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AGCO announces collaboration with Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University

AMES, Iowa — AGCO Corporation, an international leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, today announced its association with the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State Univers

Solving the complex puzzle of dissolved phosphorus loss from farmland

AMES, Iowa — A research project by Iowa State University soil scientists provides new insight into the complex picture of phosphorus loss from farmland and evidence proving phosphorus runoff is often underestimated.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences presents 2022 awards to faculty and staff

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences honored faculty and staff with awards in teaching, advising, research, extension and outreach, diversity and global engagement during a ceremony on March 10. 

Peterson Genetics partners with the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University

AMES, Iowa — Peterson Genetics, Inc. has joined the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University as an industry partner.

Four CALS graduate students receive Brown Graduate Fellowships

Iowa State part of wide-ranging study exploring links between health of soils, plants, humans

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University is part of a new study funded by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to explore possible links between soil health, the nutritional value of plants and human health.

Timothy A. Wise presents 2022 Shivvers Memorial Lecture, April 4

AMES, Iowa — Author and agriculture policy researcher, Timothy A.

Iowa State ag education teacher’s efforts recognized with Golden Owl Award

AMES, Iowa – What he thought was just a meeting was actually a surprise award presentation in recognition of his teaching efforts.

Otters on campus take students by surprise

New Student Services employees here to help

CALS students earn Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award

Four students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have been named recipients of the 2022 Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award. Established in 1968, the award recognizes students who display notable character, high academic achievement, and are actively involved in on- and off-campus activities.

Student athlete's bird's-eye view of a career in research

Fisher passionate about helping multicultural students succeed

CALS Announces CALS Advisory Panel for Engaged Research

CAPER is a new faculty team working to help CALS researchers achieve more. Their charge: identify opportunities to improve administrative processes that support and encourage the research enterprise.

Awards: Strategic Seed Grants for Facilities & Equipment (2021)

The AES funded 12 requests for equipment or infrastructure to advance research and research capacity for for existing Hatch/Multistate Projects.

A facelift for Iowa State's Horse Barn

Active learning sparks collaboration and understanding

Food and fuel required to meet global challenges, say ag leaders

AMES, Iowa — Food and fuel -- not food versus fuel -- is the focus of a hopeful new commentary in the peer-reviewed scientific journal “Nature Sustainability,” authored by innovative thought leaders in agriculture from Iowa State University and

CALS researchers Bhattacharyya and Gassmann named 2021 AAAS Fellows

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty Madan Bhattacharyya and Aaron Gassmann are among six Iowa State University researchers the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) named to its class of 2021 Fellows for their “distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.”

Graduate student awarded national fellowship to support scientific career

AMES, Iowa - From computer science to microbiology, Logan Ott has found his calling in the research lab and recently received funding for his work to fight the threat of antimicrobial resistance.