2007 News & Featured Stories Archive
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Biorenewables
December 31, 2007Read More about BiorenewablesSee what the College is doing to research plant-based fuel and other products. Biorenewables Town Meeting Biorenewable Resources ISU Biorenewables Website Bioeconomy Institute ISUE's Bioeconomy Webpage Livestock and Poultry in the Bioeconomy
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December 21, 2007AMES, Iowa — Many soybean producers across the U.S.
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December 21, 2007
AMES, Iowa — A new Iowa State University Web site is designed to help livestock and poultry producers find a place for their operations in the bioeconomy.
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December 19, 2007
AMES, Iowa — Fellowships to pursue doctorate degrees in the Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture (GPSA) at Iowa State University are available next year through a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant.
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December 3, 2007AMES, Iowa - The increased use of corn for ethanol production has contributed to a sharp increase in corn prices, translating into higher feed costs for livestock and poultry producers.
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November 29, 2007AMES, Iowa — Genetic markers for growth, leanness and meat quality discovered at Iowa State University have been made available to pork producers in the United States. "This offers a unique opportunity to use molecular genetics to improve pigs' grow
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November 28, 2007DES MOINES — A comprehensive plan to reduce livestock odors received unanimous, bi-partisan approval Wednesday from the interim Livestock Odor Study Committee of the Iowa Legislature. The proposal calls for a five-year project to provide incentives
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November 26, 2007AMES, Iowa "“ Thomas Lübberstedt has been named the new director for the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding in the Plant Sciences Institute at Iowa State University. Lübberstedt joined the agronomy faculty as the Kenneth J.
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November 26, 2007AMES, Iowa - An Iowa State University economist who has provided grain marketing information and advice to Iowa producers for nearly 41 years will retire Dec. 3.
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November 15, 2007AMES, Iowa "“ Iowa State University faculty member Amy Kaleita has been awarded the U.S.
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November 15, 2007AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University horticulture Professor Gail Nonnecke has been selected Iowa Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. "I am honor
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November 13, 2007AMES, Iowa — Natural resource leaders from around the country praised the Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Oct.
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November 12, 2007Ames, Iowa — A first-of-its-kind endowed deanship at Iowa State University has been established in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences thanks to a $3 million gift from an anonymous donor.
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November 1, 2007AMES, Iowa — Michael Thompson, Iowa State University agronomy professor, has been awarded the Pioneer Hi-Bred Agronomy Professorship.
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October 25, 2007AMES, Iowa "“ The Iowa State University Soil Judging Team placed second overall in the 2007 regional Soil Judging Contest held near Griswold.
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October 11, 2007
AMES, Iowa — Ag Career Day, the largest university career fair for agriculturally related jobs, is set for Oct. 23 on the Iowa State University campus.
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October 4, 2007Iowa Pork Industry Center Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Thank you for your interest in Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa's pork industry.
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October 3, 2007
AMES, Iowa - Planning is underway at Iowa State University for a national conference in 2008 on ways to reduce air emissions from livestock production facilities.
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September 28, 2007
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University has confirmed the presence of soybean rust infection from plant samples taken this week from a field in Dallas County.
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September 25, 2007AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University economics faculty, researchers and students received awards and honors at the 2007 joint annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), the Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA