CSU researchers are testing vertical “solar fences” that let farmers grow crops while generating solar energy, offering a new approach to agrivoltaics for large-scale agriculture.
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Paige Stanley, a research scientist with CSU’s Soil Innovation Lab, was recognized with the Outstanding Young Professional Award for her research advancing soil health, grazing management and climate solutions in rangeland systems.
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Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, director of CSU AgNext, received the 2026 Trailblazer Award from the Denver Business Journal for her leadership in advancing sustainable, data-driven animal agriculture.
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CSU alumna Katie Greenwood has been named executive director of the Colorado FFA Foundation, where she will lead initiatives supporting agricultural education, FFA students and educators across the state.
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Colorado State University researchers in the San Luis Valley have identified the causes of potato dry rot in Colorado.
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Libby Bigler, Colorado’s Beef Quality Assurance coordinator, travels the state working with ranchers to strengthen beef quality, animal care and consumer trust in Colorado’s cattle industry.
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Gene Kelly, director of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station and professor at Colorado State University, has been named incoming chair of agInnovation, helping lead national efforts to advance agricultural research and public investment in science.
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Colorado State University’s Crops Testing Program will hold its 2026 Wheat Field Days June 10–12 and 16 at locations across Eastern Colorado, offering growers a firsthand look at wheat variety trials and the latest research in entomology, pathology and seed programs.
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Four Colorado State University leaders and partners were inducted into the Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame, honored for decades of service advancing agricultural research, education and industry across the state.
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Barney Feinblum, former CEO of Celestial Seasonings and Horizon Organic, helped launch an herb garden at Colorado State University, giving students hands-on experience with plants that shaped the natural foods industry.
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At Colorado State University’s San Luis Valley Research Center, plant scientist Vamsi Nalam is advancing disease-resistant and climate-resilient potato varieties to help Colorado growers defend against costly viruses and strengthen the state’s potato industry.
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Thomas Borch, professor of environmental and agricultural chemistry, has been named associate editor of Environmental Science and Technology, widely regarded as one of the top journals in the field.
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CSU and the Colorado Seed Growers Association have launched an online micro-credential program to train seed conditioners and producers in quality and compliance.
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CSU pesticide safety educator Lisa Blecker trains applicators, dispels myths, and fosters conversations about safe pesticide use across Colorado.
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Dr. Jessica Davis, professor and former head of CSU’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, passed away Jan. 26, 2026, leaving a legacy of leadership, mentorship, and innovation in agriculture.
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CSU and Alltech created a bilingual poster to help dairy producers and workers make informed calf transport decisions, promoting animal welfare and operational efficiency.
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From Syria to Colorado’s San Luis Valley, potato pathologist Mohamad Chikh-Ali brings global expertise to help growers manage disease, improve yields, and strengthen the state’s potato industry.
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Industry leaders, educators, and producers gathered at the National Western Stock Show for Stockmen in the Stockyards, a daylong event exploring how global trade, imports, and exports are impacting Colorado’s beef industry and cattle markets.
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Colorado State University’s Department of Animal Sciences honored Gary Carpenter and Jim Gibb as the 2025 recipients of its Livestock Leader Award during a ceremony at CSU Spur in Denver, held in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show.
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Colorado State University Distinguished Professor Temple Grandin will be honored this month with a Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal, the state’s highest recognition for civic leadership and service.
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The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University is hosting its annual Poinsettia Sale on Dec. 6. Featuring 93 stunning cultivars grown by students, this event supports research and student learning.
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Cheryl Ferris Nockels, a pioneering Colorado State University faculty member and the first woman to earn a degree in animal nutrition from CSU, dedicated her life to teaching, research and mentorship. Her groundbreaking work shaped modern livestock nutrition and inspired generations of animal scientists.
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The Roundup Riders of the Rockies generously support the Temple Grandin Equine Center, providing horses, equipment, and resources that make equine-assisted therapy possible for individuals in need.
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CSU researcher Manny Deleon brings innovation to agriculture—using drones, 3D printing, and technology to improve water quality and sustainability across Colorado’s farms and ranches.
