A “Breakthrough” story and video interview on research conducted by Drs. Thomas Lübberstedt and Siddique Aboobucker and graduate student Liming Zhou is featured on the Foundation for Food and Agriculture […]
On October 10-12, Dr. Brian Hornbuckle attended a workshop at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. He was invited to talk about how new satellite measurements at a […]
When Michael Castellano tells people there are billions of different variations of farmer decisions and environmental conditions that can affect how much nitrogen fertilizer is just enough for a plot […]
The team at Iowa State University’s Sustainable Advanced Bioeconomy Research Farm (SABR) recently harvested and hauled 400 tons of sorghum. Harvest was completed quicker and more efficiently due to the […]
On September 19, members of the Artificial Intelligence Institute for Resilient Agriculture (AIIRA), Dr. Arti Singh, agronomy, and Dr. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, mechanical engineering and AIIRA director, attended the National Science […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When can we expect to see reduced levels of nutrients in our water if we make positive changes on the landscape? New Iowa State University research shows how complicated it […]
The angle of the leaves on a corn stalk directly affects the plant’s ability to soak up the summer sun needed for photosynthesis. Breeders have developed various corn hybrids with […]