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"Lucky for us all - he did."
A terrific piece on the career or our Dr. Matt Liebman who retired earlier this year.
Matt Liebman has always had a close connection to PFI – he was aware of the organization before he even moved to Iowa. Even so, it’s striking to see just how much his research interests have overlapped those of PFI farmers.
Read more about Matt's career!
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Breeding transforms sorghum’s potential as biofuel of the future for northern latitudes https://www.cals.iastate.edu/news/releases/breeding-transforms-sorghum-s-potential-biofuel-future-northern-latitudes
@isuagronomy @iastate_cals
What are realistic timelines to measure changes in water quality due to changes in land management given the large effect of year-to-year weather variability? 1st paper from
@GNDanalatos w/ @SArchontoulis
http://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20349