document.write("<table width=100% cellspacing=1 cellpadding=3 border=0><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=819&z=3\'><b>Wool protein wound dressings win AgResearch scientist prestigious award<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 27 August 2010<\/i><br>On 24 August AgResearch’s Dr Azam Ali won the prestigious 2010 Bayer Innovators Award in the Science and Health category.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=819&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=818&z=3\'><b>Meat Industry Workshop: To assist with your travel plans<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 19 August 2010<\/i><br>The workshop will be officially opened at 10:15 on 13th October 2010. Please plan to arrive between 09:00 and 10:15, with the Keynote address starting at 10:30.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=818&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=815&z=3\'><b>The Singing Scientist\'s new song<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 11 August 2010<\/i><br>Dr Matthew Barnett, Senior Scientist in AgResearch\'s Agri-Foods & Health Section who featured on TV and radio last year with his Epigenome Song, has written a second song based on his scientific work, this time about fibre.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=815&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=816&z=3\'><b>2010 AgResearch Meat Industry Workshop<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 11 August 2010<\/i><br>This year\'s Annual AgResearch Meat Industry Workshop is planned for Wednesday 13th October 2010 at the McMeekan Centre, AgResearch Ruakura, Hamilton.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=816&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=817&z=3\'><b>Funding boosts TB research<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 11 August 2010<\/i><br>Bovine tuberculosis (TB) research has received a boost with the award of a grant of $750,000 per annum for five years to AgResearch\'s TB Immunology and Animal Health team from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=817&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=813&z=3\'><b>Work at Tokanui Dairy Research Farm progressing well<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 14 July 2010<\/i><br>Research at AgResearch\'s Tokanui Dairy Research Farm in dairy cow productivity is further examining the role and interrelationships that environmental and genetic influences play in milk production.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=813&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=812&z=3\'><b>Scientist honoured for animal health and parasite management<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 1 July 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch parasitologist Dr Dave Leathwick has received the 2010 McMeekan Memorial Award for his work in parasite management and drenching practices in the New Zealand sheep industry.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=812&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=811&z=3\'><b>Scottish College honours AgResearch scientist<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 23 June 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch Principal Scientist Dr Liz Wedderburn has been honoured by the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) with a five year visiting fellowship.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=811&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=810&z=3\'><b>Dr Tom Richardson appointed AgResearch CEO<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 18 June 2010<\/i><br>The current head of the Rotorua-based CRI, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd, trading as Scion, Dr Tom Richardson, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of AgResearch Ltd, after the resignation of Dr Andrew West.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=810&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=808&z=3\'><b>New review highlights \'generations\' of research behind pastoral success<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 15 June 2010<\/i><br>Creating sweet \'fatty\' grass to increase livestock productivity, using \'good\' bacteria to stretch the shelf-life of meat and sending in wasps to control a $1 billion weevil problem are just three ongoing research projects highlighted in the new AgResearch publication, Science Review 2010.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=808&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=809&z=3\'><b>World-first science GE discovery that could lead to more productive farms, and reduced greenhouse gases<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 15 June 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch scientists and the team from subsidiary company, Grasslanz Technology Ltd, believe they can improve white clover (Trifolium repens) to give grazing animals a higher intake of protein, while at the same time reducing methane emissions.  In addition, the genetic breakthrough could improve animal health and reduce nitrogen waste, all issues important for sustainable farming.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=809&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=807&z=3\'><b>Cow dung and dungbells centrepiece of Mystery Creek Fieldays Exhibit<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 15 June 2010<\/i><br>A towering column of fake cow dung is the centrepiece of the AgResearch exhibit at the National Fieldays at Mystery Creek.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=807&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=803&z=3\'><b>Briefing by AgResearch about its GM research approvals and applications<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 19 May 2010<\/i><br>Background to the High Court challenge of our approved GM research applications by GE Free.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=803&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=802&z=3\'><b>Farmers to benefit from high tech quad bike collaboration<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 18 May 2010<\/i><br>Farmers may soon be able to use their quad bikes to assess feed quality and pasture health. By riding over the paddocks, according to scientists, equipment on quad bikes could take the guesswork out of the assessment of nitrogen, energy and fibre levels of pasture. The results would be obtained much more quickly than sending grass samples to labs for full analysis.