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ABE Research

Addresses opportunities and problems of agricultural production, processing, and utilization.

ACES Global Connect

ACES Global Connect aims to promote the most effective use of faculty, department, college and external resources to support and strengthen the international dimension of research, teaching and outreach activities in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

AGMAS

Investigates the performance of farm market advisory services.

Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program

Facilitates and promotes research and education which protects Illinois' natural and human resources while sustaining agricultural production forever.

Biotechnology Clearinghouse

Organizes links to information available from the University of Illinois.

C-FAR Funded Research

Updates on projects funded in partnership with the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research. Scroll to Project Web Site

C-FAR Sentinel Program

Introduced in 1999, the C-FAR Sentinel Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was developed to fund creative, problem-solving research projects that would be unlikely to secure funding through traditional channels.

College of Veterinary Medicine Research

Profiles, projects and research to promote health and production, alleviate animal suffering, conserve animal resources and protect public health.

David Miller Lab

Research to develop more accurate fertility assays and to improve animal fertility.

Dudley Smith Initiative

The Dudley Smith Initiative intends to support innovative research and outreach that advances its fundamental goal of invigorating the agricultural system in Illinois.

Expanding the Commercial Grape and Wine Industry in Illinois

Data about grape and wine production in Illinois, variety trial sites and other research activities, including a photo tour of Illinois vineyards.

FARM.DOC

FARM.DOC provides comprehensive risk management information and analysis. The "Farm Financial Analyzer" helps users evaluate financial performance of a farm. "Outlook" offers popular weekly and monthly newsletters on markets and other economic topics. These and other tools and services make this a one-stop site for producers, lenders and agribusiness in Illinois.

Food Safety Program

An overview of the research and education activities from "farm to fork" that are helping to ensure a safe food supply.

Food Science Lab Group

"Where fun and science go hand in hand."

Hospitality Management at the University of Illinois

Analyze your diet with the Nutrition Analysis Tool and Energy Calculator, learn about soy foods or sports nutrition and more.

Human-Environment Research Laboratory

Examines ways in which the physical environment affects the healthy functioning of individuals, families and communities, and ways in which ordinary citizens can participate in shaping the environment.

Hymowitz's Soybean Genetics Laboratory

Soybean history, genetics and more.

Illinois Gap Analysis Project

Provides focus and direction for proactive, rather than reactive, land management activities at the community and landscape levels.

Illinois Natural History Survey

Official site of the Illinois Natural History Survey, a state institution conducting research on the taxonomy, ecology and management of insects, plants and animals. Online research databases, research project pages, Survey publications, contacts, history and more.

Illinois Specialty Farm Products

Explores strategies for improving farm incomes through specialty farm products and value-added processing.

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

Provides up-to-the-minute information on Great Lakes issues, emphasizing concerns in the southern Lake Michigan region. Research and outreach activities address water quality, aquaculture and seafood safety, biological resources, sustainable coastal development and coastal processes.

Immunogenics Laboratory

Research, publications and activities related to bovine leukemia virus and gene mapping.

International Activities

Add a global perspective to the teaching, research and public service functions of the college.

NRES Research

The ACES Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences faculty and affiliates explore topics ranging from aphids to zebra mussels and individual genes to the ecosystem of the plant earth.

Office for Futures and Options Research

Promotes and supports academic research and education on commodity futures and options markets.

Plant Care Facility

The Plant Care Facility (PCF) serves as the primary greenhouse space available to faculty, staff, and students within the Departments of Crop Sciences (CPSC), Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES), and affiliated USDA projects.

PorkNet

Designed to provide the Illinois swine industry with timely information to facilitate decision making and to strengthen ties between the Illinois pork industry and the UIUC.

Stiletto Flies (Therevidae: Diptera)

Chronicles from collecting trips to obtain therevid specimens, progress reports, a specimen based database system and more.

StratSoy (Strategic Soybean System)

Strategic tools and resources for the soybean industry. Includes resources for consumers interested soyfoods, soy-health research and more.

VISTA

An extensive Web site that contains publications written by faculty and staff of the University of Illinois Extension and departments of the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.