Tag: Montana State University
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MSU Dept. of Agriculture
The Montana State University Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics and MSU Extension will host the 13th annual agricultural economics conference, “Managing Risk and Uncertainty in Agriculture” on Friday, Nov. 1. The conference is part of the College of Agriculture’s annual Celebrate Agriculture weekend. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Procrastinator Theater in the Strand Union Building, and the conference will…
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Manufacturing Makes Mark in Montana
October 1 is Manufacturing Day! It’s a day that should bring pause to every community in the state, because almost every community has some kind of manufacturing and manufacturing is a pillar of every economy. According to three reports recently released by the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center at Montana State University, the state’s manufacturing sector is strong…
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Engineers, Ecologists Seek to Improve Fish Passage on Yellowstone
By Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service When the headgates opened on the Bureau of Reclamation’s Huntley Irrigation Project on the Yellowstone River in 1907, the engineering marvel transformed the valley east of Billings from sagebrush rangeland into fields green with alfalfa and other crops. Today, the massive waterworks is at the center of another engineering…
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Bobcat Drink Released
Montana State University and Harrington Pepsi have announced the release of a new beverage designed for Bobcat students, alumni and fans. Gold Rush Huckleberry Lemonade launched recently in tandem with the MSU Gold Rush football game. The lemonade is now available on soda fountains across the MSU campus and in Bobcat Stadium. It is also…
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MSU Grant for Tech Company Growth
Montana State University has been awarded a federal grant to create a public-private partnership for growing tech companies in Montana. The U.S. Economic Development Administration announced July 23 that it had awarded $750,000 to MSU’s Prospect Montana, a newly created program to promote high-tech economic development statewide. The three-year funding will support three complementary efforts…