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=802&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=801&z=3\'><b>AgResearch comment on ERMA recommendations for GM applications<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 3 May 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch has received the Environmental Risk Management Authority\'s (ERMA) preliminary recommendations on its four applications to conduct genetic modification of animals.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=801&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=800&z=3\'><b>AgResearch confirms downsizing<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 20 April 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch today confirmed that between 35 and 36 scientific, engineering and technical positions will be disestablished at the Institute in the areas of textiles, wool biology, dairy foods, food safety, parasitology, reproductive biology, developmental biology, protein structure, biomembranes and bioprocessing.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=800&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=799&z=3\'><b>AgResearch welcomes ERMA approval for business as usual transgenic research<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 15 April 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch has welcomed the Environmental and Risk Management Authority (ERMA) approval of its application to continue existing transgenic research on ruminant animals.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=799&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=798&z=3\'><b>New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre heating up<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 9 April 2010<\/i><br>The New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre launched in March by Prime Minister John Key is hosting a visit of the Global Research Alliance officials this week and Director Dr Harry Clark says this is a busy time as the Centre makes links and works with representatives of all the countries involved.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=798&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=797&z=3\'><b>North Island dairy farmers urged to keep ensuring cattle have zinc protection<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 31 March 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch is urging North Island farmers to continue ensuring that their cattle are protected against facial eczema and to monitor their herds for the serious animal health and welfare problem.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=797&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=796&z=3\'><b>AgResearch study confirms spray chilling minimises venison weight loss<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 23 March 2010<\/i><br>Spray chilling deer carcasses minimises weight loss without reducing the tenderness of venison, according to a recently released AgResearch study funded by DEEResearch and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST). Spray chilling involves the intermittent spraying of cold water onto carcasses.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=796&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=795&z=3\'><b>AgResearch welcomes CRI Taskforce recommendations<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 4 March 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch, ew Zealand\'s largest Crown Research Institute, congratulates the CRI Taskforce and its Chairman Neville Jordan for their very thorough analysis and incisive recommendations on how to enhance the value of New Zealand\'s CRIs.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=795&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=794&z=3\'><b>Broad science partnership to tackle New Zealand\'s agricultural greenhouse gases: New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre opened<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 3 March 2010<\/i><br>Increasing agriculture\'s ability to create wealth for New Zealand in a carbon constrained world is the mission of the Government\'s New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre opened today by the Prime Minister John Key in Palmerston North at AgResearch\'s Grasslands campus.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=794&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=793&z=3\'><b>Scientists turn to porridge and weeds for sustainable natural beauty products<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 11 February 2010<\/i><br>If you want to have better, healthier skin, chances are in future you\'ll be buying a product derived from the main ingredient for your porridge (oats), or an ancient grain-cum-purple weed called amaranth.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=793&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=792&z=3\'><b>Changing farming climate AgResearch focus<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 10 February 2010<\/i><br>A caravan that measures nitrous oxide emissions, software that helps manage soil nutrients and a full programme of measures to keep lambs alive will be profiled by AgResearch at the Waimumu Southern Field days on 10–12 February on its stand at exhibit site 211 and 212.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=792&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=791&z=3\'><b>Soil value could be on balance sheets and in nations\' accounts<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 9 February 2010<\/i><br>The first steps have been made in placing a financial value on the soil and services it provides to any given piece of land.  This value would not only include the ability of the soil to provide water and nutrients for plant growth and the physical support for plants, animals and humans, but also the role the soil plays in regulating the wider environment in which we live.