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	<title>STORIES in Agriculture and Life Sciences &#187; Partner Profile</title>
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		<title>DEALING WITH DROUGHT: ISU EXTENSION AND FARM SERVICES AGENCY&#8217;S RAPID RESPONSE</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2012/11/dealing-with-drought-isu-extension-and-farm-services-agencys-rapid-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol. 6 No. 2 It's All About Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kassel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitrates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silage testing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Willy Klein
Jim Larson, a northern Iowa beef cattle breeder, called Beth Doran in mid July with an urgent message. Larson (’69 animal science) looked to Doran, an Iowa State
University Extension and Outreach beef specialist, for answers to cattle producers’ drought-specific questions. Weeks of triple digit temperatures and little, if any, rainfall had contributed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISU AND CAST: PROMOTING SCIENCE-BASED AG INFORMATION FOR 40 YEARS</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2012/11/isu-and-cast-promoting-science-based-ag-information-for-40-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partner Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vol. 6 No. 2 It's All About Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gorenz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dan Gogerty
Charles A. Black, an Iowa State University agronomy professor, was instrumental in founding the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) in Ames in 1972 to meet the need for access to sciencebased agricultural information.
Since then the partnership between CAST and Iowa State University continues to run deep. When CAST offered an education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ROLLING OUT THE WELCOME MAT</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2012/06/rolling-out-the-welcome-mat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2012/06/rolling-out-the-welcome-mat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partner Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vol. 6 No. 1 Student Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Yule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirkwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transfer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/?p=2518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Agriculture degrees are hot, and enrollment in community colleges’ agriculture programs has soared in recent years. For students like Katie Yule, who start at Kirkwood Community College and want to earn a four-year degree at Iowa State University, the collaborative spirit among student services staff at both institutions makes the transfer process as seamless as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADVANCING THE INDUSTRY TOGETHER</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2012/06/advancing-the-industry-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2012/06/advancing-the-industry-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partner Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vol. 6 No. 1 Student Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cattlemen's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Loy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa Beef Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Deppe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2012]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/?p=2516</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Take one organization focused on offering top notch research information to Iowa’s beef industry, add another organization committed to growing Iowa’s beef business through advocacy, leadership and education, and what do you have? A collaborative effort for helping Iowa beef producers that’s second to none.
Iowa Beef Center director Dan Loy says the center’s strength is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS: Leopold Center and ISU Extension help increase demand and capacity for local foods</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/11/2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/11/2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partner Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Chase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISU Extension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leopold Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ranum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipe for success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wiemerslage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s like a delicious cycle.
Local growers increase production of fruits and vegetables; consumers appreciate the improved availability and ask for more; growers expand to meet increased demand.
The Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative is driving such a cycle in their region by bringing together growers, community members and Iowa State Extension staff who work together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TALKING TURKEY FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/11/talking-turkey-for-more-than-60-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/11/talking-turkey-for-more-than-60-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partner Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gretta Irwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa Turkey Federation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Persia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipe for success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This year Iowa turkey farmers are on track to raise a record 10.5 million birds. Overall, Iowa is ninth in turkey production and fifth in pocessing nationwide.
Iowa State University has been a partner with the industry from the beginning, according to Gretta Irwin, Iowa Turkey Federation executive director and home economist.
In 1941, W.R. Whitfield, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARE HOOPS GOOD HOMES FOR BIOMASS?</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/are-hoops-good-homes-for-biomass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/are-hoops-good-homes-for-biomass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partner Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biomass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Darr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2011]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/?p=1521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iowa State scientists have teamed with a company planning to build a biomass ethanol plant to research how to keep the material in the best condition before
it is processed.
“The research we’re conducting is focused on understanding how the quality of biomass is influenced by harvesting and storage systems.  Enhancing the quality of feedstock improves the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOR PLANTPEDDLERS ENTREPRENEURSHIP RUNS IN THE FAMILY</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/for-plantpeddlers-entrepreneurship-runs-in-the-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2011/06/for-plantpeddlers-entrepreneurship-runs-in-the-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partner Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abby Gooder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Gooder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Gooder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plantpeddler Wholesale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Gooder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Mike and Rachel Gooder “value added” has been second nature for more than 30 years.
The owners of Plantpeddler in Cresco, Iowa, purchased the greenhouse just a month after Mike (’80 horticulture) graduated from Iowa State University and a few days after they exchanged wedding vows. It didn’t take them long to start adding value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIRT WARRIORS DEPLOY ISU TRAINING IN AFGHANISTAN</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/11/dirt-warriors-deploy-isu-training-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/11/dirt-warriors-deploy-isu-training-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partner Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extension]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Willy Klein
The “Dirt Warriors” landed on Afghan soils in July ready to help rebuild the agricultural infrastructure and increase capacity of agricultural systems in the Kunar province.
The 60 members of the Iowa National Guard 734th Agri-Business Development Team (ADT) coined their own nickname. The Iowa Army and Air National Guard members are also livestock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PARTNERS WORK FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/11/partners-work-for-rural-development-in-uganda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/11/partners-work-for-rural-development-in-uganda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melea Licht</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partner Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westgate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/?p=870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Ed Adcock
It doesn’t take long during a visit with a Ugandan family for Dorothy Masinde to tell if the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) is having an impact.
“We are very generous in Africa,” she explains. “When you come to my house, the first thing I do is offer you food. So if I [...]]]></description>
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