AMES, Iowa – Sorghum is a productive and versatile annual crop used worldwide for livestock feed. Until now, the plant, which originated in the tropics, has done best in warmer regions […]
September 12, 2023 – Aidan Bobholz, a junior from Randolph, WI, majoring in agronomy and seed science had the opportunity to work for Syngenta in Slater, IA, over the summer […]
August 29, 2023 AMES, Iowa – Professor and plant breeder Asheesh K. (Danny) Singh has been named to the George Sprague Professorship in Agronomy by the Department of Agronomy in […]
August 22, 2023 – Walter Suza wants to do what George Washington Carver did — feed the hungry. And Suza, adjunct associate professor in Iowa State University’s Department of Agronomy […]
The 2022 Agronomy New Student Learning Community traveled to the southeast part of the state prior to the start of the fall 2022 semester. Each year, incoming freshmen agronomy students […]
August 14, 2023 – Jianming Yu will become the fourth director of the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding at Iowa State University, effective Aug. 16. He will replace […]
Walter Suza is making plant genetics educational materials more engaging and accessible for students on campus and far away. An adjunct associate professor in agronomy at Iowa State University, Suza […]
A first of its kind: Master’s in Agronomy program marks 25th anniversary A discussion over cups of coffee in 1995 about how students were commuting to Ames for master’s degree […]
July 31, 2023- Siddique Aboobucker, Agronomy, looking at the scores for male fertility in a test plot for haploid maize at the Agronomy Research Farm, Boone, Iowa. Photo by Nazmul […]
July 27, 2023 AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University professor Thomas Lübberstedt assumed the role of president of the National Association of Plant Breeders at the organization’s annual meeting, July 16-20, in […]
Dr. Kendall Lamkey, outgoing Agronomy Dept. Chair, hands over the office key to Dr. Mary Wiedenhoeft, Interim Dept. Chair. Wiedenhoeft officially began her new role Tuesday, May 16. AMES, Iowa – […]
AGSC 2023 Spring BBQ at Brookside Park With the Spring semester over and temperatures warming up, let’s get together before the summer kick-off! BBQ and refreshments provided by the Club. […]