By Editorial Staff, November 13, 2017
(Published on Omaha World-Herald)
This promising research is part of a broader effort to develop new strategies to address intestinal ailments such as Crohn’s disease…Read more.
Picture a wheat disease so virulent that it can wipe out 100% of yield on infected plants. Now, imagine that no known chemistry controls it when weather favors disease.
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The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation today announce the formation of its Scientific Advisory Committee, an eight-member panel led by Vicki Chandler, PhD, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at the Minerva Schools at KGI. The Committee’s primary mission is to strengthen agricultural research and raise its profile within the broader science community. Special focus will be placed on the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, the nation’s primary source of competitively awarded funding within the US Department of Agriculture.
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WASHINGTON, DC (September 20, 2019)—The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation applauded the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for advancing a Fiscal Year 2020 budget that included a $10 million increase for the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) flagship competitive research program.
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