MCIA Closed for Thanksgiving

Sending everyone best wishes for a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving Day! At MCIA we are thankful for a great staff, our community of growers, producers, and customers and our families for letting us do what we do everyday. We give many thanks to the farmers who put food on our plates, and clothes on our… Continue reading

The Return of Rosen Rye

Check out this latest article from Brownfield Ag News about the return of Rosen Rye, how Mammoth Distilling is bringing it back to make rye whiskey. It is a very surreal experience to see some history come back to life!

Happy 4th of July!

The MCIA Office will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, and open on Friday, July 5th. Everyone have a safe weekend!

Congratulations to our 2024-2025 MCIA Scholarship Winners!

We want to give a huge congratulations to all of our MCIA Scholarship Winners for 2024-2025. Each recipient must be currently enrolled at Michigan State University, Institute of Ag Technology, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences. If recipients make acceptable academic progress, these scholarships may be renewable. Here are our recipient winners: Blaine Cords –… Continue reading

In Pursuit of Excellence

In today’s world everything is becoming more and more specialized.  Seed testing is no different.  Training is necessary to be proficient in current testing procedures. The Society of Commercial Seed Technologists (SCST) and Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) are organizations of official professionals in the seed testing industry.  They have high standards for members… Continue reading