http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/news Research News and Events from Purdue University's College of Agriculture en-us http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/archive.html Tall, waving corn fields that line Midwestern roads may one day be replaced by dwarfed versions that require less water, fertilizer and other inputs, thanks to a fungicide commonly used on golf courses. 5/15/2012 http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/outreach/2012/120504MathewCAST.html The head of Purdue University's Department of Animal Sciences was on a team of experts that examined the relationship between the health of agricultural animals and consumers' increasing demand for safe food. The report will be released Monday (May 7) in Washington, D.C. 5/4/2012 http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2012/120502IrudayarajGrant.html Purdue University scientists will use a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop technologies for altering the epigenetic marks in the genome that turn genes on and off, work they hope will lead to advances in treating genetic health conditions. 5/2/2012 http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2012/120501ChaubeyAward.html Indrajeet Chaubey, a professor of agricultural and biological engineering, is the winner of Purdue University's 2012 Agricultural Research Award for his work in helping to preserve water as a natural resource. 5/1/2012