Iowa State’s Crops Team recently returned from competing at the NACTA Judging Conference. The team returned to Ames with great success to share. Congratulations to the team and their coach […]
Crops team takes first place at NACTA
Agronomy student’s art on display in Kildee
We love to brag about our agronomy students and their accomplishments in and outside the classroom. Wyatt Bailey is quite talented when it comes to his artistic abilities. His art […]
Crops team places first beating out Kansas in Kansas
We are very proud of the ISU Crops Team, placing first overall in Manhattan, Kansas on March 5th. They will be traveling to North Platte, Nebraska to compete at the […]
Agronomy Graduate Student Club Officers
The Agronomy Graduate Student Club has elected 2022 officers: President – Alexis Meadows Vice President – Alejo Ruiz Secretary – Mercy K Azanu Treasurer – Liza Van der Laan Social Chair – Alam Ramirez Reyes Seminar Co-chairs […]
Solving the complex puzzle of dissolved phosphorus loss from farmland
A research project by Iowa State University soil scientists provides new insight into the complex picture of phosphorus loss from farmland and evidence proving phosphorus runoff is often underestimated. One […]
Alumni feature: Leah Philipp
Leah Philipp graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy and a minor in AST (Agricultural Systems Technology) from Iowa State University in May of 2021. Leah shares that she originally […]
Scientists take major step in understanding domestication of corn
Iowa State University scientists are learning how to peer back through millennia of domestication to learn how a wild grassy plant known as teosinte developed into corn, the modern cash […]
Recipients of the C. R. Weber Award for Excellence in Plant Breeding – Fall 2021
Clayton Carley Originally from Crescent City, IL, grew up on a family farm where he started his own sweet corn business and developed a passion for agriculture. He obtained a […]
Agronomy undergrads attend SASES meetings and competition
The undergraduate experience at the annual meeting of the Students of Agronomy, Soil & Environmental Sciences (SASES) program features a special program of sessions, contests, networking, social activities, an awards […]
Agronomy alum takes over University of Nebraska small grains breeding program
In March of 2021, a decade of hard work and persistence paid off as Katherine Frels moved back to Lincoln and into the field, not as a graduate student but […]
National USDA Mutistate Research Excellence Award: Robert Horton
Robert Horton, who holds the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professorship in Agriculture and Life Sciences in agronomy at Iowa State University, is one of the senior scientists recognized by USDA […]
Pipeline study shows soil compaction and crop yield impacts in construction right-of-way
An Iowa State University study looking at the impacts of soil disturbance and early remediation practices from construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline finds significant soil compaction and gradual recovery […]