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Read
the 2005 Center Progress Report [PDF]
Order your copy
of the 2005 Center Progress Report (request
Volume 14)
The new 2005 Center Progress Report features summaries of 19
projects that were funded by the Center and completed in
2004. For the first time, there are a significant number of
completed projects sponsored by one of the three
initiatives, Marketing and Food Systems, along with research
from the previous competitive grants program.
Research and education projects that the Center funded run
the gamut from woolly cupgrass control and grape production
to forage evaluation and a local food capacity analysis.
Investigators explored problems of farm food handling
practices, supply chain options for biobased businesses,
small market farm business planning, and soil nutrient
enhancement. The Center specifically encouraged the
investigators to consider how their work could benefit Iowa
farmers.
Summaries of the 19 research and education projects appear
in an illustrated, 74-page paperback, are grouped in these
categories:
The Center’s research and demonstration efforts described in
detail in the Progress Report were carried out on Iowa
farms, at ISU’s outlying research farms, and in urban and
suburban areas of the state.
The summaries are condensed from longer, more detailed final
reports submitted by the principal investigators. Copies of
the complete reports are available from the Center. Readers
also may contact the investigators directly for more
information. Center editor Mary Adams is in charge of
producing the Progress Report.
Copies have been sent to Iowa agricultural producers,
researchers, media and educators. If you would like a paper
copy of the 2005 Center Progress Report, please contact the
Center at (515) 294-3711.
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