montana State University’s College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station will host the annual Celebrate Agriculture Weekend Oct. 21-22 on the MSU campus. Celebrate Agriculture honors MSU alumni and students and the legacy of Montana’s agricultural communities. Celebrate Ag Weekend will include an agricultural economics conference, a pregame event at Saturday’s Bobcat

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How farmers and growers can adapt to meet emerging  demands

How farmers and growers can adapt to meet emerging demands


The world is ever-changing, and those changes include consumer preferences. Identifying what consumers want is a challenge for any business, and farmers and growers are no exception. Food trends come and go, but identifying key segments of the population and catering to their needs and interests can help farmers and growers meet consumer demand and increase profits. Baby Boomers Baby Boomers

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The challenges climate change  poses to  agriculture

The challenges climate change poses to agriculture


Climate change poses an array of challenges. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration notes that the impacts of climate change on various sectors of society are interrelated, a connection that mirrors the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The human health crisis that arose during the pandemic affected all aspects of life, as illnesses limited worker productivity, thus affecting the

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15 September 2022

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Board Approves Hanks As Interim Superintendent

Board Approves Hanks As Interim Superintendent


The Wolf Point School board officially accepted the resignation of superintendent Loverty Erickson during its monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 12. According to an email to staff members in August, Erickson wrote, “Because of the unknown recent event in our lives, I am no longer able to serve you as the superintendent of Wolf Point schools. I could not give it the adequate time and passion it

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