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Ag Answers provides timely agricultural problem-solving advice, strategies, and reminders to
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Study a step toward disease-resistant crops, sustainability
11/18/2008 - A five-year study that could help increase disease resistance, stress tolerance and plant yields is under way at Purdue University.
The $4 million project uses a new technique called "mutant-assisted gene identification and characterization,"...
Plant resistance to soybean aphid found in Ohio
11/18/2008 - A soybean plant introduction (PI) has been found to show resistance to soybean aphid in Ohio, paving the way to control the insect through new resistant cultivars.
The soybean PI, labeled PI 243540, contains a single dominant gene that allows...
Thanksgiving feast gobbling up more food dollars
11/18/2008 - Nothing beats a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner except what it costs to eat out, said a Purdue University agricultural economist.
As consumers prepare for the annual November feast, they'll find retail food costs have risen at a rate 3 percent...
Ohio State Policy and Outlook Meetings focus on farm and food economies
11/18/2008 - Ohio State University Extension will host eight Policy and Outlook meetings during December and January, which will focus on topics ranging from grains and biofuels to input costs and farm policy.
Specialists from the Department of...
Purdue Ag Fish Fry to feature veteran political journalist
11/18/2008 - The Purdue University Agricultural Alumni Fish Fry on Feb. 7 will give attendees an inside look at the national political scene from the perspective of a broadcast news veteran.
Andrea Mitchell, the anchor of MSNBC's "The Andrea Mitchell Hour"...
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