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In our Fellow Spotlight series, we share excerpts from our interview with MacArthur Fellow Lisa Schulte Moore and learn more about row crop agriculture. 

Iowa State University's entrepreneurial ecosystem is supporting two energy startups, Rise Energy and Upcycling+. Rise Energy focuses on converting underused biomass, such as old basketball flooring, into bio-oil and biochar.

Dr. Robert C. Brown is a new member of the National Academy of Engineering.

A bioscience Ames startup that produces renewable fuels has received a significant loan.

Registration Opens for Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference, Nov. 6-8

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Iowa State University's Xianglan Bia is leading two, $2-million-plus projects that will study and develop new ways to break down waste plastics and convert them to useful materials. The U.S.

It is a Des Moines Register tradition to close out each year and open the next by introducing readers to 15 People to Watch — individuals expected to make an impact on Iowa in the coming year.This year's nominations f

Since 1934, The Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman has been Iowa’s leading agriculture news source, and today it has the largest readership of any ag newspaper in Iowa.