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USDA's Amber Waves Magazine Releases App for Digital Devices

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WASHINGTON, February 21 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) today announced a new mobile application to bring its widely-read Amber Waves magazine to readers via their digital devices....

USDA Announces Additional Steps to Reduce Fraud and Misuse in Supplemental...

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WASHINGTON, February 21, 2013 – Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced tough new measures as a part of USDA’s ongoing effort to ensure integrity in the nation’s nutrition safety net, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)....

Meat, dairy producers gain global sales as rising middle class gains...

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Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Scott Brown, 573-882-3861

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Livestock and dairy producers can’t afford to ignore what goes on in the rest of the world, says Scott Brown, University of Missouri livestock and...

Free public lecture to address masculinity in the U.S.

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Researcher Joel Wong will discuss “The Psychology of Men and Masculinities: Implications for Health, Dating and Pretty Much Everything Else in Life” at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 28 at Oklahoma State University.

The lecture is free and open to the public. It will be held in Room 236 of the Human Sciences building on Monroe Street.

“Dr. Wong is a renowned e...

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack: World Organization for Animal Health...

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2013–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement about notification received today from the Scientific Commission for the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) recommending that the United States’ risk classification for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) be upgraded to negligible risk:...

Specialty Crop Funds Awarded to Missouri to Further Enhance Industry

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The Missouri Department of Agriculture today announced that 13 agricultural projects across Missouri have been selected to receive funding provided by USDA's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program....

Chemical Engineering student winners announced in Chem-E-Car Competition

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Chemical engineering students competed in Oklahoma State University's Chem-E-Car competition held in the Wes Watkins Center on the Stillwater campus.

The OSU Chem-E-Car project is a multi-semester effort that involves sophomore, junior and senior chemical engineering students. Junior chemical engineering students work in teams to design and...

Oklahoma State University and AAA officials open new AppCenter

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Oklahoma State University held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new AppCenter today.  The ceremony brought together representatives from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, AAA Oklahoma and Cowboy Technologies, LLC – the three groups who partnered to make the center a reality.

Located in the lobby of the...

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and World Food Prize Foundation Cement Partnership to...

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DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 19, 2013-Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn came together today at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates in Des Moines, Iowa, before a crowd of 200 youth and business leaders to formalize a partnership enhancing the Wallace-Carver Internship Program for students involved in cutting-edge...

Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Improve Rural Electric Service for Customers...

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NEW ORLEANS, February 18, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that rural electric cooperatives and utilities in 12 states will receive loan guarantees to improve generation and transmission facilities and implement smart grid technologies. The announcement was made on the Secretary’s behalf by USDA Rural Utilities Acting Adm...
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