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STORIES Online January 2013College NewsIOWA FARM AND RURAL LIFE POLL SUMMARY RELEASEDThe 2012 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, led by J. Gordon Arbuckle, sociology, summary report is now available online. The 2012 Farm Poll survey topics include farmer perspectives on increases in land values, assessments of rural quality of life and other rural issues, use of different sources of information for agricultural decision making, and preferences for delivery of information and educational programming. More...IOWA CROP PERFORMANCE TESTS NOW AVAILABLEThe 2012 Iowa Crop Performance Tests for corn and soybeans are now available. The reports provide direct, unbiased comparisons among a large number of corn hybrids and soybean varieties, in a number of different environments. More...IOWA FARM AND RURAL LIFE POLL SUMMARY RELEASEDThe 2012 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, led by J. Gordon Arbuckle, sociology, summary report is now available online. The 2012 Farm Poll survey topics include farmer perspectives on increases in land values, assessments of rural quality of life and other rural issues, use of different sources of information for agricultural decision making, and preferences for delivery of information and educational programming. More...HORT SENIOR SCORES BIG WITH SUPER BOWL INTERNSHIPKevin Hansen has been selected for the Toro's Super Bowl Sports Turf Training Program. Hansen, a senior in horticulture, will work alongside NFL field director Ed Mangan and the Super Bowl grounds crew on turf maintenance, logo painting, field preparation for media day, halftime preparation and clean-up at the Superdome in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. Hansen also scored a spot on the sidelines during the game More...ISU RESEARCHERS WIN $3 MILLION GRANT TO STUDY COSTLY SWINE DISEASEA team of researchers at Iowa State has received a $3 million grant from the USDA to study genetic resistance to the costliest disease threatening the pork industry and transfer this technology to the industry. The researchers, led by Jack Dekkers, a professor of animal science, will seek to identify genes in pigs that make them less susceptible to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, known as PRRS, which costs U.S. pork producers about $664 million a year. More...100% COTTON, 100% EFFORTJonathan Wendel was a leader of an international team that has mapped the cotton genome, a watershed moment in plant genetics. An international consortium of scientists that includes Jonathan Wendel, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, has mapped the genome sequence for cotton in a paper published in the journal “Nature.” The sequencing of the genome will have sweeping ramifications for cotton growers, plant biologists and producers who grow other cash crops More...DAIRYING FOUNTAIN TO FLOW FREELY ONCE AGAINThis spring, the fountain in the Food Sciences Building courtyard will flow freely again after a 26-year respite. The fountain is part of the terra cotta mural titled, The History of Dairying, created in 1934 by sculptor Christian Petersen. A rededication of the fountain is planned during VEISHEA. Although the mural has been well maintained, the entire work of art was not complete without the fountain functioning. The renovation, completed in November, was funded by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and University Museums with support from Facilities Planning and Management. More...Alumni NewsAlumni NewsCASSADY HEADS ANIMAL SCIENCE AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Class Notes2010s |
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