agriculture

Murray State to Murray Elementary: Hutson School of Agriculture students teach lessons at local school

Alyssa Trombetti Contributing writer atrombetti@murraystate.edu Students in the Hutson of Agriculture visited Murray Elementary School to teach the children about planting seeds and inspire an interest in agriculture. Seniors Mika Hankins, Cassity Mitchell and Presley Woodrum and junior Alyssa Trombetti have coordinated over the past several weeks to prepare lesson plans for the elementary school Read More

Student reflects on New Zealand adventure

Grant Dillard Staff Writer gdillard@murraystate.edu Cady Stribling Features Editor cstribling1@murraystate.edu Junior agriculture communications and Spanish double-major Camryn Clift had the experience of a lifetime studying abroad in New Zealand with the Hutson School of Agriculture. Far from a vacation, for 13 days students woke before dawn for class, went on day-long visits to farms and Read More

Fall on the Farm celebrates 16th year

Sarah Mead Contributing Writer smead@murraystate.edu The 16th annual Fall on the Farm was held this year, a coordinated effort by the Agriculture Leadership Council and the Hutson School of Agriculture.  “It began as the brainchild of my wife who had been on a school trip with our oldest son in the second grade,” Tony Brannon, Read More

Legislation would raise tobacco purchasing age

Cady Stribling Staff writer cstribling1@murraystate.edu Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced a proposal for legislation to change the purchasing age of tobacco. McConnell hopes to introduce national legislation to change the age for tobacco and vape use from 18 to 21. McConnell announced his plans for his proposal during a press conference in Louisville, Kentucky on Read More

Rep. James Comer pushes for hemp research

Story by James Turner, Staff writer U.S. Congressman James Comer spoke at the William Cherry Exposition Center Friday, Oct. 26, to advocate research of agricultural hemp. The Agricultural Hemp Educational Program was held to inform Murray of its role in the growing hemp industry. Hemp and marijuana is often confused, but hemp has a different Read More

Grote works toward the future

Story by Amy Turner, Staff writer Photo by Brock Kirk/The News Almost every major on campus shares one thing in common: the need for an internship. This requirement is usually fulfilled in the summer to avoid interfering with classes. Ally Grote, junior from Bowling Green, Missouri, completed an internship this summer with Purina Animal Nutrition in Read More

Graduate student sees a new side of agriculture

Story by Bridgette McAuliffe, Staff writer Photo by Brock Kirk/The News A Murray State student recently completed an internship with a nationwide grain company in St. Louis, Missouri. Sydney Hunter, graduate student from Evansville, Indiana, is studying agricultural science. She recently completed an internship as an operations management trainee for Archer Daniels Midland. “Coming from Read More

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