2006 News & Featured Stories Archive
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May 2, 2006Addressing opportunities and challenges facing agriculture in Iowa while stimulating on-farm research is the goal of a new collaborative program involving Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Extension Sustainable Agriculture Program an
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April 28, 2006The Iowa State University crops team has placed third at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) crops contest held in Macomb, Ill.
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April 25, 2006Spring is a new and exciting time on a farm; corn seedlings coming up out of the brown soil and new calves playing in the pastures.
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April 20, 2006Two Iowa State University students have organized a national conference to encourage involvement in an international organization for students in agriculture and related sciences. College students from Idaho, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri and Minnesot
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April 18, 2006Soaring gas prices have everyone talking about alternative energy options. Iowa State University's Steven Fales is just like everyone else - he doesn't enjoy paying more at the pump.
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April 14, 2006A group of Iowa farmers and Iowa State University will host Costa Rican farmers, agricultural students and researchers this summer as part of science and education exchange. The host farmers toured Costa Rican farms and agricultural research facilit
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April 13, 2006The Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Chapter at Iowa State University was recently selected National Chapter of the Year. This was the second year in a row the chapter has received this honor, which was anno
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April 13, 2006
High school students who attend two upcoming events at Iowa State University should leave with a better understanding of the scientific world, plus career opportunities that exist in science.
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April 12, 2006The latest issues in agricultural law appear regularly on a frequently updated Iowa State University Extension website. The Iowa State Agricultural Law Program has developed an expanded section as part of the Ag Decision Maker website, which provide
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April 10, 2006It's long been understood that dust particles in and around livestock confinement buildings carry odor.
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April 7, 2006Advancement in the field of weed science will be discussed at a lecture at Iowa State University on April 25. Douglas Buhler, associate director of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station and associate dean for research for the College of Agric
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April 5, 2006Awards were presented Tuesday (April 4) to Iowa State University College of Agriculture faculty, alumni and students by the Iowa Chapter of the Honor Society of Agriculture, known as Gamma Sigma Delta. Alumnus Marvin Walter of Ames received the Dist
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March 31, 2006Researchers at Iowa State University have been chosen to participate in a $5 million, four-year project designed to improve the barley varieties available to producers. "The goal of the project is to integrate and utilize state-of-the-art genomic to
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March 29, 2006Levon Esters, Iowa State University assistant professor in agricultural education and studies, has been appointed to a national committee to organize a leadership summit focused on helping universities attract, retain and prepare students for careers
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March 23, 2006The judging team endowment campaign at Iowa State University brought in more than $825,000 during the past year.
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March 22, 2006Joel Coats, a professor of entomology and toxicology at Iowa State University, will receive the International Award for Research in Agrochemicals in Atlanta. A one-day symposium in honor of Coats will be held on March 27 at the 231st American Chemic
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March 20, 2006The sixth John Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture, which honors a retired Iowa State University agronomy professor, will be April 6-7. Calestous Juma will be the featured speaker at two events.
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March 14, 2006The future of agricultural education in Iowa will be discussed beginning at 6:30 p.m. March 23 at a public hearing broadcast on the Iowa Communications Network. This meeting was originally scheduled for Feb.
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March 14, 2006
For some students in the Iowa State University College of Agriculture, visiting an Iowa farm for the first time is a big deal.
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February 28, 2006Antonio Mallarino, Iowa State University agronomy professor, was presented the 2005 Werner L. Nelson Award Feb. 13 by the Fluid Fertilizer Foundation at the national Fluid Forum in Scottsdale, Ariz.