In this Issue

  • News from the College of Ag
  • COA Faculty of the Month
  • Events
  • Publications and Funding Opportunities

News from the College of Ag

COA Faculty of the Month

The November faculty member of the month is Emily Sewell of the Department of Agricultural and Technology Education! Dr. Sewell is one of our newest faculty members, and we are so lucky to have her. She was nominated for her enthusiasm in teaching and advising, her contagious positive attitude and her immediate impact on her students and colleagues. Congratulations, Dr. Sewell!

Recent Events

  • What a week we had at Celebrate Ag 2024! We welcomed more than 1,500 attendees to campus across 19 events from Nov. 4-9, and we’re so grateful for each and every one of them. Coupled with another big Bobcat win and gorgeous fall weather, it was a pretty perfect Celebrate Ag! Information for 2025 will be coming soon. Photos and more are available at montana.edu/celebrateag/
  • LRES graduate student Meghan Robinson presented “Soil Texture and Seasonal Changes in Soil Structure Control Deep Percolation and Nitrate Leaching in an Irrigated Cropping System” at the CANVAS conference in San Antonio earlier this month. The research also earned Meghan second place at the American Water Resources Association chapter meeting in Whitefish earlier this year. Congratulations, Meghan!
  • Extension Sheep and Wool Specialist Brent Roeder recently spent three weeks in Australia, supported by a faculty excellence grant. His trip had three purposes: 1) Attend LambEx in Adelaide, the largest technical sheep expo in the world, 2) Tour Australia’s wool testing and research facilities to get ideas on equipment needs for the Montana Wool Lab and 3) Visit and tour studs and wool industry locations to better understand how the Australian system works. In three weeks, Brent drove 7,000 miles, making a circuit from Melbourne through Adelaide to Perth and back. You can read about his experience in the latest Montana Woolgrower magazine!

Upcoming Events

  • The MSU Range Management Club will be selling Christmas trees at the BART Farm December 2-7. Firewood, ornaments and other items will also be available. Trees are $7 per foot and money raised will help send students to the annual Society for Range Management meeting in Spokane, Washington. For on-campus departments: use the QR code above to order trees for delivery!
  • Registration is now open for the Montana Organic Vegetable Expo in Missoula, January 9-10! Join the Western Ag Research Center and Ravalli County Economic Development for a great event featuring speakers, local food and plenty of activities. More information is available at eventbrite.com.
  • MSU’s HORT 343 Commercial Plant Production class is growing poinsettias for the PSPP department fall semester graduation party next month. Poinsettias are native to Mexico and Central America and named after the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Joel Poinsett, who was also a botanist. Thank you to these students, led by Dr. David Baumbauer, for a beautiful and festive addition to commencement!

Publications and Funding Opportunities

Recent Publications

 

Funding Opportunities