High oleic oil: what and why
America’s love of fats has waxed and waned, and there’s an option for today’s health-conscious consumers that also works great for restaurants and food production. David Tegeder, Senior Marketing Manager …
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You Could Be Eating CRISPR in Five Years
At Ag Biotech Academy 2017, we heard from Kirk Reese, DuPont Pioneer Agronomy Research Manager, about the potential of CRISPR-Cas9 to allow gene editing in a variety of applications. This technology …
ChickQuest: not just for elementary students!
The typical ChickQuest teacher is in an elementary school, but the program can be tweaked to accompany higher grades. Jennifer Scheidler teaches Academic & Accelerated Biology at Sycamore High School. …
Ag Biotech Academy 2018: Before you attend
Everything you need to know about the Ag Biotech Academy 2018 workshop in one place! When Tuesday, June 26 at 8 am through Wednesday, June 27 at 4 pm. Where Workshop: Global Impact STEM Academy 700 …
Virtual field trips to soybean farms offered to students
Starting this spring, students who have never had a chance to investigate a soybean field will get the chance to do it — all without having to leave the comfort of th…
Teachers at work growing young minds through GrowNextGen
In this article from “Ohio’s Country Journal”, GrowNextGen teacher leader John Thomas talks about his school and his association with GNG. John Thomas recently returned from the 2018 Commodity Classic in …
A dairy great virtual field trip!
Can you answer these cow questions? How is a Jersey cow different from other breeds of dairy cattle? What technology is used to raise dairy cattle and produce milk? What …
River View SMART team takes on nisin
This school year, Danielle Casey, AgBiotech alumni, organized a SMART (Students Modeling a Research Topic) team at River View High School in Warsaw, OH. To help them with this project, …