Colorado State University News

Nearly every day, Dan Mackeen checks the rain gauge outside his home. He's a volunteer weather observer with CoCoRaHS, a nationwide program which fills in the gaps by measuring rain, hail and snow between the official observation sites maintained by the National Weather Service.

I wanted to provide an update on corn ear molds this week. Tamla Blunt, Colorado State University clinic diagnostician is getting corn ear samples having surface molds showing between the kernels.

Melanie Sloan of Envirofit holds the core of a direct-injection retrofit technology that dramatically cuts the emissions of Asia's auto rickshaws.

The specialty crops program at Colorado State University is accepting applications for grower research and education grants for the 2010 production season.

Robert Ernest Bergstrom, 68, of rural Lebanon passed away Friday as his home of natural causes.

CrossCurrents of Fort Collins is presenting a panel discussion on "Saving Public Higher Education: How Can it Survive." The event will be held on Dec.

Fort Collins is way ahead of other Colorado cities on the medical marijuana tax issue.

Kansas State has a new Provost and Senior Vice President. The Dean of Colorado State University's College of Applied Human Sciences, April Mason, will join K-State early in 2010.

The Eagle County Colorado State University Extension office is now enrolling for the 2010 Colorado Master Gardener training program.

The veterinarians from Afghanistan crowded into the office of Double J Farms and Livestock Feeding at the company's Ault lamb feedlot to get a quick lesson on feeding techniques.

A Colorado State University researcher will design and build a test facility to simulate wave damage on the scale of Hurricane Katrina.

The Yemeni cleric who praised the Nov. 5 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, was born in Las Cruces while his father was at New Mexico State University.

Writing in Dari, a veterinarian from Afghanistan, right, takes notes on a handful of sheep feed held by Jerry Aldredge of JKA Agricultural Management and Consultation at Double J sheep feedlot on Tuesday morning west of Ault.

Justice Department and USDA Set Dates for Workshops to Explore Competition and Regulatory Issues in the Agriculture Industry Workshops to Be Held in Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Washington, D.C. and Wisconsin WASHINGTON The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today the dates and locations of joint public workshops ...

Students from around the world have been 'attending' Skyline High School's STEM lecture series this year.

Jean Sebben wants the public to know that interior design is not a "hobby." By age 5, Jean Sebben could "space-plan" and organize her brother's snowball forts and tree houses.

Nature photographer John Fielder's pictures of Eagle Rock Ranch in the Chalk Bluffs area of northern Weld County are featured in his newest book, "Ranches of Colorado." For NextNC John Fielder, famed Colorado nature photographer, will talk about his latest project and book, "Ranches of Colorado," which features a Weld County ranch, at Colorado ...

If the United States really wants to stabilize Afghanistan, say six Afghans visiting Colorado farms, then it should focus more on building agricultural options beyond the illicit drug trade for the war-torn nation's mostly agrarian people.

Got a personalised number plate, rear window stickers and furry dice adorning your car? Well, then you might just be an aggressive driver prone to road rage, researchers say.

Share + Nov 11, 2009 7:28 pm US/Mountain Reporting Mike Hooker If someone's pet is feeling a little under the weather, it might have swine flu.