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Rose Wendel, a freshman in liberal arts from Lamoure, North Dakota, was named the overall showman at the 97th Little International at NDSU on Feb. 11. Noah Helgoe, a sophomore in animal science and crop and weed science from Cavalier, North Dakota, was named reserve…

NDSU’s 75th annual Ag Tech Expo is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Ladd 114. Each student who graduates with a degree in agricultural systems management, agricultural and biosystems engineering or precision agriculture is required to…

Heidi Pecoraro, director of NDSU’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and Mike Ostlie, NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center director, have been selected for the 19th class of the LEAD21 program. The leadership program aims to develop leaders in land-grant…

The Little International royalty and management team includes manager Jade Koski, princess Josi Solsaa, queen Kylie Hildre, princess Kristin Schaaf and assistant manager Kell Helmuth. The NDSU Saddle and Sirloin Club is scheduled to host the 97th Little International…

Kaylee Weigel and Kathleen Ruff-Schmidt, microbiology majors in the NDSU Department of Microbiological Sciences, published an article about their capstone course project in the American Journal of Undergraduate Research. The paper is titled, "Preventing the Activation…

Birgit Pruess, professor of microbiological sciences, and Barney Geddes, assistant professor of microbiological sciences, have received a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. The project is titled “Adding pre-biotics to pro-biotics…

NDSU’s Bison Strides is set to host an open house on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the NDSU Equine Center, 5140 19th Ave N. in Fargo. The public is welcome to attend and learn more about the equine-assisted services program offered through the NDSU…

Several NDSU personnel contributed to a new patent issued to the NDSU Research Foundation by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

An economic study that analyzed 40 years of data from international agricultural research efforts led by U.S. universities showed that an initial investment of $1.24 billion has returned more than $10 billion, or more than eight dollars for each dollar invested,…