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CSU’s Temple Grandin Equine Center will soon open the Bill Keller Learning Lab—honoring Bill Keller’s legacy and expanding education, innovation, and equine-assisted services.
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CSU scientists are studying whether nursery-raised trees used in wildfire recovery could introduce harmful fungi, aiming to protect reforested landscapes and strengthen forest resilience.
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The Hutchison Herd at CSU’s Temple Grandin Equine Center honors the Hutchison family’s legacy, offering healing and connection through the gentle strength of therapy horses.
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Family ranching in Colorado takes more than grit—it takes good business sense. CSU beef specialist Ryan Rhoades created the TRAC program to help ranchers analyze costs, improve profitability, and pass thriving cow-calf operations to the next generation.
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From corn plants to soil samples, CSU-TAPS interns dive into every aspect of modern agriculture. Students Mason England and Aaron Cherry share how the program connects classroom learning to real-world farm management, offering mentorship, workforce development, and a front-row seat to the future of agriculture.
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The director of Colorado State University’s Akron-based Crops Testing Program pushes the organization forward in variety trials, giving direction to farmers in Colorado and beyond
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Researchers at Colorado State University are examining how best to grow food indoors — part of an expanding field known as controlled environment agriculture — and for the past year have been focused on one particularly promising crop: strawberries.
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Faculty and students in CSU’s Department of Animal Sciences are building connections through dairy calf research, hands-on learning, and innovative student support programs that prepare the next generation of animal scientists.
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CSU’s Landscape Architecture program has been nationally reaccredited, earning praise for its strong curriculum, collaborative faculty, and hands-on learning opportunities. With a rich history and a focus on sustainable design, the program prepares graduates to lead in the profession.
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CSU Ag Day 2025 returns Sept. 6 with the Nutrien Ag Day BBQ — a celebration of Colorado agriculture featuring fresh, local food, family fun, and support for ag student scholarships before the Rams take on UNC.
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CSU’s International Agriculture program is now part of the College of Agricultural Sciences, strengthening global connections and expanding opportunities for international research and engagement.
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Colorado State University’s annual Horsemanship Camp welcomed young riders from across the U.S. for two weeks of hands-on learning, riding instruction, and equine care at CSU’s Equine Science facilities.
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CSU alumna and President’s Agricultural Advisory Council member Julie McCaleb was honored by the Colorado Livestock Association with its Top Choice Award for her contributions to the livestock industry.
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From June 3-6, Colorado State University hosted the 2025 Equine Science Society (ESS) Symposium in Fort Collins. The biannual conference brings researchers, students and industry leaders from around the world together to advance equine research and education.
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Dawn Thilmany, a respected scholar, extension leader, and economic development innovator, has been named interim head of the College of Agricultural Sciences’ Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, effective July 1.
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Shelly Lynch, a 32-year employee of Colorado State University Human Resources and the College of Agricultural Sciences, is retiring on July 1. Lynch was hired in CSU’s HR employment office and since 2013, she has been an HR Operations Specialist in the CAS Ag Business Center.
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A new review paper led by researchers at Colorado State University examines six strategies for addressing the challenge of water scarcity.
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A Colorado State University-led regional food business center funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has selected 116 small and medium-size farm and food business projects in Colorado, the Mountain West and the Pacific Northwest to fund with nearly $2 million in grants.
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Two longtime CSU faculty members were honored on May 6 at the annual College of Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Experiment Station Awards Ceremony for outstanding research, teaching and outreach.
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Amy Kremen, associate director of the Irrigation Innovation Consortium in CSU’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, is a co-author on “Pathways to sustaining agriculture and communities in the Ogallala region,” published in the November/December 2024 issue of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.
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On Tuesday, May 6, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Experiment Station held its annual CAS/AES Awards ceremony, recognizing employees and students for their exceptional achievements over the past year.
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This week, the American Veterinary Medical Association awarded Temple Grandin, a Colorado State University Distinguished Professor, its 2025 AVMA Humane Award.
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More than 1,800 FFA students from across Colorado gathered at Colorado State University’s Fort Collins campus to compete in the Colorado FFA Career Development Events.
