November 11, 2008 ABE Faculty on National Air Quality Task Force

AMES, Iowa - Three members of the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty have been appointed to a national air quality task force.Hongwei Xin, agricultural and biosystems engineering professor,...

November 11, 2008 Perennials Key in Reducing Sediment Loss

From the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture:

AMES, Iowa -- Preliminary data from a Leopold Center-funded project shows that perennial prairie strips planted at critical points in fields of corn and soybean have minimized...

October 22, 2008 ABE Leads Sustainable Development Efforts

Recent years have witnessed wide publicity of a variety of global sustainability issues reaching across political and natural borders. While some of these challenges have been around for decades, recent renewed interest has...

October 17, 2008 Dr. Tang: System to Find Contaminated Corn Kernels

Dr. Lie Tang has been working on an automatic inspection system for corn kernels that can rapidly find bacteria and fungi contamination that is harmful to both humans and animals. The machine uses ultraviolet light to excite the...

October 13, 2008 ABE Researchers Developing Wireless Soil Sensors to Improve Farming

Dr. Stuart Birrell, Dr. Amy Kaleita, and ABE graduate students are featured in an article on developing soil sensors:

AMES, Iowa -- Ratnesh Kumar keeps his prototype soil sensors buried in a box under his desk. He hopes that one...