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CAHNRS Talk Tuesday: Gracie Dickerson

Each week, we showcase one of our CAHNRS Ambassadors, a student leadership organization that encourages students to pursue higher education and serves as a liaison between the college and the greater community. This week, we’re featuring Gracie Dickerson, a junior from St. John, Wash. What are you studying? I’m majoring in Agricultural and Food Business Economics. Favorite Show/Movie: The […]

Graphic of student's interests with a formal portrait photo.

CAHNRS Talk Tuesday: Deena Migliazzo

Each week, we showcase one of our CAHNRS Ambassadors, a student leadership organization that encourages students to pursue higher education and serves as a liaison between the college and the greater community. This week, we’re featuring Deena Migliazzo, senior from Atwater, Calif. What are you studying? I’m majoring in Economic Sciences, in the Financial Markets option. Favorite Show/Movie: […]

Graphic of student's interests with a formal portrait photo.

DNA could solve puzzling cattle fertility decline

In cattle production, nothing is more important than fertility. Without it, herds can’t grow and milk doesn’t flow. For decades, fertility in U.S. dairy cattle has been on a drastic decline. Every failure to conceive throws off the herd’s delicate rhythm of production, making it harder for farmers to deliver milk and other foods we […]

Neibergs with her cattle on her Palouse farm, with view of clouds, rolling hills.