2003 News & Featured Stories Archive
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March 17, 2003AMES, Iowa — Researchers led by an Iowa State University professor have uncovered a genetic pattern in cotton that is likely to have implications for other crops, including corn and soybeans.
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March 13, 2003AMES, Iowa — No one knows with scientific certainty the likelihood or extent of risks from genetically modified plants not grown for food or feed, such as biopharmaceuticals.
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March 6, 2003WASHINGTON — Recent strength in crop prices will not be sustained for long, according to a report of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) presented to Congress today.
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March 4, 2003AMES, Iowa — Food safety science and policy will be the topic of a panel discussion to be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Gallery of the Iowa State University Memorial Union.
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February 24, 2003AMES, Iowa — If exotic Newcastle disease (END) spreads to Iowa and infects Iowa poultry, the impact on the industry—and on the state's economy—would be significant, says John Miranowski, an Iowa State University professor of agricultural econom
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February 21, 2003AMES, Iowa — A new study by Iowa State University researchers has found that two dietary supplements — creatine and HMB (b-hydroxy-b-methylbutyrate) — have a positive effect on lean mass and strength gain in humans. The study by Rick Sharp, pr
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February 20, 2003
IS CUBA AN EMERGING MARKET FOR IOWA AGRICULTURE? The Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 allowed United States' food and agricultural products into Cuba for the first time in 40 years. Opening Cuba's borders to U.S.
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February 19, 2003AMES, Iowa — The third John Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture will take place March 5-6, with the co-founder of two national organizations that focus on food and democracy as the featured speaker at two events. Frances Moore Lappe's
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February 18, 2003AMES, Iowa — Encouraging more health-promoting foods should be one strategy for changing health-risky American diets, says the dean of Iowa State University's College of Agriculture. "Chronic diseases are a major burden on society," Catherine
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February 18, 2003AMES, Iowa — A $6.3 million grant has been awarded to Iowa State University's Institute for Social and Behavioral Research to continue evaluating the effectiveness of programs to help families and communities prevent adolescent substance use an
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February 11, 2003AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University faculty member Lawrence Johnson has been elected vice president of the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS).
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February 6, 2003AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University and five other institutions have joined forces in a national effort to develop new, science-driven strategies to improve food safety.
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January 28, 2003
AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University study shows that Iowa school districts with fewer than 750 students generally spend more per student than larger districts. Of the 374 Iowa school districts in 2000-2001, 208 had enrollments below 750.
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January 22, 2003
AMES, Iowa — Iowa's farm, food and agriculture-affiliated industries account for 24.3 percent of the state's total industrial output.
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January 17, 2003AMES, Iowa — The College of Agriculture at Iowa State University presented annual awards to faculty and staff at its spring semester convocation on Jan. 16.
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January 14, 2003AMES, Iowa — The numbers are in and they aren't good news.
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January 14, 2003
AMES, Iowa — Quotes just released for spring Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) insurance should make the product more appealing to pork producers, said an Iowa State University agricultural economist.
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January 13, 2003AMES, Iowa — Many Iowa producers already are in compliance with new federal regulations on large livestock operations, said John Lawrence, associate economics professor in the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and director of the Iow