WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on Aug. 20, 2024: AMES, IOWA, Aug. 19, 2024 - Third generation farmer Lillie Beringer-Crock of Cascade was named 2024 Iowa Conservation Woman of the Year at the Conservation Districts of Iowa annual meeting earlier today in Ames. A 2018 Iowa State University graduate, Beringer-Crock took over Beringer Family Farms about five years ago. She inherited an operation with a s more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 21 -- The Institute of Food Technologists issued the following news release: The Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA), a student-governed community of members of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), is pleased to announce that Chapman University in Orange, California, has won the IFTSA & Mars Product Development Competition. The team was recently honored at IFT FIRST: Annual Event & Expo, IFT's popular food science, technology, and innovation more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: BABB, Montana The Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with the Blackfeet Tribe and the Milk River Joint Board of Control, broke ground today for the St. Mary Diversion Dam Rehabilitation Project. This crucial project, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, marks a significant milestone in ensuring the sustainability and efficiency of water resources in the region.Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Microbiology Resource Announcements, a online journal from the American Society for Microbiology that says it publishes articles announcing the availability of sequenced genomes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in public databases, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 13, No. 8). Here are excerpts: * * * * Complete genome sequence of a Marinococcus sp. PL1-022 isolated from the pink hypersaline Pearse Lak more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- mSystems, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Society for Microbiology that says it encompasses biological and biochemical findings, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 9, No. 8): * The direct and indirect drivers shaping RNA viral communities in grassland soils * Impact of diet change on the gut microbiome of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) * Transcriptome and proteome analyses reveal genes and signaling path more PR