Pat Schnable

Reprieve Granted to All USDA Employees, Restoring Employment to More Than 5,000 Federal Workers democracyforward.org/updates/mspb03…

@szintri accepting a medal signifying his new position as the Nebraska Corn Chechoff Presidential Chair! He's working to improve the rate at which we release maize and other crop lines! @UNL_IANR @UNL_PSI

Pat Schnable discusses with Alison Doyle, Associate Director of Iowa State University's Research Park, entrepreneurship, water efficacy, genetic bottlenecks, and the impacts proso millet could have on the environment and agriculture. lnkd.in/g-6597Bq

A discussion about EnGeniousAg's nitrate sensor that can assist farmers with decisions about N fertilization applications. youtube.com/watch?v=J0fPA4…

Ag expert sees proso millet as Iowa's crop of the future radioiowa.com/2023/09/25/ag-…

Everyday Entrepreneurship: Start Something, Pursue Fresh Ideas, Take Bold New Steps. by Roger Underwood (Iowa State University, ’80 agricultural business), agricultural technology innovator & investor agnewscenter.com/archives.cfm?n… @isualum @ISUCALSInnovate #entrepreneur #agriculture

EnGeniousAg receives $1M NSF Phase II SBIR grant to further develop its instant-read crop nitrate sensor: lnkd.in/gc2P-SuE

"Is it fun? Is it lucrative? Does it open up future opportunities? Does it make a change I care about in the world? Very few things are all four, but the things I choose to do should at least be one or two." - mild paraphrase of Adam Davidson.

As other #crops are falling short due to #drought concerns we're facing across the planet, #DrylandGenetics proso millet brings a high-yielding + sustainable crop option. 💪 drylandgenetics.com/blog/proso-mil… #ProsoMillet #IYM2023 #YearOfTheMillet #Millet

ChatGPT was dropped on us just bit over 24 hours. It's like you wake up to the news of first nuclear explosion and you don't know yet what to think about it but you know world will never be the same again. Here some interesting snapshots of this "explosion"🧵:

The WSJ discusses the exciting concept of "short corn": lnkd.in/gsR9V_mm

Please join AG2PI tomorrow (10/19) at 10:30 CENTRAL for what I expect to be a fascinating zoom-based discussion about IP in crop and livestock genetics & breeding in both the public and private sectors. The two speakers both have both law degrees and P…lnkd.in/g25UdHAY

@MaizeGDB @MaizeZynskiHI Thank you for all you've done for the maize community, Lisa and good luck!

We wish Dr Lisa Harper a happy retirement from MaizeGDB after 30+ years of service to the maize community, contributing to developmental biology (including her favorite gene lg1), curation, outreach and advocacy for data sharing. Thanks, Lisa, for all that you have done!

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Will be giving a short talk this afternoon in Iowa State University's stunning new Student Innovation Center as part of a Big 12 Government Relations Conference lnkd.in/gDi-uwYx

It takes a village... lnkd.in/g5w4mRsM

Are you a PhD student working the intersection of plant biology and artificial intelligence? The team I'm working with at X (part of Alphabet/Google) is recruiting a PhD resident. Get some fun (and paid) industry experience in Mountain View, CA. x.company/careers-at-x/4…

The WaPo on corn transpiration: Oddest quote: "the process peaks when corn reaches its “tasseling” phase.. with a crown of thin spikes — and begins to sprout." lnkd.in/gZgyDCa8

The WSJ opines on sweet corn (w/ a hat tip to John Laughnan): lnkd.in/gBYE3iQj

@DamonLisch Damon, sorry to break it to you, but you've got yourself a juvenile triffid. #dontmesswithmothernature

Crossing these is…challenging.