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February 19, 2019

Huntra Christensen rides her horse, Sadie, at the NCTA Aggieland creek and pasture north of campus earlier this winter. (Photo by R. Porter/NCTA)

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Top equine student is NCTA’s Aggie of the Month

Huntra Christensen has been named February's Aggie of the Month

February 17, 2019

Holstein Association USA recently named University of Missouri’s Foremost Dairy Research Center as one of the top 10 college/university herds. Foremost is home to Pastel, a calf rated as the second-best red carrier Holstein in the country. The calf sold for $25,500 in 2015. (Photo courtesy of Scott Poock)

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MU Foremost Dairy recognized by Holstein Assoc.

MU Foremost Dairy named one of the top 10 college/university herds

February 17, 2019

Dr. Michael Bartolo, director of the Colorado State University Arkansas Valley Research Center, Rocky Ford, Colo., has been selected the 2018 Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association's (CFVGA) Robert Sakata Member of the Year. (Courtesy of CFVGA)

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Bartolo tapped for CFVGA Member of the Year

Bartolo was instrumental in the founding of the CFVGA

February 17, 2019

Dan Robison, endowed dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, presents Elizabeth Burns-Thomopson with the 2019 Emerging Iowa Leader Award from the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at center court of Hilton Coliseum. Burns-Thompson is regulatory affairs counsel for the Iowa Corn Growers Association. (Courtesy of Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences)

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Burns-Thompson honored as Emerging Leader

The award was presented at center court of Hilton Coliseum

February 14, 2019

University of Wisconsin-Madison Soil Scientist Dr. Keith Kelling was inducted into the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association Hall of Fame at the industry’s annual awards banquet held February 6, 2019 in Stevens Point. (Courtesy of WPVGA)

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WPVGA honors Kelling with Hall of Fame induction

Hall of Fame honors lifetime achievement in the development of the state’s potato industry

February 14, 2019

The Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council hosted STEM Day at the Capitol, with nearly 200 Iowans showcasing their contributions to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). (Courtesy of Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council)

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State leaders take part in STEM Day at the Capitol

2019 I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Award recipients were recognized

February 12, 2019

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MMPA members take home national awards

One quarter of all National Dairy Quality Awards go to MMPA members

February 12, 2019

Iowa State University researchers Yuh Yuan Shyy, left, and Manjit Misra, with the Real Time In-Line Inclined Flowmeter, an invention developed by their startup company FloMetrix, which is receiving a national AE50 Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. (Photo by Chris Gannon, Iowa State University)

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Recognition for ag engineering innovations

Start-up founded by two Iowa State University researchers receive national honor

February 11, 2019

Seven noted graduates and contributors associated with the Purdue University College of Agriculture have received the Agricultural Alumni Association’s highest honor – the Certificate of Distinction. (Courtesy of Purdue)

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Purdue Ag Alumni Assoc. honors seven

Seven notable Purdue graduates receive the Certificate of Distinction

February 10, 2019

The entire Lehmann family poses for a portrait. (Courtesy of IPPA)

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Lehmann Bros. Farms is IPPA Family of the Year

IPPA honors pork producing family who has contributed to long-term success of industry