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Election wrap-up

December 27, 2020

An agricultural science researcher describes a cross-sector collaboration (the Forever Green project) at a press conference in 2019. Photo courtesy of the Land Stewardship Project.

Agricultural scientists must engage in constructive politics

November 19, 2020

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Together we’ll go FFAR

November 19, 2020

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Virtual advocacy: A new opportunity to engage with policymakers

November 19, 2020

Presidents messages

Unprecedented times, challenges require everyone’s engagement

December 25, 2020

Diversity, equity & inclusion

Societies' top Strategic priority: Diversity, equity, and inclusion

November 26, 2020

Publications

crop science

Crop Science run by and for you

November 19, 2020

Alex Zilli accepts the 2019 Crop Science Outstanding Paper Award for CSSA Division C8 (Plant Genetic Resources) from managing editor Liz Gebhardt during the Publications Reception at last year’s Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX. He was the lead author on the paper titled “Widening the Gene Pool of Sexual Tetraploid Bahiagrass: Generation and Reproductive Characterization of a Sexual Synthetic Tetraploid Population” (see https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2017.07.0457).

Publications update

October 25, 2020

Agronomic Science Foundation

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Agronomic Science Foundation launches diversity initiative to advance underrepresented groups

November 19, 2020

The Agronomic Science Foundation financially supports programs like the Golden Opportunity Scholars Intitute, which fosters the development of undergraduates in our sciences (top left). The foundation also supports awards like the Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science, which Bishwoyog Bhattarai (top right) received earlier this year, as well as lectureships like the Betty Klepper Endowed Lectureship (bottom right).

Longtime USDA plant physiologist leaves estate to Agronomic Science Foundation

November 19, 2020

2027 ASA Southern Branch Annual Meeting

Member Hub: The Conversation Is Happening: Are You In It?

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