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Extension

Furthering farm education with Extension

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Research

Soil Machine Dynamics Lab solves problems on Earth and in space

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Learning

Testing new skills for future success

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Iowa State has given me opportunities I never would’ve imagined and has shaped me in many ways. The supportive environment made it possible for me to take on challenges with confidence.
Morgan Lang, '25 global resource systems and agricultural and rural policy studies

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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Go Global

Recent News

  • Teacher standing and talking in front of a small classroom.

    Veldhuizen encourages ag teachers to ‘play the long game’

    October 9, 2026

    After 24 years in agriculture classrooms, Kurt Veldhuizen encourages aspiring ag teachers to do two things: play the long game and provide students with the best learning opportunities. “Remember who you are doing it for – your students,” he said. “Making them better humans is what it’s all about.”

  • Students standing in Kenya with baboons

    Researching baboon ‘soap operas’

    October 6, 2026

    When Corinna Most first traveled to an olive baboon research site in Kenya, she wasn't immediately convinced she had found her future. The hiking was difficult. The heat was intense. And the dozens of baboons she was learning to study all looked the same.

  • Mary Staudt alongside a screenshot of the CultivAIte app homescreen.

    ‘Garden with confidence’ with student-developed app

    October 2, 2026

    Mary Staudt wants to encourage more people to start gardening and help them feel confident doing so. The upcoming launch of her AI-powered gardening app, CultivAIte, brings her a big step closer to that goal.

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