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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Seedstock Merchandising class will host its 33rd annual SDSU Bull Sale at 1 p.m. Friday, April 4, at the Cow-Calf Education and Research Facility northwest of campus.

Two doctoral students in the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences have received prestigious Certified Angus Beef awards. Becca (Grimes) Francis and Sydni (Borders) Lammers were among eight students to receive graduate awards for their leadership experiences, academic standing and work in the beef industry.

Innovative drone technology proposed by a quartet of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ mechanical engineering students has lifted them to the finals of NASA contest. The team was one of eight schools chosen to compete in the finals of the NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, May 20-21.

Researchers in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's Department of Dairy and Food Science are improving the shelf life of strawberries and raspberries using biodegradable packaging material.

Researchers in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory were the first to identify a new strain of avian metapneumovirus — a highly contagious disease that is currently causing significant problems for the U.S. poultry industry — and are now working toward developing a safe and effective vaccine.

A new project from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's College of Natural Sciences looks to improve the soybean plant's ability to naturally fix nitrogen, reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers.

Rachel Short and Gazala Ameen, two assistant professors in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, have each received one of the National Science Foundation's most prestigious grants for early career faculty to pursue biology research projects.

Adam Devlin, a recent master’s graduate in the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, worked on a collaborative project with faculty in the School of Design to bring awareness to the hardships of South Dakota farmers and the effects of soil composition in various subjects.

Londa Nwadike, a Bruce native and 2000 ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ alumna, has been named the David A. Thompson Endowed Department Head and Professor of Dairy and Food Science at SDSU.

By the narrowest of margins — two points out of more than 2,000 — the SDSU Quarter Scale Tractor Team came up just short of winning its third consecutive national title. Competing at the 27th annual International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition at the Expo Gardens Fairgrounds in Peoria, Illinois, the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ team placed third out of 21 teams.