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Agriculture
9:00 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Field Notes: Looking inside plants for answers to a changing climate

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The 2013 Water for Food Conference featured speakers from around the globe discussing the impact of climate change on agriculture.
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By and Grant Gerlock

This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which reporters talk to newsmakers and experts about important issues related to food production.

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Agriculture
10:36 am
Mon April 1, 2013

MU scientist plays key role in new GE salmon

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The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to approve AquAdvantage Atlantic salmon for the U.S. market.
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These fillets are from genetically engineered salmon.
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These pig cells are part of the research being done by University of Missouri genetic engineer Kevin Wells. Wells, a national expert on the genetic engineering of animals, prefers not to have his photo taken because his work is so controversial.
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Kevin Wells has been genetically engineering animals for 24 years.

“It’s sort of like a jigsaw puzzle,” said Wells recently as he walked through his lab at the University of Missouri - Columbia. “You take DNA apart and put it back together in different orders, different orientations.”

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Under the Microscope
6:58 pm
Fri February 22, 2013

The science behind genetically modified seeds

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Researchers at DuPont Pioneer’s facility near Des Moines, Iowa, test these varieties of corn.
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This week, we’ll hear from Harvest Public Media’s Science of the Seed Series.

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Agriculture
6:24 pm
Fri February 22, 2013

Seed science pushes toward higher yields

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Researchers at DuPont Pioneer’s facility near Des Moines, Iowa, test these varieties of corn.
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At an open house at DuPont Pioneer’s Dallas Center Corn Research Center near Des Moines, Iowa, retired corn breeder Bill Ambrose marveled at the tools available today to do the job he did for nearly 40 years.

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