2004 News & Featured Stories Archive
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October 20, 2004
Iowa State University’s agricultural career fair, the largest in the nation, has attracted the most employers since the hiring downturn that began after 9/11. Ag Career Day will be held Oct. 26 in the Memorial Union on the Iowa State campus.
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October 19, 2004Lee Burras, Iowa State University agronomy associate professor, has been awarded the Pioneer Agronomy Professorship. Burras joined the department in 1995.
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October 8, 2004
Fall is a perfect time to collect soil samples for testing for soybean cyst nematodes (SCN), according to Iowa State University nematologist Greg Tylka.
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September 27, 2004The first residents of a new laboratory at Iowa State University arrived Sept. 14.
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September 27, 2004Research at Iowa State University shows the manure generated by an increasing number of Iowa poultry operations is an effective, environmentally friendly fertilizer. A six-year study was initiated to determine the impact of poultry manure applicatio
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September 24, 2004The Iowa State University Livestock Judging Team took top honors Sept. 13 at the National Barrow Show Senior College Judging Contest in Austin, Minn. The Iowa State team finished first ahead of 14 competing schools.
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September 21, 2004Scientists at the Regional Climate Modeling Laboratory at Iowa State University have discovered global warming might not be as severe in the central United States as in other parts of the country.
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September 21, 2004
On Sept. 29 and 30, the U.S.
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September 21, 2004
The Office of Social and Economic Trend Analysis (SETA) at Iowa State University has released a set of data on CD called “Iowa by the Numbers, 2004.” The CD contains Iowa economic, population and social information broken down by state, county and
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September 16, 2004Iowa crop insurance agents and pork producers have a new tool to help them make decisions about insuring against revenue losses. This week, the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University posted a calculator on the
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August 20, 2004
The 50th anniversary celebration of the Northwest Research and Demonstration Farm will continue Aug. 25 as Iowa State University late-summer field days get underway. Field days take place rain or shine. The public is welcome.
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August 18, 2004A recent Iowa State University study shows that in 2002, more than 48 percent of Iowa farmland was owned by persons 65 years and older.
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August 11, 2004
A new scholarship in Iowa State University's College of Agriculture will honor a long-time company executive at Agricredit Acceptance, LLC, of Johnston.
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August 9, 2004The On-Farm Conservation and Water Quality Field Day will be held Aug. 24 at the Iowa State University Swine Nutrition Farm near Ames. Field demonstrations on water quality research and on-farm conservation projects will begin at 9 a.m.
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August 3, 2004Chuck Schwab, associate professor and extension safety specialist at Iowa State University, is the 44th president of the National Institute for Farm Safety (NIFS).
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July 29, 2004Paul Lasley, chair of the Department of Sociology at Iowa State University, has been reappointed to a second term. Lasley has served as chair since 2002 when he was appointed to a three-year term.
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July 27, 2004Joe Colletti has been named the interim chair of the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) in the College of Agriculture at Iowa State University. On Sept.
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July 26, 2004An Iowa State University emeritus professor of animal science has been named the recipient of the 2004 Saddle and Sirloin Portrait Award. A portrait of Richard Willham, Charles F.
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July 26, 2004MidWest Plan Service (MWPS) at Iowa State University is holding a summer sale on its publications. MWPS publishes informational books that cover topics ranging from farm and home maintenance to crop cultivation techniques and tips to improve farm bu
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July 26, 2004Summaries of a professional dairy management seminar held in June are available from MidWest Plan Service (MWPS) at Iowa State University. The book Four-State Professional Dairy Management Seminar is a summary of the information from the seminar hel