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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:34:06 -0600</pubDate>
			<title>Animal science professor earns national teaching award</title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/releases/806/</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/Kenealy.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />Douglas Kenealy is one of two people to receive the annual U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award. <br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:44:54 -0600</pubDate>
			<title>Researchers complete maize genome sequencing </title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/video/v/Sequencing_the_Maize_Genome</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/Schnable.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />Patrick Schnable, Baker Professor of agronomy and Plant Science Institute researcher, talks about his team's part in the national sequencing effort in this research video.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:48:15 -0600</pubDate>
			<title>Dairy Products Evaluation Team returns, places in national contest</title>
			<link>http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2009/nov/DPET</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/web.dairyeval1.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />The Iowa State Dairy Products Evaluation Team placed fourth overall in the 88th Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation contest, a national student competition.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:42:22 -0600</pubDate>
			<title>Horticulture student's project imprints apples </title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/2009/Imprinted_Apples/</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/lostencilapples.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />Brandon Carpenter will pass on the lessons learned in his demonstration project at the Horticulture Research Station to Iowa apple growers in January. <br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<guid isPermaLink='true'>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/2009/ISU_Agricultural_Education_and_Studies_Fifth_in_Nation/</guid>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:44:58 -0600</pubDate>
			<title>Iowa State agricultural education program ranked fifth in nation</title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/2009/ISU_Agricultural_Education_and_Studies_Fifth_in_Nation/</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/aged.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />The study listed faculty, the graduate program and international emphasis as the distinguishing characteristics of the Department of Agricultural Education and Studies.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:33:19 -0600</pubDate>
			<title>Researchers discover key to vital DNA, protein interaction</title>
			<link>http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2009/nov/bogdanove</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/BogdonavMoscou.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />The discovery by Adam Bogdanove, plant pathology, and Matthew Moscou, a student in the bioinformatics and computation biology graduate program, will be published in the journal Science.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:47:57 -0600</pubDate>
			<title>ISU collaborates on pig genome's first draft</title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/releases/801/</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/Rothschildcrop100pixels.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />Max Rothschild, the U.S. Pig Genome Coordinator, says the scientific advance will benefit Iowa, the nation's leader in pig production.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:03:03 -0600</pubDate>
			<title>Satellite to aid study of Earth's weather and climate</title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/releases/798/</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/hornbuckle.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />Agronomist Brian Hornbuckle and his research group are part of a global team studying data from the first soil moisture remote sensing satellite, which was launched Nov. 1.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:29:30 -0600</pubDate>
			<title>ISU Extension has harvest advice</title>
			<link>http://www.extension.iastate.edu/CropNews/</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/harvest.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />Extension specialists have information for producers coping with harvest problems arising from the wet conditions in the latest Integrated Crop Management News.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:07:41 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Ambassador Manatt presents Deal Lecture</title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/2009/William_K_Deal_Endowed_Leadership_Lecture/</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/Manatt.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />The speech Charles Manatt, College alumnus and former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, presented Oct. 27 is available online.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:48:16 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Ag Career Day Slideshow</title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/2009/Ag_Career_Fair/</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/AgCareerDay.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />More than 150 employers came to Iowa State to attend the largest ag career fair in the nation on Oct. 13. The event attracted more than 1,400 students.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:33:17 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Memorial service for Louis Thompson Saturday</title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/2009/Memorial_Service_for_Louis_Thompson/</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/thompson.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />College alumnus and former professor and administrator Louis Thompson died July 24 at the age of 95. His memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Curtiss Hall Auditorium.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:06:51 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Tonight's Deal Lecture features Ambassador Manatt</title>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/Manatt.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />Don't miss tonight's 2009 William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture featuring Ambassador Charles Manatt, 7 p.m., Sun Room, Memorial Union.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:55:38 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>Entomologists focus on reducing impact of soybean aphids</title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo/news_detail.php?var1=793</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/MONeal.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />Researchers are studying a full spectrum of management tools to use against soybean aphids.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:46:09 -0500</pubDate>
			<title>$1.5 million gift for Ag Pavilion</title>
			<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo/news_detail.php?var1=795</link>
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				<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.ag.iastate.edu/features/images09/waltergiftHomepage.jpg" alt="image" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom:1em; height: 73px;" />Marvin Walter and his wife Janice of Ames kick off an effort to build an Agriculture Pavilion as part of Campaign Iowa State: With Pride and Purpose.<br style="clear:both;" />]]>
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