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Extension

Furthering farm education with Extension

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Research

Undergraduates partner with zoo to save threatened turtles

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Learning

NREM students bring wildlife wonder into the classroom

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“You're a lot more capable than you think you are. Have confidence in yourself to try to take hold of some of those opportunities.”
Gillian Anderson, '24 agricultural and rural policy studies, international agriculture

Hands-on approach

From Cyclones in the making to those already formed, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has a place for everyone. The innovations made in the labs, the farms, the forests and the fields strive to carry out Iowa State’s original land grant mission: discovering, developing, disseminating and preserving knowledge.

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Innovation in Action
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Farms and Facilities
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Recent News

  • Jennifer Holliday, Mackenzy Ruff, Madeline Stadtmueller

    Three CALS students named Wallace E. Barron award recipients

    March 12, 2025

    Three College of Agriculture and Life Sciences students are recipients of the 2025 Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior award. This prestigious award, established in 1968, recognizes six graduating seniors who exemplify excellence in character, high academic achievement and remarkable involvement on and off campus.

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    Increase in overwintering numbers of eastern monarch still highlights need for continued conservation

    March 10, 2025

    The latest official report of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico has just been released and offers some encouragement to those working to save the iconic species.  The overwintering monarchs occupied 4.4 acres during the 2024-2025 winter season in Mexico – nearly doubling last year’s acreage, according to the World Wildlife Fund-Telcel Foundation Alliance. While this increase is a welcome change to last year’s record low numbers, monarch populations are still much lower than what is considered sustainable. 

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