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  • Livestock Innovation Lab seeking grant proposals

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    The Feed the Future Livestock Systems Innovation Lab is seeking grant proposals for projects in the target countries of Ethiopia, Nepal and Rwanda. The LSIL is based at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida and works in partnership with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). 

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  • PMIL Lead Scientist Greg MacDonald in Growing Georgia: Researching 1,500 Peanuts, One Variety at a Time

    Researching 1,500 Peanuts, One Variety at a Time Published Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 – Growing Georgia By Allison Floyd In the late 1990s, tomato spotted wilt virus took a bite out of peanuts in the Southeast, claiming half of some farmers’ crop and about 10% of the overall yield in 1997. One of the most…

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  • July 9 & 10 International Visitors Touring USDA Peanut Germplasm Collection

    July 9-10th, 2015 University of Florida Professor Greg MacDonald is hosting over 40 visitors from different countries including: Ghana, Israel, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso, as well as representatives from the U.S. peanut research and commercial sectors; for a field tour of peanut germplasm. MacDonald has approximately 1500 different cultivars from the…

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