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News Stories for May 17, 2013

A Practical "Hands-On" Short Course on 'Food Extrusion: Cereals, Protein & Other Ingredients' at Texas A&M University from August 18-23, 2013

Producers in 38 States Receive Funds to Support Advanced Biofuel Production

Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development Doug O’Brien today announced payments to producers in 38 states to support the production of advanced biofuels. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) remains …

DuPont Launches Initiatives in Ethiopia to Help Farmers Produce More Food and Improve Grain Storage

Today, DuPont launched collaborative initiatives in Ethiopia that will boost maize productivity among smallholder farmers and help increase food production for local communities. The investment will total more than US $4 …

Corn Growers Pleased to See House Ag Committee Progress on Farm Bill

National Corn Growers Association President Pam Johnson released the following statement in response to the House Committee on Agriculture’s farm bill passage late Wednesday night: "We greatly appreciate the work by …

Stick with Normal Hybrid Corn Maturities for Now

Corn growers should stick with their normal hybrid maturities rather than switch to earlier-season maturities through the end of May, says a University of Missouri Extension corn specialist. Frequent, excessive rainfall …

UMass Amherst Licenses Microorganism to Boost Corn and Soybean Plant Health

A recent exclusive license agreement between the University of Massachusetts Amherst and LidoChem, Inc., a New Jersey-based wholesale turf and agricultural nutrient supply firm, means a fungus-fighting bacterium discovered …

Nominations Sought for Women in Agriculture Awards

The Purdue Extension (http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/www.extension.purdue.edu/) Women in Agriculture Team has begun accepting nominations for the 2013 Women in Agriculture …

USDA'S Novel Cell Line Identifies All Foot-and-Mouth Virus Serotypes

U.S. Department of Agriculture (http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome) (USDA) scientists have developed a new cell line that rapidly and accurately detects foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), which causes a highly …

Blue Diamond and SMUD Celebrate Energy Makeover

Blue Diamond Growers and SMUD have partnered on high-tech energy efficiency installations totaling nearly $500,000 in energy efficiency incentives. Blue Diamond and SMUD recently completed four major energy efficiency …

Danforth Center’s "Conversations" Series Continues

Part two of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center’s (http://www.danforthcenter.org/) "Conversations" series, sponsored by Boeing, will continue on Thursday, May 23, 2013 ` …

Hi-Tech Systems on Display at Indiana Farm Management Tour

Today’s large-acreage farmers can’t be everywhere at once on their sprawling operations, but a farm family featured in this year’s Purdue Extension Farm Management Tour comes close. Gary and Larry Neal of …

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