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This year’s Trees in the West event will bring together residents, scientists, policymakers and forestry professionals to explore how trees can help communities adapt to a warming climate. The event will take place on Tuesday, May 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at CSU Spur, and is hosted by Colorado State University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.
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Colorado State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences’ Upskilling program recently received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to train workers in agricultural fields, particularly younger employees, on the latest technology related to irrigation, soil health, seed conditioning and food safety.
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Colorado State University’s Landscape Design and Contracting program recently hosted more than 1,500 students on campus for the 49th Annual National Collegiate Landscape Design Competition. This year marked the fifth time CSU has hosted the event in Fort Collins, and CSU’s student team placed third for the second consecutive year.
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Colorado State University’s Francesca Cotrufo, a professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences within the College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
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Following a national search, Dr. Noa Román-Muñiz has been selected to serve as permanent head of the Department of Agricultural Biology, effective immediately.
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Colorado State University’s Nutrien Agricultural Sciences Building, home to the College of Agricultural Sciences, has been officially LEED Gold certified, joining a list of 46 other CSU buildings with some level of LEED certification.
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Three delegates were recently appointed to represent Colorado State University on the national Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching.
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Colorado State University Professor Eugene Kelly, a leading soil scientist, has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.
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CSU’s Landscape Architecture program will host the 32nd annual LA Days this April, featuring expert-led lectures on designing and sustaining built and natural environments.
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After more than four decades dedicated to agribusiness education, farm management research and water resource policy, Greg Perry, Professor in CSU’s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, is retiring from academia.
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Jennifer Martin, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences at Colorado State University, has recently been selected to join the 2025 class for the Pork Leadership Institute.
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CSU alumni Michael Bartolo and Don Brown were honored by the Colorado FFA Foundation as the latest inductees in the Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame.
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USA TODAY honors Temple Grandin, a Colorado State University Distinguished Professor, as one of its 2025 Women of the Year.
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Dr. Kellie Enns has been selected to serve as Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Keith Belk, Professor of Animal Sciences and Director of Colorado State University’s Center for Meat Safety and Quality, has been awarded the 2025 Educator Award from Beef Quality Assurance.
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Love chocolate? So does CSU food scientist Caitlin Clark. She recently spoke to CSU’s The Audit podcast about the science behind this beloved treat, why we love it and why we should be paying more attention to how it’s being made and where it’s coming from.
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“Steve exemplifies the values that Colorado State University’s Department of Animal Sciences seeks to cultivate — innovation, stewardship, and a commitment to the sustainability of our agricultural landscapes.”
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CSU Spur Director of Ag Innovation Jordan Kraft Lambert talks on The Audit podcast about why poop is actually pretty powerful and liver gets a bad (and largely undeserved) rap.
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Meet a few of the outstanding students graduating from the College of Agricultural Sciences who have brought their ingenuity, creativity, and lived experiences to the table during their academic careers.
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Students in the Landscape Design and Contracting program are seeking clients from the Colorado State University community and beyond to partner with on projects for their capstone course.
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The Metropolitan Agricultural Research Center, or MARC, is celebrating its grand opening on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at the Colorado State University Spur campus.
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Jessica Prenni and Dana Hoag have been named as 2024 Nutrien Scholars of Agricultural Sciences.
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A Colorado State University-led team of scientists have detailed both broad and specific information about the presence and function of microorganisms in rivers covering 90% of the watersheds in the continental U.S.
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Horticulture and Landscape Architecture’s annual Poinsettia Sale will take place on December 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the CSU Horticulture Center.
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Colorado State University’s Lauren Gifford, associate director of CSU’s Soil Carbon Solutions Center, is the lead author on a new paper published this month in the journal Geography Compass examining the emerging field of climate finance justice.
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“If lower-income shoppers can buy food at a dollar store cheaper than they can at a supermarket, why wouldn’t we want that? It gives them more money to spend elsewhere, which helps the economy.”
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“Hands-on classes and labs have enhanced my existing understanding and passion for animal science, they have helped me to specifically understand animal anatomy on a scientific level.”
