2019 News & Featured Stories Archive
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May 1, 2019
Iowa City, Iowa — New research suggests that water quality challenges in Iowa and nationally would be even greater if it weren’t for a little appreciated feature of the landscape: road ditches.
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April 29, 2019
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture seeks nominations for its annual sustainable agriculture award.
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April 29, 2019
AMES, Iowa - Gamma Sigma Delta, the Iowa Chapter of the Honor Society of Agriculture, presented awards to Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni, faculty and students on April 23.
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April 25, 2019
AMES, Iowa — A medallion ceremony in the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences celebrated the installation of Daniel Robison as the holder of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Endowed Dean’s Chair.
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April 24, 2019
AMES, Iowa — The Distillers Grains Technology Council, administered at Iowa State University, will cover the latest research for industries that produce and use distillers grains at its annual symposium.
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April 17, 2019
AMES, Iowa — Food loss and waste is a global problem that negatively impacts the bottom line of businesses and farmers, wastes limited resources and damages the environment.
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April 11, 2019
AMES, IA – BASF is joining the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University as an industry partner to support emerging technology and innovations to help soybean growers produce high yielding, high quality soybeans.
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April 8, 2019
AMES, Iowa – An Iowa State University student has received the U.S. Forest Service LEADing Change Agent award.
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April 8, 2019
AMES, Iowa — The Egg Industry Center at Iowa State University has released a study that seeks to fill an 18-year-old gap in information important to the U.S. egg industry.
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April 2, 2019
AMES, Iowa – More landowners are interested in planting strips of deep-rooted prairie within crop fields or on marginal land as an effective soil conservation and water quality practice.
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April 2, 2019
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State University Professional Agricultural Student Organization (PAS), that was formed just last year, has won national and state award competitions.
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April 1, 2019The Roadman family in northeast Iowa depends on diverse partners to realize goals for their farm that include income and conservation. Those partners include researchers at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa's Tallgrass Prairie Center.
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March 29, 2019Members of Alpha Gamma Rho visit King Elementary in Des Moines once a month to teach kindergarteners about agriculture through lessons and activities as a part of the ISU 4U Promise program. AGR has planned a field trip for the kindergarteners on April 22 to visit the ISU Dairy Teaching Farm.
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March 27, 2019
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University is highlighted in a new report issued today that shows how U.S.
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March 25, 2019
AMES, Iowa - Hog farmers are collaborating with Iowa State University to provide more habitat for monarch butterflies through on-farm research projects.
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March 25, 2019
AMES, Iowa — Ken Isley, head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service, will present the 2019 Carl and Marjory Hertz Lecture on Emerging Issues in Agriculture April 9 at Iowa State University.
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March 25, 2019
AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University poultry science researcher will be the new leader of the Egg Industry Center.
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March 19, 2019
AMES, Iowa — A former executive director of the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion who co-led the development and launch of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans will speak March 25 at Iowa State University.
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March 18, 2019Mike Schrum finished his degree 22 years after he left. He says he did it to help his children and his co-workers understand the importance of education. Schrum, who graduated in December with a degree in agricultural education and studies, says he always planned to come back.