<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0">
<channel>
    <title>Feed and Grain - USDA ARS</title>
    <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com</link>
    <description>FeedAndGrain.com</description>

    <item>
      <title>AFIA Sponsors Animal Nutrition Award</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10756409/afia-sponsors-animal-nutrition-award</link>
      <description>Presented to N. Andy Cole</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:32:58 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10756409/afia-sponsors-animal-nutrition-award</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>High-tech Tactic May Expose Stealthy Salmonella</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10699090/high-tech-tactic-may-expose-stealthy-salmonella</link>
      <description>Uses rough stainless steel plates, laser beams to analyze specimens for multiple salmonella serotypes</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10699090/high-tech-tactic-may-expose-stealthy-salmonella</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Ag Research Programs, ARS Labs Hit By Budget Cuts</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10658732/ag-research-programs-ars-labs-hit-by-budget-cuts</link>
      <description>Twelve labs to shutter, displacing 300 employees to other locations</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10658732/ag-research-programs-ars-labs-hit-by-budget-cuts</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>USDA-ARS Scientists Discover New Disease-resistance Gene in Corn</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10626725/usda-ars-scientists-discover-new-disease-resistance-gene-in-corn</link>
      <description>Specific gene seems to protect against three important leaf diseases</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10626725/usda-ars-scientists-discover-new-disease-resistance-gene-in-corn</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Scientists Discover Stem Rust-resistant Wheat Varieties</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10443395/scientists-discover-stem-rust-resistant-wheat-varieties</link>
      <description>Losses from stem rust can range from 50 to 70%</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10443395/scientists-discover-stem-rust-resistant-wheat-varieties</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>USPOULTRY Foundation Approves $271,839 in Poultry and Egg Research Grants</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10439170/uspoultry-foundation-approves-271839-in-poultry-and-egg-research-grants</link>
      <description>Contributing to seven projects at six different institutions</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10439170/uspoultry-foundation-approves-271839-in-poultry-and-egg-research-grants</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>USDA Researchers Study Grain Sorghum for Potential Feed and Biofuel Applications</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10415497/usda-researchers-study-grain-sorghum-for-potential-feed-and-biofuel-applications</link>
      <description>Created a transgenic sorghum with a hybrid wheat protein to improve digestibility</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10415497/usda-researchers-study-grain-sorghum-for-potential-feed-and-biofuel-applications</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Congress Introduces Bill to Establish Charitable Ag Research Groups</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10365076/congress-introduces-bill-to-establish-charitable-ag-research-groups</link>
      <description>Supporters say it could draw new funds to work that&#039;s been cut from public funding</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10365076/congress-introduces-bill-to-establish-charitable-ag-research-groups</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Scientists Use Commercial Enzyme to Improve Grain Ethanol Production</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10365066/scientists-use-commercial-enzyme-to-improve-grain-ethanol-production</link>
      <description>Helps extract water from an ethanol byproduct used to make DDGS</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10365066/scientists-use-commercial-enzyme-to-improve-grain-ethanol-production</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>West Virginia Senators Fight to Save Raleigh Agriculture Research Center</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10344985/west-virginia-senators-fight-to-save-raleigh-agriculture-research-center</link>
      <description>Sent letter to U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee asking for continued funding</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10344985/west-virginia-senators-fight-to-save-raleigh-agriculture-research-center</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Breeding Ozone-Tolerant Crops</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10338833/breeding-ozone-tolerant-crops</link>
      <description>UIUC and ARS researchers screen soybean varieties for tolerance, sensitivity to ozone</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10338833/breeding-ozone-tolerant-crops</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>USDA-ARS Discovers Less Expensive Method of Cellulosic Ethanol Conversion</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10338465/usda-ars-discovers-less-expensive-method-of-cellulosic-ethanol-conversion</link>
      <description>A new yeast successfully ferments plant sugars into cellulosic ethanol</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10338465/usda-ars-discovers-less-expensive-method-of-cellulosic-ethanol-conversion</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>New Research Facility to Help Safeguard Global Wheat Crops Supply</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10287766/new-research-facility-to-help-safeguard-global-wheat-crops-supply</link>
      <description>Built to combat destructive wheat rust</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:07:43 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10287766/new-research-facility-to-help-safeguard-global-wheat-crops-supply</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>NC-213 Calls for Research Proposals for The Andersons Research Grant Program</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10287759/nc-213-calls-for-research-proposals-for-the-andersons-research-grant-program</link>
      <description>Members have until Sept. 1 to submit proposals</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:58:37 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10287759/nc-213-calls-for-research-proposals-for-the-andersons-research-grant-program</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>USDA and USAID Break Ground on New Lab to Focus on Ug99</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10284589/usda-and-usaid-break-ground-on-new-lab-to-focus-on-ug99</link>
      <description>Will add capacity for work in the U.S. to deploy Ug99-resistant wheat varieties</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10284589/usda-and-usaid-break-ground-on-new-lab-to-focus-on-ug99</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>House Appropriations Approves Dramatic Cuts to Ag Spending</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10280490/house-appropriations-approves-dramatic-cuts-to-ag-spending</link>
      <description>Shuttering 10 USDA-Agriculture Research Service facilities nationwide</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:23:45 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10280490/house-appropriations-approves-dramatic-cuts-to-ag-spending</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Studies Focus on WDGS&#039; Effects on Levels of E. coli in Cattle</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10278736/studies-focus-on-wdgs-effects-on-levels-of-e-coli-in-cattle</link>
      <description>Found significantly higher E. coli levels in the manure and hides of cattle fed WDGS</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:02:28 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10278736/studies-focus-on-wdgs-effects-on-levels-of-e-coli-in-cattle</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Grain Pest Researchers Find Cracked Hulls in Rough Rice Increases Lesser Borer Populations</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10278732/grain-pest-researchers-find-cracked-hulls-in-rough-rice-increases-lesser-borer-populations</link>
      <description>Kernels with cracked hulls may be selected by females for egg laying</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:54:33 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10278732/grain-pest-researchers-find-cracked-hulls-in-rough-rice-increases-lesser-borer-populations</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission Awards More than $50,000 in Research Grants</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10278710/kansas-grain-sorghum-commission-awards-more-than-50000-in-research-grants</link>
      <description>Funds to be used for studies on quality, starch resistance</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:22:46 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10278710/kansas-grain-sorghum-commission-awards-more-than-50000-in-research-grants</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>USDA-ARS Sequences Fungi Genomes Threatening Wheat, Poplars</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10271671/usda-ars-sequences-fungi-genomes-threatening-wheat-poplars</link>
      <description>Will help researchers develop control strategies to address infected crops worldwide</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 11:30:14 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10271671/usda-ars-sequences-fungi-genomes-threatening-wheat-poplars</guid>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>USDA Schedules Agriculture Research Service Briefing</title>
      <link>http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10260383/usda-schedules-agriculture-research-service-briefing</link>
      <description>ARS helps maintain a safe, affordable food supply</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 13:36:48 -0500</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.feedandgrain.com/news/10260383/usda-schedules-agriculture-research-service-briefing</guid>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>