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=791&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=790&z=3\'><b>Centre to tackle big issues in 2010 Research gathering<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 5 February 2010<\/i><br>A range of internationally recognised scientists, including Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, will address a range of cutting edge issues in reproductive and genetic science at the second Annual Scientific Research Colloquium held by the Centre for Reproduction and Genomics (CRG) a collaboration between the University of Otago and AgResearch, New Zealand\'s leading primary industry research organisation.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=790&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=789&z=3\'><b>AgResearch CEO resigns<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 4 February 2010<\/i><br>Today Dr Andrew West, Chief Executive of AgResearch Ltd, announced his intention to resign his position effective 30 June after six years in the role. AgResearch is the New Zealand Government\'s principal research institute focused on this country\'s dairy, red-meat and wool industries.  AgResearch Chairman, Sam Robinson, has advised that the Board is not yet in a position to decide on the recruitment process for a new Chief Executive and will announce this in due course.  Dr West has agreed to continue to lead AgResearch until mid 2010 to support the Board with the transition to a new Chief Executive.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=789&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=788&z=3\'><b>ParaCo Technology Ltd announces licensing deal that could develop new animal health products<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 2 February 2010<\/i><br>ParaCo Technology Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of AgResearch Limited, has announced that it has signed an international licensing agreement with a leading Belgian Agro-Biotech company deVGen NG to access a range of small molecules that could allow development of active ingredients for new animal health products.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=788&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=785&z=3\'><b>Destructive clover root weevils found on Taieri Plain<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 26 January 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch has discovered the clover root weevil (CRW) on the Taieri Plain. AgResearch scientists are currently sampling local farms to see how well established the pest is in the area, before deciding how to address the infestation. AgResearch Scientist Dr Barbara Barratt says the weevils are small and hard to see, but farmers can assist by informing AgResearch if they see the typical weevil feeding damage on their white clover.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=785&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=784&z=3\'><b>MEDIA ADVISORY<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 22 January 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch is hosting the US-NZ Joint Commission Meeting\'s Agriculture and Food Workshop at the McMeekan Centre, Ruakura Research Centre, East Street, Hamilton on Monday, 25 January 2010.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=784&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=783&z=3\'><b>NZ scientific breakthrough: Heart rate regulator ion channel discovered<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 14 January 2010<\/i><br>AgResearch scientists, working with Victoria University and a scientist in the USA, have discovered that calcium-activated-potassium ion channels, present in only small amounts in the heart, have a significant role in modulating heart rate. The finding, once better understood, may open the way to pharmacological treatment for hypertension and for heart rate control during surgery.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=783&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=782&z=3\'><b>Tokanui Dairy Research Farm New Zealand\'s biggest dairy research investment in 20 years<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 20 November 2009<\/i><br>New Zealand dairy research will benefit from AgResearch\'s world-class research facility opening today at Tokanui in the Waikato, just 8km south of Te Awamutu.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=782&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=781&z=3\'><b>Tokanui Dairy Research Farm aims for 20% lower Greenhouse Gas Footprint than average dairy farm<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 20 November 2009<\/i><br>Calculation of AgResearch\'s 200 hectare Tokanui Dairy Research Farm Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Footprint suggests it will be about 20% lower than the average Waikato dairy farm and key data will be measured in 2010 to ensure it is meeting this target.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=781&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=780&z=3\'><b>New animal health company underway<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 17 November 2009<\/i><br>ParaCo Technologies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of AgResearch Limited, has announced it has signed agreements with a number of research groups giving it exclusive animal health screening rights for a number of potentially active biological molecules.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=780&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=779&z=3\'><b>Ten day countdown to the opening of Tokanui Dairy Research Farm<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 10 November 2009<\/i><br>\'The support of over 30 organisations in the Open Day for the Tokanui Dairy Research Farm on 20 November, demonstrates dairy sector support for the new facility,\' said Geoff Balme, AgResearch\'s Chief Financial Officer, who is responsible for all of AgResearch\'s 13 farms.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=779&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=778&z=3\'><b>AgResearch makes specific application to ERMA to permit GM ruminant research<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 6 November 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch has submitted a limited application to ERMA for specific research using genetically modified goats, sheep and cattle in containment.  