2012 News & Featured Stories Archive
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August 6, 2012
AMES, Iowa -- Feed Energy of Des Moines has named two Iowa State University students as scholarship recipients in its 2012 Excellence in Ag Scholarship Program.
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August 3, 2012
AMES, Iowa -- This month Iowa State University hosts three workshops to bring together researchers and companies in the plastics and bioplastics industry.
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August 3, 2012
AMES, Iowa -- A Purdue University horticulture professor will offer a glimpse of 16th century North American agriculture in a presentation on Aug. 14 at Iowa State University.
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July 25, 2012
AMES, Iowa -- New superintendents take over today at two Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms.
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July 24, 2012
AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University researcher Amy Toth finds the social interactions of the wasps she studies remarkably similar to those of humans.
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July 23, 2012
AMES, Iowa -- The North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) last month honored two Iowa State University faculty members for their teaching ability.
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Extension provides resources for dealing with the drought
July 20, 2012ISU Extension has drought information related to: crops, livestock, dealing with stress, home and yard, financial concerns and tips for businesses.Read More about Extension provides resources for dealing with the drought -
Plant pathologists discover how nematodes attack
July 19, 2012Read More about Plant pathologists discover how nematodes attackThe Iowa State University Research Foundation and an agricultural biotechnology company have signed a license agreement to develop nematode-resistant plants based on the discovery of ISU plant pathologists.
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July 12, 2012AMES, Iowa -- John Downing, Iowa State University professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology and agricultural and biosystems engineering, was presented an honorary chair and professorship by China's Nanchang University.
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July 12, 2012The National Science Foundation has awarded Maria Salas-Fernandez, an assistant professor of agronomy, a Faculty Early Career Development grant for her genetic research on sorghum.
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July 10, 2012
In its 25th year, Professor Fred Janzen's turtle camp studied at its location on the Mississippi River plus the team is working to develop four new ponds at the Horticulture Research Station.
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July 10, 2012
AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University plant pathologists have made a breakthrough in deciphering how plant-parasitic microscopic roundworms called cyst nematodes infect plants, like soybeans.
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July 9, 2012
AMES, Iowa -- The multifaceted student experience in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is featured in the latest issue of STORIES in Agriculture and Life Sciences from Iowa State University.
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July 2, 2012Taylor Goetzinger, a senior in landscape architecture and minor in horticulture, is interning at the Horticulture Research Station, Goetzinger, helping research a method to repel Japanese beetles attacking roses.
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Southeast Research Farm marks 25th anniversary
June 22, 2012Neil Harl, emeritus professor of economics, praised the foresight of the farmer group that created the farm in the depths of the Farm Crisis, as quoted in an article in the Muscatine Journal.Read More about Southeast Research Farm marks 25th anniversary -
June 19, 2012AMES, Iowa — Teachers from around the country learned about renewable energy relating to agriculture last week at a workshop at Iowa State University. "The production and use of energy is one of the most rapidly changing technology areas in the 21st
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Iowa Swine Day set for June 28
June 12, 2012The one-day program for Iowa pork producers will provide practical and useful information to apply on their farms or in their jobs.Read More about Iowa Swine Day set for June 28 -
June 11, 2012AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University is taking a team approach in studying what is behind the disappearance of honeybees known as "Colony Collapse Disorder." Amy Toth, assistant professor in Iowa State's ecology, evolution and organismal biology depa
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June 11, 2012
Max Rothschild, C.F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Life Sciences, is looking back at nearly a year working on international development with a sense of accomplishment.
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June 6, 2012AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University-led regional project has begun its second year of research examining long-term impacts of climate on Midwestern corn crops. "The Midwest's rich natural resources make it one of the most productive agricultural a