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The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) is one of seventeen colleges and professional schools at the University of Minnesota.The College offers 14 majors, 3 pre-major and pre-professional majors and 26 freestanding minors for undergraduate students and a variety of graduate study options that include master's, doctoral and joint degree programs.
The Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (or BAE) at the University of Minnesota (now known as the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering [1] (or BBE) as of July 1, 2006) was founded in 1909.
The department began as the Minnesota State Dairy Commission in 1885 to eliminate the sale of adulterated milk and block the sale of oleomargarine as a substitute for butter. It was staffed by a department head, a single assistant and one clerk who doubled as the food chemist. In 1885, the budget was $6,000 per year. [2]
The Magnusson Research Farm is a 40-acre research station in Roseau, Minnesota operated by the College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences of the University of Minnesota. It is the site of perennial crop breeding such as perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and Kernza (Intermediate Wheatgrass). [1]
Thomas E. "Thom" Petersen (born 1966) is an American politician, lobbyist, and farmer serving as commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Peterson was appointed to the position by Governor Tim Walz in January 2019, succeeding David Frederickson.
Last month, the Department of Agriculture said that more states had enrolled in the government’s National Milk Testing Strategy, under which health officials hope to best understand the presence ...
University of Minnesota Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering ... Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Bioresource and Environmental Sciences, Production environment ...
Nichols lives in Lake Benton, Lincoln County, Minnesota and is a farmer. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota Morris. Nichols served in the Minnesota Senate from 1977 to 1981 and was a Democrat. He then served as the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture from 1982 to 1990. [1]