Solutions In Brief

BL3 facility gains final approval
A state-of-the-art laboratory on the St. Paul campus for studying exotic plant pathogens was given final approval in June by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. more

Cuban agriculture form the inside out
Late in her senior year Lisa Kissing, an environmental science major with an emphasis on agroecology, read an article about how Cuban agriculture has become self-sustaining without the use of petroleum. more

Princess Kay is from CFANS - for the second year in a row
Kristy Mussman, an applied economics major from Claremont, Minn., is the 2008 Princess Kay of the Milky Way and will be the dairy industry's Minnesota goodwill ambassador for the coming year. more

Greg Cuomo named associate dean
Greg Cuomo has been named CFANS Associate Dean for Extension. more

CFANS remembers three innovators
Three innovators Vernon Ruttan, G. Edward Schuh and Harrison "Bud" Tordoff are remembered by CFANS. more

Scientist honored for buckthorn vision
Buckthorn hedges on the St. Paul campus are now officially the "Matt Moore Buckthorn Plots," in honor of the plant pathologist who fought to plant them in the 1950s. more

Wheat stem rust research gets $27 million boost
Scientist trying to stop the spread of a deadly race of the wheat stem rust fungus known as Ug99 recently got significant help from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. more