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Monsanto announces a $1 million gift to establish the Monsanto Center for Biotech Education within the FFA Enrichment Center which is being built on the Ankeny.


Monsanto announces a $1 million gift to establish the Monsanto Center for Biotech Education within the FFA FFA free fatty acids.  Enrichment Center which is being built on the Ankeny, IA, campus of the Des Moines Area Community College The Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) is a community college in Iowa that offers classes in Ankeny, Boone, Carroll, Des Moines (the Urban Campus), Newton, and West Des Moines (the West Campus). DMACC also offers a wide variety of on-line classes. .

"The Center for Biotech Education will showcase opportunities available through the use and further development of biotechnology," says Monsanto's VP of Global Plant Breeding plant breeding, science of altering the genetic pattern of plants in order to increase their value. Increased crop yield is the primary aim of most plant-breeding programs; advantages of the hybrids and new varieties developed include adaptation to new agricultural  Ted Crosbie. The Monsanto Center for Biotech Education will serve Iowa's 12,000-plus FFA members and agricultural science Agricultural science is a broad multidisciplinary field that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. (Veterinary science, but not animal science, is often excluded from the definition.  students, as well as, students with a general interest in science. Community leaders, farmers and the broader business community nationwide, will also benefit from the programming offered.
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Title Annotation:MARKETING NEWS
Publication:Agri Marketing
Date:May 1, 2006
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