News Releases
One Major and Eight Students Equals Four Sets of Twins Graduating in Agricultural BusinessMay 6th, 2019
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will graduate four sets of twins majoring in agricultural business this spring. All eight students come from agricultural backgrounds and have strong bonds with one another. The students took time from...
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CPM Donates $2.6 Million to Iowa State University Feed Mill ProjectMay 6th, 2019
AMES, Iowa — California Pellet Mill (CPM), the world's leading supplier of animal feed processing equipment, is donating nearly $2.6 million in equipment to a new educational and research facility for feed milling and grain science at Iowa State...
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Study Shows Humble Road Ditches Can Play Powerful Nutrient Reduction RoleMay 1st, 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.
“Road ditches are human-made, hydrologic pathways...
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Leopold Center at Iowa State University Seeks Spencer Award NominationsApril 29th, 2019
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture seeks nominations for its annual sustainable agriculture award.
Nominations for the 2019 Spencer Award for Sustainable...
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Agriculture Honor Society Presents Awards to Iowa State Alumni, Faculty and StudentsApril 29th, 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.
Mission Awards were presented to...
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Iowa State University Medallion Ceremony Celebrates Installation of Robison as College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Endowed Dean’s ChairApril 25th, 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. Iowa State...
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Iowa State University-based Distillers Grains Technology Council to Host Research SymposiumApril 24th, 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.
“Our goal is to bring together industry...
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Iowa State University Part of Innovative Consortium to Reduce Post-Harvest Loss and Food WasteApril 17th, 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. The Foundation for Food and...
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BASF Partners with the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State UniversityApril 11th, 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.
“We welcome and...
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Iowa State Senior Receives LEADing Change Agent AwardApril 8th, 2019
AMES, Iowa – An Iowa State University student has received the U.S. Forest Service LEADing Change Agent award.
Megan Kemp, a senior in agronomy and global resource systems, was one of five students nationwide to receive the award during the...
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Egg Industry Center at Iowa State University Releases Egg Cost StudyApril 8th, 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.
The study helps egg...
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Research Helps Farmers Succeed with PrairieApril 2nd, 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. But they need reliable answers about the costs and benefits...
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Newly Formed Iowa State University Club Takes Home State and National AwardsApril 2nd, 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.
“Iowa State has been attending PAS competitions for several years, but...
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Iowa State University Featured in New Report Identifying How to Supercharge Ag ScienceMarch 27th, 2019
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University is highlighted in a new report issued today that shows how U.S. farmers—facing a surge of weather events and disease outbreaks—can increase production and revenues with innovations produced by federally funded...
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Iowa Nutrient Research Center Invites Proposals for Water Quality ResearchMarch 27th, 2019
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa Nutrient Research Center at Iowa State University is seeking new proposals for water-quality research that can help landowners reduce nitrate and phosphorus in the state’s waterways, one of Iowa’s most pressing concerns....
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Pork Producers Collaborate with Iowa Researchers to Benefit MonarchsMarch 25th, 2019
AMES, Iowa - Hog farmers are collaborating with Iowa State University to provide more habitat for monarch butterflies through on-farm research projects.
Since 2015, farmer members of the Iowa Pork Producers Association have worked with...
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Ken Isley to Present Hertz Lecture at Iowa State University April 9March 25th, 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.
Isley will present, “The...
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Iowa State University Animal Scientist Named Interim Director of Egg Industry CenterMarch 25th, 2019
AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University poultry science researcher will be the new leader of the Egg Industry Center.
Susan J. Lamont, a C.F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Life...
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Dietitian to Deliver Lecture March 25 on Nutrition and Sustainability at Iowa State UniversityMarch 19th, 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.
Angie Tagtow, a...
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Soil Sustainability Subject of Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University March 28March 12th, 2019
AMES, Iowa — David R. Montgomery, a professor of earth and space sciences at the University of Washington, will speak about soil sustainability March 28 at Iowa State University.
Montgomery will present the...
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$500 Million in Public and Private Water Quality Funding Identified in Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Annual ReportMarch 4th, 2019
DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa State University, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today that the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report is now available...
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Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust’s Commitment of $3.5 Million Will Advance Biomolecular Research at Iowa State UniversityFebruary 28th, 2019
AMES, Iowa – The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa, has committed more than $3.5 million to transform biomolecular research at Iowa State University, making it a leader in advanced electron microscopy technology.
The Carver...
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Iowa State University Researcher Receives Rossmann Manatt Faculty Development AwardFebruary 27th, 2019
Ames, Iowa – The 2019 Rossmann Manatt Faculty Development Award has been presented to Steve Whitham, an Iowa State University plant pathology and microbiology professor.
Whitham is a co-leader in the development of the Enviratron system, which...
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Burns-Thompson Honored as Emerging Iowa Leader by Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life SciencesFebruary 15th, 2019
AMES, Iowa – Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, of Altoona, has been named the 2019 Emerging Iowa Leader by the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Burns-Thompson is regulatory affairs counsel for the Iowa Corn Growers...
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Iowa State Researchers Honored for One of Year's Best Ag Engineering InnovationsFebruary 11th, 2019
AMES, Iowa – A start-up company founded by two Iowa State University researchers is receiving a national honor for an invention named one of 2019’s best innovations in agricultural, food and biological engineering and technology.
Manjit Misra...
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