2005 News & Featured Stories Archive
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August 8, 2005Two Iowa State University students have been invited to give opening remarks at a Farm Bill Forum with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday at 11:30 a.m.
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August 3, 2005Joe Colletti, professor and interim chair of the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, has been named interim senior associate dean of the College of Agriculture at Iowa State University. "Dr.
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July 21, 2005Ramesh Kanwar, professor and chair of the Iowa State University agricultural and biosystems engineering department, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). Kanwar was honored for his work in soil and water e
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July 15, 2005Iowa State University’s Demonstration Garden Field Days offer a chance to see a variety of flowers and plants, talk to experts about gardening and taste what is growing. There will be nine field days beginning July 25.
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July 14, 2005
Recent tropical storms along with Hurricane Dennis are unlikely to have moved Asian soybean rust spores any closer to Iowa according to an Iowa State University extension plant pathologist.
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July 11, 2005Researchers at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) have developed a method for better assessing the costs and benefits of a range of conservation practices in agriculture to mitigate water pollution.
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July 11, 2005In Iowa, hogs get most of the attention during discussions of air quality and livestock production.
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July 11, 2005
Researchers in Iowa State University's College of Agriculture continue to look for ways to reduce odor and gas emissions from livestock operations. ISU Extension specialists work with producers as this research leads to new knowledge.
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July 6, 2005
The majority of Iowa farmers responding to an Iowa State University survey said the basic directions of the 2002 Farm Bill should be continued, the income protection it offers is adequate and overall, the program has been successful.
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July 6, 2005A historical symposium at an international meeting is the next step in the centennial celebration for Iowa State University's Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. The department's roots are traced to 1905 when Jay B.
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June 30, 2005Members of Iowa's Congressional delegation will share their perspectives on the 2007 Farm Bill at the opening session of Iowa State University's Agricultural Policy Summit — "New Directions in Federal Farm Policy: Issues for the 2007 Farm Bill," Wedn
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June 29, 2005
The Crop Adviser Institute (CAI) at Iowa State University has released a revised soybean rust training module for Certified Crop Advisers and soybean producers.
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June 27, 2005
Reducing management risks for Amish and Mennonite farmers is the focus of a $39,000 grant awarded to Mark Gleason, Iowa State University plant pathology professor.
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June 22, 2005Papers from a Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference are now available in book form.
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June 22, 2005A six-state study that involved air quality monitoring near swine and poultry facilities will help in the search for ways to reduce emissions. Results from five of the states involved in the study were released June 22 at a meeting of the Air and Wa
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June 16, 2005The Committee for Agricultural Development (CAD) plans to sell nearly 800 acres of farmland it owns in central and southwest Iowa. The land primarily has been used by CAD for growing Iowa State University-developed seed and by U.S.
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June 15, 2005
Hooked on Science is an Iowa State University workshop set for June 16 and 17 designed to make high school students and their mentors aware of career opportunities available in food science and human nutrition.
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June 14, 2005The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, this morning approved the sale of Iowa State University's 1,031-acre Ankeny dairy farm. The City of Ankeny has agreed to pay a net value of $20.6 million to ISU over a two-year period.
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June 10, 2005The proposed sale of Iowa State University's dairy farm in Ankeny will fulfill state legislation passed three years ago and will mark the start of a new era for the nearly 110-year-old dairy science program. Last week, the City of Ankeny and Iowa St