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Propogating Houseplants is the next topic in WCROC's Come Grow With Us series

Ever wondered how to get more plants from your existing ones? Through methods of propagation, Pat Mumm, Master Gardener, will demonstrate which types of plants you can propagate in your...

news / local Mon, Mar 11, 2013 - 4:30pm

Horticulture Night at the WCROC

The University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center, Horticulture Display Garden in Morris was host to the 42nd annual Horticulture Night on July 26. More than 1,000 visitors...

news Thu, Aug 02, 2012 - 10:11am

2012 University of Minnesota Organic Dairy Day

Morris, Minn. -- The University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center's Organic Dairy Day will be held Tuesday, Aug, 7, 2012, at Morris, Minn. from 10 a.m. to...

farm / agriculture Tue, Jul 31, 2012 - 3:49pm

Summer Center Day at the WCROC

MORRIS - Summer Center Day was held Friday at the West Central Research and Outreach Center. One of this year's tours focused on Tiling and Bioreactor Construction and Effectiveness. Wulf...

farm Fri, Jul 13, 2012 - 11:18am

WCROC Summer Center Day is July 13

Summer Center Day will be held at the University of Minnesota, West Central Research and Outreach Center on Friday, July 13. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with tours running approximately...

farm / agriculture Thu, Jul 05, 2012 - 12:48am

Mike Reese

Ag & Energy Expo in Staples Feb. 24

The Staples campus of Central Lakes College will host the second Ag & Energy Expo from 9:30 a.m. to 3:25 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24, a free event featuring Michael Reese...

farm / agriculture Mon, Feb 13, 2012 - 4:48am

Deep-bedded, group-farrowing barn management workshop in Morris Oct. 8

On Oct. 8, 2011, members of the University of Minnesota Extension Swine Team will lead a workshop to help beginning hog farmers develop the skills necessary to properly manage a...

farm / agriculture Mon, Oct 03, 2011 - 1:48pm

Renewable Energy Scientist Eric Buchanan (right) shows Minnesota Department of Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman (middle) and Deputy Commissioner for Energy and Telecommunications Bill Grant (left) how the WCROC evacuated tube solar system works during a renewable energy tour on Thursday.

Dept. of Commerce Commissioner visits Morris on energy tour

MORRIS -- Minnesota Department of Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman visited the West Central Research and Outreach Center and the biomass facility at the University of Minnesota, Morris, as part of...

news Sat, Sep 24, 2011 - 5:00am

WCROC Horticulture Scientist Steve Poppe inspect trees planted in a gravel bed at the West Central Research and Outreach Center. About 100 trees of a dozen different species are being grown.

Getting Ready for EAB

Even people who remember how Dutch Elm Disease decimate urban landscapes in the 1970s might not believe the devastation that experts say will be left once the Emerald Ash Borer...

news Wed, Aug 10, 2011 - 4:29am

"Summer Fun in the Garden" series continues tonight

Summer Fun in the Garden, a series of Wednesday family garden programs, continues today -- Wednesday, July 14 -- at 6 p.m. Summer Fun is the West Central Research and...

news Wed, Jul 14, 2010 - 7:51am

Open houses and local foods--U of M Day of celebration

The semi-annual Pride of the Prairie Local Foods Meal and Farmers Market is always a reason to celebrate, but the event this spring semester is a four-fold festivity.

news Mon, Feb 22, 2010 - 7:56pm

WCROC Organic Crops

The 3-year conversion of 165 acres to organic certification that began in 20008 will be completed after the 2010 harvest. In 2010 we will have 71 acres certified organic for...

farm / agriculture Fri, Dec 25, 2009 - 4:33am

Dates changed for biomass corn cob collection demos

Because of the late harvest this year, the dates of public demonstrations of corn cob collection for use in biomass burners have been changed. The Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company and...

Sat, Oct 11, 2008 - 12:00am

Public tours part of Oct. 3 biomass plant dedication

A public dedication of the new biomass gasification facility on the University of Minnesota, Morris campus is Friday, Oct. 3. Public tours of the biomass facility and wind turbine will...

Sat, Sep 27, 2008 - 12:00am

WCROC, CVEC to demonstrate corn cob collection

The Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company and the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center at Morris have scheduled public demonstrations of corn cob biomass collection next month. The...

Sat, Sep 27, 2008 - 12:00am

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