Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council chief Sarah Dornink tells the Star Tribune that one of the big things making it hard to recruit and retain agriculture teachers — a declining resource in this state — is that agribusiness keeps luring them away: “When you graduate from college with debt, it’s hard to say no to a $55,000 salary, Read more →
This in from the U: U of M to explore potential new college to combine agriculture, life sciences and environment Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Karen Hanson announced Wednesday that she will appoint a task force to examine the potential creation of a new college for the U of M Twin Cities. Read more →
I don’t often post on the comings and goings of deans, but since it’s the U and it’s ag, I will. (One might also remember Allen Levine’s statement to MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill during the “Troubled Waters” agricultural documentary flap.) Here’s the U’s press release: University of Minnesota CFANS dean will step down in August Allen Read more →
Agriculture is a far different industry than it was 50, 30, or even 10 years ago, and agricultural education has changed in similar ways. To make assumptions based on outdated stereotypes about agriculture unfairly misleads young people. — University of Minnesota Dean Al Levine of the College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences on a Read more →
Just a tidbit about last week’s discussion of an appropriation bill for the University of Minnesota’s agriculture experiment station and extension service. One of the authors, Sen. Doug Magnus (R-Slayton), pushed for higher appropriations, saying: “In order for our state to be strong, we have to have a strong agriculture. We’re the second largest employer Read more →
Alex Friedrich