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Colorado State University postdoctoral research fellow Analissa Sarno recently received a $225,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Institute of Food and Agriculture to study how agrivoltaics could be implemented specifically in Western Colorado.
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The USDA has awarded Colorado State University researchers $850,000 to study how plants control their microbiome while fighting disease
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A Colorado State University-led team of researchers have developed a better understanding of the interplay among plants, microbes and soil nutrients in the Arctic.
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Lauren Gifford, associate director of CSU’s Soil Carbon Solutions Center, is among an interdisciplinary group of more than 60 scientists from more than 20 countries who contributed to a significant new report published this week in Lancet Planetary Health that connects the resiliency and stability of the planet to the quality of life for people worldwide.
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“Through experiences at CSU like CAM’s Classroom and other ag education programs, and reflecting on the impact my high school agriculture advisors had on me, I finally recognized my passion for all varieties of education.”
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“Teaching is, hands down, the best part of having a faculty position, I try to make my classes connect with students in meaningful ways.”
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The tasty 43-year-old tradition celebrates Colorado agriculture and supports student scholarships by bringing together agricultural producers and Ram fans from around the state to enjoy a pre-game meal at the Nutrien Ag Day BBQ.
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Moving water around the Western U.S. requires energy — a new CSU study examines the greenhouse gas emissions tied to that energy use that can be credited to agriculture.
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A new study finds that when California farmers have to pay for that water, they use less, switching their land to crops that require less water or no crops at all.
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Colorado State University’s 2024 Nutrien Ag Day BBQ is set for Saturday, Sept. 7, prior to the Rams football game against the University of Northern Colorado Bears at Canvas Stadium. CSU’s 43rd Ag Day will be a celebration of the deeply rooted agricultural tradition of both universities’ northern Colorado communities and colleges. CSU fans will don their Aggie Orange attire for the occasion as a nod to Colorado A&M’s original colors, pumpkin orange and alfalfa green.
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Temple Grandin, CSU’s renowned animal scientist and autism advocate, has received the 2024 Denver Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Colorado State University Professor Kelly Wrighton has collaborated with a prestigious group of more than a dozen scientists on a national effort to examine the connections between soils and human health
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Lawrence-Dill previously served as the associate dean for research and discovery and the associate director for the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University.
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Eugene Kelly, a soil scientist with a decades-long career in agriculture, urbanization, and climate change, has been appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to a three-year term as chair of the U.S. National Committee for Soil Sciences.
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New CSU research shows soil microorganisms could produce previously uncounted greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost
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The arrival of the 2024 gardening season is upon us, which might leave many wondering what flowers to plant this season. Luckily, a list of great possibilities comes from Colorado State University’s Annual Flower Trial Garden.
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Brittany Bair first became interested in agriculture during high school through showing animals. A car accident in 2012 left her paralyzed in her legs and fingers, but she was determined not to let that stop her from achieving her goals.
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CSU Fort Collins hosted the annual Colorado FFA Career Development Events, a two-day affair coordinated by the Agricultural Education team.
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On Thursday, May 2, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Experiment Station celebrated the annual CAS/AES Awards to celebrate employees and students for their outstanding accomplishments over the last year.
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Colorado State University played a critical role in the recent launch of a new global project known as the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, or PTFI, a collaborative effort aimed at better understanding the biomolecular makeup and nutrition information for hundreds of types of food.
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“I’m very excited about this current research into spray-on gene silencing methods of weed control. If we can improve delivery and efficacy, this can potentially provide a whole new menu of weed control options with favorable environmental and toxicology profiles. “
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After three seasons growing in the challenging conditions of the Rocky Mountains, seven perennial plants have been named “Top Performers” by researchers at Colorado State University.
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The 31st annual Landscape Architecture Days lecture series will feature five presenters at the top of their field and explore a broad spectrum of current practices in landscape architecture.
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“I didn’t come from a traditional ag background, but with the help of my CSU community and especially my College of Ag family, I’ve really found my path.”
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The search committee for Colorado State University’s next dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences has selected four finalists to visit campus in April.
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The federal government has allocated $1.45 million for Colorado State University to expand the state’s soil moisture monitoring network.
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