The Marlette MAC facility ships commodities to the southeastern United States on the CSX rail line. While Michigan will have adequate storage, USDA is warning producers in other states to be prepared to store some of their crop on the ground or delay harvest. Students enrolled at Michigan State University have the opportunity to apply for two scholarships as part of the Farm Bureau scholarship program. The deadline for applications is Dec. 1, and applicants must be Farm Bureau members or be from a Farm Bureau family. The second scholarship is designed for a four-year student enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources who has at least 22 credits left before graduation.
Any eligible student is encouraged to apply.
Applications can be picked up at county Farm Bureau offices. Scholarship interviews will be held in early 2000, with the awards presented at the MSU Awards Banquet in mid-February. For example, the eye uses retinal to help it adapt from bright light to darkness and back again. As that process takes place, some retinal is lost and has to be replaced by retinol from the bloodstream. Retinol also is needed for reproductive purposes, and retinoic acid helps cells in the eyes and elsewhere to mature.