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. […]
The 202 ISU Crops Team is a co-national champion! The team had great week placing 2nd overall as a team in Kansas City and 1st overall as a team in […]
From the east coast of Harrison, New York to the hills of Ione, Oregon, a change of perspective was just what Kai Goble wanted as he searched for his 2022 […]
The Region V Soil Judging contest went off without a hitch, thanks in part to two ISU Agronomy alumni. Former soil judgers, Jacob Schultz (BS, 2021) and Nathan Anderson (BS, […]
Recording, analyzing, photographing, classifying, and traveling were tasks Elizabeth Tranel, junior in Agronomy from Madrid, Iowa, became familiar with this summer while she explored the fields of Caldwell, Idaho. […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced today it is awarding more than $1.8 million to support the work of the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative […]
Iowa State University led research project uses on-farm data from hundreds of trials AMES, IOWA, September 14, 2022 – Iowa State University (Iowa State), has partnered with agricultural service […]
Choosing the best crop variety to maximize yield and profitability while still staying within budget is vital to any farm, whether its 100 acres or 100,000. It is also a […]