This is necessary so that AgResearch can meet contractual requirements.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=778&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=776&z=3\'><b>Collaboration will deliver Government\'s Centre for Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 15 October 2009<\/i><br>The Government\'s Centre for Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research will bring together the world-class expertise and experience of the nine organisations involved, says host provider AgResearch.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=776&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=775&z=3\'><b>Take a trip to the future<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 12 October 2009<\/i><br>You can see the future of dairy farming today including how cows and their health and production are monitored, technology for maximum milk yield and environmental management.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=775&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=774&z=3\'><b>Excellent science in difficult times: AgResearch Annual Report 08\/09 - Our Science. Your future.<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 8 October 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch made significant scientific achievements that will benefit farmers, the agricultural sector and New Zealand in the 2008\/09 year according to the AgResearch Annual Report highlights released yesterday.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=774&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=772&z=3\'><b>Farming below the soil<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 7 October 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch scientists are looking to add soil bioengineering to the list of technologies that are used by pastoral farmers.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=772&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=769&z=3\'><b>Hot Fashion in Bed<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 25 September 2009<\/i><br>Want to wear something that\'ll make going to bed more enjoyable? AgResearch scientists have come up with something that will help.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=769&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=767&z=3\'><b>Scientist returns home after world-first methylation scan of bovine genome - boost to bovine cloning work<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 22 September 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch Scientist Dr Christine Couldrey has led a believed world-first: a successful bovine genome-wide methylation scan.  The scan determines which parts of bovine DNA receive an additional layer of information during the development of the cow. Although not part of the DNA sequence itself, the DNA methylation that is added to the genome (single set of DNA chromosomes) is both maintained and modified in cells as animals develop and grow to adulthood.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=767&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=768&z=3\'><b>Scottish\/New Zealand agricultural research collaboration<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 22 September 2009<\/i><br>Scottish agricultural experts will join AgResearch and other New Zealand rural industry representatives by video link for a two day action-focussed conference on 23 and 24 September 2009. The event will feature debate on how to balance market forces and environmental development.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=768&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=766&z=3\'><b>Royal Society of New Zealand marks election of AgResearch\'s Dr Allen Heath as a Companion<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 10 September 2009<\/i><br>The Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand has presented Dr Allen Heath of AgResearch with a certificate marking his election as a Companion for dedication to communicating science over many decades.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=766&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=765&z=3\'><b>2009 AgResearch MIRINZ Workshop<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 14 August 2009<\/i><br>We are pleased to announce that the 5th Annual AgResearch MIRINZ Meat Industry Workshop will take place on Tuesday 20th October 2009 and invite you to attend.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=765&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=763&z=3\'><b>AgResearch enthusiastic about working yet more closely with Fonterra, Massey University and Plant &amp; Food Research<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 13 August 2009<\/i><br>\'Powerful underpinning food science will be created by teams of scientists from Fonterra, AgResearch, Massey University and Plant & Food Research\' says Dr Andrew West, Chief Executive of AgResearch, as these entities today announced a formal collaboration.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=763&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=764&z=3\'><b>AgResearch and Lincoln University announce intent to develop a joint venture<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 11 August 2009<\/i><br>Today AgResearch and Lincoln University announced their intent to develop a formal joint venture to secure many of the benefits identified in their previously proposed merger.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=764&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=761&z=3\'><b>Unique science collaboration for ground breaking agri-food research<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 10 August 2009<\/i><br>In a collaboration of unparalleled scientific expertise in New Zealand, AgResearch and the University of Auckland\'s Liggins Institute are seeking to discover how nutrients in food affect animals and humans to improve body composition.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=761&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=760&z=3\'><b>Deer velvet to be tested for healing human wounds<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 7 August 2009<\/i><br>The treatment of wounds using a unique deer velvet product will be tested on humans thanks to an investment by AgResearch, Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) and their joint venture company VARNZ Ltd.