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(3/8/2012) A longtime state agriculture commissioner, a University of Minnesota economist who works to improve agricultural productivity around the world and a wheat farmer with a long record of community service are this year’s recipients of the prestigious Siehl Prize in Agriculture. The winners are, from left, Gene Hugoson, Phil Pardey and Bruce Hamnes. They will be honored at this spring's Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture awards ceremony on May 24 at McNamara Alumni Center. Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, president of the World Food Prize, will deliver the keynote address. - CFANS News
(3/1/2012)Gary Muehlbauer, currently professor of agronomy and plant genetics, will become head of the U of M's plant biology department on March 1. Muehlbauer conducts research on the molecular genetics of wheat and barley and directs graduate studies for the Plant Biological Sciences Program. The plant biology department is part of both CFANS and the College of Biological Sciences. Muehlbauer replaces Kate VandenBosch, who is now dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. - CFANS News
(2/7/2012) The completion of reference genome sequences for many important crops and the ability to perform high-throughput resequencing are providing opportunities for improving our understanding of the history of plant domestication and to accelerate crop improvement, according to a new study led by Peter Morrell of the University of Minnesota. - CFANS News.
