2003 News & Featured Stories Archive
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August 11, 2003AMES, Iowa - Two Iowa State University agricultural engineering student clubs were named best in the nation at the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) international conference held July 27-30 in Las Vegas. This is the second year
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August 5, 2003AMES, Iowa — The fourth Annual Drainage Research Forum and Agricultural Drainage Well Research Project Field Day will be held on Aug.
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July 31, 2003AMES, Iowa — Preliminary studies at Iowa State University have opened the door for a second year of research on the environmental impacts and biosecurity of composting to dispose of animal carcasses in the event of a cattle disease outbreak.
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July 31, 2003AMES, Iowa - Iowa State University Agronomy Professor Antonio Mallarino has been recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a 2003 Secretary's Honor Award recipient for his collaborative work on phosphorus environmental
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July 31, 2003
AMES, Iowa — Plant breeding scientists from around the world will gather to discuss plant breeding and to honor one of the foremost experts in the field at the Arnel R. Hallauer International Symposium on Plant Breeding Aug.
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July 22, 2003AMES, Iowa — James Russell, an Iowa State University animal science professor, received the Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. Forage Award at the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association on June 24 in Phoenix.
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July 22, 2003AMES, Iowa — The Iowa Turfgrass, Nursery and Landscape field day on Thursday will focus on a $1.3 billion dollar business in Iowa. David Minner, Iowa State University horticulture professor, said a survey conducted last year by the Iowa Turfgr
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July 9, 2003AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University animal science professor has received a national award for her research and leadership in the poultry industry. Susan Lamont was presented the Helene Cecil Leadership Award July 9 at the Poultry Science As
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July 2, 2003AMES, Iowa — At this time of the growing season the soybean cyst nematode (SCN), a widespread and serious pest of soybeans throughout Iowa, is easy to find on roots. "It takes about four to six weeks for the first SCN females to appear on the
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July 1, 2003
AMES, Iowa — Thanks to an Iowa State University connection, Story County residents received a severe weather warning, alerting them to hail, rain and high winds.
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July 1, 2003Gene Freeman, Iowa State distinguished professor emeritus in animal science, received the Ralph Keeling Dairy Leadership Award for his service to the dairy industry of Iowa.
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June 30, 2003AMES, Iowa — Working with rural communities to alleviate hunger and poverty in developing countries is the focus of a new Iowa State University initiative. The Sustainable Rural Livelihoods program will involve ISU faculty and students with pa
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June 26, 2003
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF A BAN ON FEED-GRADE ANTIBIOTICS — THE DANISH EXPERIENCE McDonald's Corporation, one of the largest buyers of meat in the U.S.
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June 24, 2003Iowa State University Dean of Agriculture Catherine Woteki has invited dairy producers to meet with her on Thursday, June 26, to talk about the recent closing of ISU's Dairy Teaching Farm.
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June 18, 2003AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University's Plant Sciences Institute has awarded six promising research projects with start-up funds.
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June 13, 2003AMES, Iowa — Iowa corn fields need spring rains to produce high yields. But a recent study shows those spring rains also wash away some of the nutrients needed to attain high yields.
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June 11, 2003The following announcement on budget issues was sent June 11 to College of Agriculture faculty and staff from Catherine Woteki, dean of agriculture at Iowa State University. To the faculty and staff of the College of Agriculture I'm writing
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June 6, 2003
AMES, Iowa — A variety of crop, livestock and gardening topics are on the programs of this season's field days at Iowa State University's Research and Demonstration Farms.
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June 4, 2003AMES, Iowa — The dean of Iowa State University's College of Agriculture has been appointed chair of a national board that studies issues surrounding the safety and adequacy of the U.S.
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June 3, 2003AMES, Iowa — New technologies that raise yields or rid crops of pests cannot overcome the complex challenges facing agriculture in the 21st century, said the director of Iowa State University's Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.