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=760&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=759&z=3\'><b>Research levy essential to take agricultural sector forward<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 3 August 2009<\/i><br>Dr Andrew West, CEO of AgResearch Ltd, is urging farmers to vote \'yes\' in the Meat & Wool New Zealand levy proposal referendum which runs from 3 to 28 August.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=759&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=758&z=3\'><b>AgResearch General Manager Food &amp; Textiles Group appointed<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 28 July 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch has appointed Professor Warren McNabb as Science and Technology General Manager of its Food & Textiles Group.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=758&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=757&z=3\'><b>Singing Scientist \/ The Epigenome Song<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 24 July 2009<\/i><br>There\'s been a Singing Nun and a range of singing talented housewives and cell phone retailers but AgResearch has discovered it has a talented young Singing Scientist.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=757&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=756&z=3\'><b>Funding for joint science projects announced<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 23 July 2009<\/i><br>A funding boost of $500,000 to support several new joint science research projects between AgResearch and the University of Otago has been announced today, demonstrating the strong spirit of cooperation between both leading research organisations.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=756&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=755&z=3\'><b>Lead science provider appointed for Overseer<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 14 July 2009<\/i><br>The OVERSEER(R) Nutrient Budgets Model today entered a new phase of development, with the appointment of a lead science provider and the start of a significant enhancement programme.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=755&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=753&z=3\'><b>Important environmental benefits possible for NZ now US to sequence DNA of microbes from ruminant animals<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 30 June 2009<\/i><br>Biofuel production from agricultural wastes and more food from ruminant animals with lower environmental impacts are more likely now AgResearch has successfully applied to a prestigious US institution to have the DNA of microbes within the forestomach (rumen) of these animals sequenced.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=753&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=754&z=3\'><b>AgResearch appeals High Court decision on transgenic animal applications<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 29 June 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch will appeal the High Court decision that said AgResearch\'s applications to conduct transgenic animal research were too general.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=754&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=751&z=3\'><b>AgResearch developing the dairy farm of the future<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 10 June 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch\'s new dairy research and development farm provides a vital facility to trial leading-edge technology and novel farming practices to help the dairy industry meet today\'s challenges, and grow the sector.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=751&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=752&z=3\'><b>Software accesses farms\' greenhouse gas emissions<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 10 June 2009<\/i><br>A software programme that enables farmers to estimate their on-farm emissions of greenhouse gases and assists their business in balancing profit and environmental impact will be among the technology showcased by AgResearch during National Fieldays.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=752&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=748&z=3\'><b>New Acting General Manager for AgResearch Food and Textiles Group<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 9 June 2009<\/i><br>Providing leadership for AgResearch\'s substantial capability and capacity in food and textiles research and development will be the focus for the new, Acting General Manager of the Institute\'s Food and Textiles Science and Technology Group, Professor Warren McNabb.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=748&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=750&z=3\'><b>Partnership model agreed as best future for AgResearch and Lincoln University<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 8 June 2009<\/i><br>Three months of investigation by Crown Research Institute AgResearch and Lincoln University have identified that a partnership model would be preferable to a full amalgamation as it will be more cost effective and still achieve significant benefits for New Zealand.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=750&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=747&z=3\'><b>AgResearch plays crucial role in world first animal welfare centre<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 29 May 2009<\/i><br>The ability of AgResearch to scientifically measure and help improve animal welfare on farms is why it will be a major player in a new international centre focusing on the welfare of animals.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=747&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=737&z=3\'><b>AgResearch welcomes the appointment of Professor Peter Gluckman as Chief Science Advisor <\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 20 May 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch\'s Chief Executive, Dr Andrew West, today celebrated the appointment of Professor Peter Gluckman as the Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=737&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=736&z=3\'><b>Innovative pet food research consortium launched<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 8 May 2009<\/i><br>A research consortium that aims to make New Zealand globally recognised as the leader in innovative meat science for pet care, will be launched by AgResearch, Mars and Massey University in Wanganui, today (Friday 8 May).