Stories Tagged "research"
Study Questions Questions The Nutrional Value Of Organic
posted on September 7, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Corporations Boost Agricultural Research Funding
posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:17 PM
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The gap between federal support for agricultural research at large public universities and private investment continues to grow — and the divide comes with increased threats to academic freedom and more instances of...
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Vilsack Touts PSU Research, Stumps for Farm Bill
posted on May 18, 2012 at 1:03 PM
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sought Wednesday to raise the profile of agricultural research at universities like Penn State as Congress begins the arduous task of renewing the farm bill.
Penn State leads...
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Rare Weather: April cooler than March in Illinois
posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Illinois climate experts say the state had a rare phenomenon this year: April's weather was cooler than March.
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U of M earns top grade for organic agriculture
posted on May 4, 2012 at 2:54 PM
The University of Minnesota has earned a top grade for its organic agriculture programs.
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Ag secretary promotes biofuels at Chicago meeting
posted on January 17, 2012 at 3:54 PM
CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says biofuels are playing a growing role in the civilian aircraft and airline industry and in the military.
Vilsack spoke Monday at a business roundtable meeting at Chicago-based...
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Biofuels Researchers Team With Gardeners
posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - University of Minnesota biofuels
researchers are teaming up with master gardeners in the school's
extension service.
They're seeking to find out whether biofuel production...
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Kudzu makes play on soybeans
posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Kudzu - the "plant that ate the South" - has finally met a pest that's just as voracious. Trouble is, the so-called "kudzu bug" is also fond of another East Asian transplant that we happen to like, and that is big money for American farmers.
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Study: Even Routine Weather Can be Costly
posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:06 PM
BOULDER, Colo, (AP) - A study released by the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., says the annual impact of routine weather in the United States can total $485 billion.
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New Report Exonerates Climate Researchers
posted on February 25, 2011 at 11:02 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Commerce Department investigation has found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of federal climate researchers whose e-mails were leaked in the debate over global climate change.
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Researchers Say Wind Turbines May Benefit Crops
posted on December 23, 2010 at 1:12 PM
AMES, Iowa — The wind turbines that have been popping up across Iowa may be good for the corn and soybean fields that surround them, according to an Iowa State University researcher who collected data from fields around the turbines last summer.
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Market to Market (November 19, 2010)
posted on November 19, 2010 at 7:11 PM
ISU Researchers Test New Type of Asphalt
posted on October 7, 2010 at 2:10 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa — Researchers at Iowa State University are testing a new type of environmentally friendly paving product.
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Market to Market (October 1, 2010)
posted on October 1, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Agriculture Colleges Reduce Herds to Cut Costs
posted on July 16, 2010 at 2:07 PM
BURLINGTON, Vt (AP)— The fields and long red barns at the University of Vermont will soon house fewer cows as low milk prices, high costs and budget cuts have forced the university to sell its herd.
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