Cuts threaten MSU Extension - Matthew Miller, Lansing State Journal

The state has withheld its October payment from the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station and MSU Extension.Armstrong, the dean of MSU's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, sees it as a sign that Gov. Jennifer Granholm might veto the programs' $64 million in funding altogether."We called (the state) to ask questions, and we're just not getting any clear answers," he said. He has a word for what it would mean: "Devastation, devastation." More specifically, it would mean that 82 extension offices and 17 research stations around the state would close immediately, he said.