<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=736&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=735&z=3\'><b>Collaboration between AgResearch and Liggins Official<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 5 May 2009<\/i><br>In a move to optimise the nutritional and health-giving qualities of foods from pastoral-based sources for human consumption, AgResearch has put the official seal on a collaboration with The University of Auckland\'s Liggins Institute, which will maximise research revenues from public good and industry sources.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=735&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=734&z=3\'><b>Release of bovine genome<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 24 April 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch scientists have played a key role in genetic research that will transform the future selection and breeding of cattle worldwide. The results of this work are being published this week in one of the world\'s leading scientific journals.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=734&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=732&z=3\'><b>ANZAC ceremony at AgResearch Ruakura for War Veterans<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 20 April 2009<\/i><br>ANZAC celebrations will this year have a special meaning for AgResearch when it hosts its own formal military commemoration ceremony at its Ruakura Campus in Hamilton.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=732&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=729&z=3\'><b>Future Proofing New Zealand\'s Dairy Cows<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 1 April 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch scientists have unlocked the first keys for improving New Zealand\'s dairy cows\' milk production.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=729&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=728&z=3\'><b>Bringing Science and Art together at Te Papa<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 1 April 2009<\/i><br>The best photographs of last year\'s New Zealand Schools Photographic Competition are from this Friday (3 April) on display at Te Papa.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=728&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=727&z=3\'><b>AgResearch takes the Sheep Revolution to South Island Fieldays<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 16 March 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch will once again this year join forces with other industry leaders and agricultural providers at the South Island Field Days, which will be held next week (25 to 27 March) in Lincoln.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=727&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=726&z=3\'><b>Honorary Fellowship for AgResearch Chief Executive<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 13 March 2009<\/i><br>AgResearch Chief Executive Dr. Andrew West will on Tuesday (17 March 2009) receive the Waikato Institute of Technology\'s (Wintec) highest award - an Honorary Fellowship.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=726&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=725&z=3\'><b>AgResearch and Lincoln University Merger Prospect<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 10 March 2009<\/i><br>The Chairman of AgResearch and the Chancellor of Lincoln University today announced that the Crown Research Institute and the University support, in principle, the merger of the two organisations to create a substantially enhanced Lincoln University with a specific and deep focus on land utilisation and associated environmental and social integrity throughout New Zealand.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=725&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=722&z=3\'><b>Reproduction and Genomics Science round table<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 13 February 2009<\/i><br>Many of New Zealand\'s top scientists will converge at AgResearch\'s Invermay campus near Dunedin on Thursday 19 February to take part in a one day colloquium focusing on the latest research developments in animal and human reproduction, health and disease.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=722&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=721&z=3\'><b>Clover Root Weevil spreads further South<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 9 February 2009<\/i><br>The pasture pest known as clover root weevil has spread into Otago. An AgResearch entomologist based at the Institute\'s Invermay Campus, Colin Ferguson, a week ago, discovered a low density population on a sheep farm near Clinton in South Otago. This is the furthest south it has been found since it was first detected in Waikato in 1996.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=721&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=720&z=3\'><b>Clover root weevil and biocontrol: What\'s happening at the research front?<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 3 February 2009<\/i><br>It has been over ten years since clover root weevil munched a devastating swathe through the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Auckland regions, earning its reputation as the \'Evil weevil\'. Since then, it has spread throughout the North Island and in 2006, established footholds in Nelson and Canterbury.  But in 2006 AgResearch entomologists also released a biocontrol agent - a tiny Irish wasp - to help strike back at the weevil. It is now three years on. Who is winning the war - the weevil or the clover? This update from AgResearch Entomologist, Dr Pip Gerard.