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Ag Answers provides timely agricultural problem-solving advice, strategies, and reminders to
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Corn genetics may lead to next generation of plant-based biofuels
8/28/2008 - Identifying the corn genes involved with plant cell wall generation and learning their function will help develop new, more productive sources of transportation biofuel, according to two Purdue University researchers.
Nick Carpita and Maureen...
OSU offers Low Stress Cattle Handling Workshop Sept. 20
8/28/2008 - Ohio State University will host its first-ever Low Stress Cattle Handling Workshop Sept. 20, which could translate to less stress for cattle farmers, too.
The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ohio Agricultural Research and...
Purdue University experts to speak at Farm World Expo
8/28/2008 - Purdue University animal behavior and welfare scientist Ed Pajor will discuss where the animal industry is headed as part of the Farm World Expo, which will be Sept. 4-6 at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ind.
"The issue of animal...
Learn to manage woodlands as food for wildlife at Farm Science Review
8/28/2008 - Landowners interested in sustaining area wildlife for conservation, hunting, or just for observation can learn how to manage their wooded areas as a long-term food source at this year's Farm Science Review.
Dave Apsley, an Ohio State...
Healthy honey bees is goal of multi-institutional research team
8/28/2008 - A combination of pathogens, pesticides and parasites may underlie such a massive disappearance of honeybees that agricultural production may be threatened, says a Purdue University researcher.
Greg Hunt, a Purdue apicultural researcher and...
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