Story by Bridgette McAuliffe, Staff writer Photo by Julie Boeker/The News A Murray State student completed an internship working in the office of a state representative in Washington D.C. Cassidy Neal, senior from Murray, participated in the James Comer Congressional Agriculture Fellowship Program for six weeks this summer. Neal said Comer is the former Kentucky commissioner of agriculture Read More
Story by Paige Effinger, Contributing writer The 5th Annual Show Pig Sale for the Hutson School of Agriculture took place April 1. The sale featured more than 50 of their best pigs. The Pig Sale is an auction where people are looking to buy the pigs will be able to assess them before making a Read More
Story by Kayla Harrell, Staff writer Milton Stokes, director of global health and nutrition outreach for Monsanto, hosted a seminar at Murray State Monday called “Innovations in agriculture, food security, nutrition and GMOs.” “We cover everything that he talks about,” said Hannah Martin, adjunct professor in the Hutson School of Agriculture. “So it was extremely relevant for Read More
Story by McKenna Dosier, Photography Editor Out of more than 1,000 nominees, two Murray State students were nationally recognized on the Farm Credit Fresh Perspectives 100 Honorees list. Courtney Gerstenecker, senior agriculture education major from Carlyle, Illinois, was nominated in the youth leadership category and Caleb Brannon, junior agribusiness major from Puryear, Tennessee, was nominated for Read More
Story by Lauren Epperson, Contributing writer By late May, Murray State agriculture students still were awaiting the arrival of the key ingredient to their summer hemp-growing program: the seeds. Getting them to Murray took two more months, attempted shipments from two countries, a pair of bureaucratic paperwork snafus and two of the largest delivery companies in the Read More
Agriculture Commissioner James Comer welcomed Murray State into the Kentucky Proud Farm to Campus program yesterday. “This region is one of the most productive areas in the nation, with a top-notch agriculture school, so it’s only fitting to have Murray State in the Farm to Campus program so they can share more of the abundance Read More
Murray State recently honored senior agriculture business student, Samantha Anderson, for her invitation to the USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Student Diversity Program in Arlington, Va., Feb. 21-22. Anderson was one of 20 students nationwide selected to attend the event. The students invited to the diversity program were selected based on their responses to an essay Read More
Hundreds of cowboy hats and dirty boots filled the William “Bill” Cherry Agricultural Expo Center last weekend for the semiannual Bull Blowout, hosted by the Murray State Rodeo team. The featured events were bull riding and barrel racing and exhibition events for children such as the calf scramble and mutton busting. Mutton busting is for Read More