Creating the future, teaching to serve
Lee Burras sets his Diet Pepsi on the podium and grabs a piece of chalk off the ledge. Class is about to begin.
Renewed landscape scorched by wildfire
The hills were blackened. What was once a house, now a concrete slab.
Teaching computers to diagnose soybean stress
Iowa State University scientists are working toward a future in which farmers can use unmanned aircraft to spot, and even predict, disease and stress in their crops.
The Science of Soil: Agronomy professor works to update Iowa's soil maps
Ask any farmer and they will explain the importance of soil. While seasonal weather can be the difference from a good harvest and a worrisome one, the soil moderates the long-term productivity of that harvest.
Cyclones shaping the future of plant breeding
The next meeting of the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) will be well represented by Cyclones, with multiple students—both undergraduate and graduate—who will be recognized for being accepted into the Borlaug S
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