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ISU to lead new center for bioplastics and biocomposites

The Iowa Board of Regents has approved the National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites.

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Crop Advantage Series provides latest crop production info

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will offer the Crop Advantage Series to producers at 13 locations across Iowa during January, including one session in Burlington on January 9th.

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Progress reported by ISU’s Nutrient Research Center

Two sets of progress reports are now available online for research projects funded through the Iowa Nutrient Research Center at Iowa State University.One set is the first quarterly reports for projects...

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ISU scientists identify seed treatment to curtail SDS

Researchers at Iowa State University are leading a regional research project to identify farm management practices that help reduce Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in soybeans.

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ISU's Herbicide Guide offers strategies to manage resistant weeds

Bob Hartzler and Mike Owen, professors of agronomy and ISU Extension and Outreach weed scientists, updated the 2015 Herbicide Guide for Iowa Corn and Soybean Production to reflect the 2014 growing...

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Gift to ISU's research farm expands crop research

Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms will begin new crop row spacing trials thanks to a recent gift from local partners in Northwest Iowa. The Northwest Research Farm near Sutherland...

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ISU field day to cover using unmanned aerial vehicles in agriculture

The agricultural use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, will be the subject of an Aug. 27 field day at the Iowa State University Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy Research Farms.

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USDA reports open the door to lower corn and soybean prices, ISU economist says

The first field-based estimates of the 2015 corn and soybean crops from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were not what the grain markets expected bringing the potential of lower prices, according to...

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Bayer CropScience pledges support to Iowa Soybean Research Center

Bayer CropScience has become an industry partner of the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University.

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ISU Agricultural and Life Sciences job fair set for Oct. 20

Iowa State University is on its way to last year’s record number of employers recruiting at Agriculture and Life Sciences Fall Career Day on Oct. 20.

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ISU explores genetics that allow hybrid plants to perform better than parents

An Iowa State University agronomist has helped uncover the genetic mechanisms in sorghum plants that allow hybrids to perform better than parent varieties, a process known as heterosis.

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Inaugural Iowa Soil Health Conference coming in February 2016

The Inaugural Soil Health Conference, “Strategies for Building Healthy Soils” will be February 2-3, 2016, at the Scheman Building in Ames, Iowa. The conference is a collaborative effort between Iowa...

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New weed identification field guide updates information

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach has released a new version of the Weed Identification Field Guide, first published in 2010, to assist producers and agronomists with accurately identifying...

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‘Orphan gene’ may have potential to boost protein value of crops

A recently published study from two Iowa State University scientists shows that a gene found only in a single plant species can increase protein content when introduced into staple crops.

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Iowa Nutrient Research Center announces projects to be funded

The Iowa Nutrient Research Center at Iowa State University has funded 11 new projects related to water quality.

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Iowa farmland values fall for second consecutive year

Average Iowa farmland value is now estimated to be $7,633 per acre - having dropped in value for the second consecutive year. Per acre value declined $310, or 3.9 percent, since last year's survey....

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Nation’s premier site for water quality drives progress

A farm just outside the north-central Iowa town is home to Iowa State University’s Agriculture Drainage Research and Demonstration Site, a facility that has been working to further Iowa State...

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ISU researchers look for genetic solution to SDS in soybeans

Using genome-wide association and epistatic study, a mapping analysis aiming to find single gene and gene-gene interaction that associated with disease resistance, Jiaoping Zhang, post-doctoral...

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ISU researchers to explore genetics of stress resistance in corn

A $2.1 million grant will help Iowa State University plant scientists to study how corn responds to environmental stress at the genetic level. The three-year grant, awarded by the National Science...

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Participate in the Iowa State fair weed ID contest

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