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ARS NEWSLINK:
Web links to stories issued June 21-25
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ARS News Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
June 25, 2010
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Taking a long look at livestock and locoweed:
Keeping livestock away from poisonous locoweed during seasons when it's a forage favorite is one way ranchers can protect their animals and their profits, according to a 20-year collaboration by ARS scientists and their university partners. (6/21)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100621.htm

Fun, food and fitness for girls:
ARS researchers have created an Internet-based program of lively, educational comic strips to help young girls aged 8 to 10 years old make better food choices and improve their physical fitness. (6/22)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100622.htm

Chicken litter increases cotton yields:
Chicken litter is much more valuable as a fertilizer than previously thought, according to an ARS study showing its newfound advantages over conventional fertilizers. (6/23)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100623.htm

New device to detect insects in stored wheat:
A laboratory milling device for improving stored grain management has been developed by ARS scientists and an industry cooperator, and can detect internal insects in wheat that are not visible to the eye or that cannot be detected by usual grading methods. (6/24)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100624.htm

Vitamin D and mental agility in elders:
ARS-funded scientists have uncovered important new information about links between vitamin D and cognitive function. (6/25)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100625.htm
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