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Greenhouse, floriculture, and sod products – including the ornamental market – make up more than one third of the state's agricultural output. [2] [3] Cranberries, sweet corn and apples are also large sectors of production. [3] Massachusetts is the second-largest cranberry-producing (Vaccinium macrocarpon) state in the union after Wisconsin ...
He was president of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1903-1906); the Massachusetts Agricultural College (1906-1924), and the Michigan Agricultural College, (later Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, which is now Michigan State University) from 1924 to 1928. [1]
Bees for the beginner (in Massachusetts). Amherst, MA: Massachusetts State College Extension Service. OCLC 18718351. Savos, Milton George (1954). A study of some of the physical factors influencing the sugar concentration of nectar. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts. OCLC 15183228. Sutherland, Donald J. (1957).
The Massachusetts agricultural industry adds $500 million to the state's economy and represents 1% of the state's GDP, according to the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) was an extension agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), part of the executive branch of the federal government. The 1994 Department Reorganization Act, passed by Congress, created CSREES by combining the former Cooperative State Research Service and the ...
Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing, health, and business studies.
Following the establishment of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture in 1852, 24 individuals have served as the head of this institution, which has since been known as the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture and presently the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
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