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=720&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=719&z=3\'><b>SNP Chip for the Sheep Genome<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 14 January 2009<\/i><br>An international team of scientists has today released a new genomic tool which is set to transform the future selection and breeding of sheep around the world.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=719&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=718&z=3\'><b>AgResearch MIRINZ Meat Industry Workshop presentations now available<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 14 January 2009<\/i><br>The presentations given at this workshop are now available on this website.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=718&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=717&z=3\'><b>Spotlight on Reproduction and Genomics Science<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 22 December 2008<\/i><br>AgResearch\'s new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics (CRG) based at its Invermay campus outside Dunedin will present a day-long colloquium early next year to focus on the latest research in the field or reproduction and genomics.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=717&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=716&z=3\'><b>Nine AgResearch staff given redundancy notice<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 19 December 2008<\/i><br>Nine AgResearch scientific and technical staff have been given three months notice of redundancy following the recent disestablishment of their scientific and technical positions. AgResearch is currently in discussion with three more staff and may be issuing them with notices of redundancy within the next few weeks.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=716&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=715&z=3\'><b>Three AgResearch Invermay scientists receive awards<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 16 December 2008<\/i><br>Three Invermay based scientists recently won awards at the NZ Soil Science Society Conference in Palmerston North. Environmental Scientist, Dr Richard McDowell, Research Associate Chris Smith and PhD student Gina Lucci, are all part of AgResearch\'s Climate, Land & Environment Group at Invermay.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=715&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=714&z=3\'><b>Major collaboration in food and biological research<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 16 December 2008<\/i><br>Two of New Zealand\'s leading research organisations, The University of Auckland and AgResearch, have announced a major new collaboration to improve human health through diet.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=714&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=713&z=3\'><b>New Centre for Reproduction and Genomics opens today<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 9 December 2008<\/i><br>AgResearch\'s new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics at its Invermay campus near Dunedin, will be officially opened today (2.30pm) by AgResearch\'s former Chairman, Rick Christie.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=713&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=711&z=3\'><b>Support for Science<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 5 December 2008<\/i><br>AgResearch has worked with the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology  to achieve a funding package that will allow a significant reduction in the number of scientific and technical positions that would have been disestablished.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=711&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=710&z=3\'><b>New Centre for Reproduction and Genomics to encourage collaboration<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 5 December 2008<\/i><br>The new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics at AgResearch\'s Invermay campus near Dunedin will next week (9 December) be officially opened by the Chairman of AgResearch, Sam Robinson.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=710&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=709&z=3\'><b>Science partnership comes together under one roof<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 1 December 2008<\/i><br>Scientific teams from AgResearch and the University of Otago will soon come together under one roof, in the new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics (CRG) at AgResearch\'s Invermay campus near Dunedin.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=709&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=708&z=3\'><b>Top Textile Innovation and Commercialisation Award for AgResearch<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 1 December 2008<\/i><br>AgResearch Textiles has won a major international award for its world first machine washable, tumble dryable wool suiting fabric.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=708&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=707&z=3\'><b>AgResearch scientists overcome first hurdle in finding treatment for ryegrass staggers<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 24 November 2008<\/i><br>Two AgResearch scientists\' groundbreaking research into ryegrass staggers is featuring in the December issue of The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - an American publication that focuses on novel discoveries in pharmacology.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=707&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=706&z=3\'><b>Two from AgResearch honoured by the Royal Society of New Zealand<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 12 November 2008<\/i><br>A prominent AgResearch Scientist, Dr Bryce Buddle, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ), while AgResearch CEO, Dr Andrew West, received the Thomson Medal for outstanding and inspirational leadership in the management of science.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=706&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=705&z=3\'><b>New DNA Test for Facial Eczema can save dairy industry millions<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 5 November 2008<\/i><br>New Zealand\'s leading DNA animal testing service, Genomnz, a service of AgResearch, is about to launch a DNA testing service  for facial eczema (FE) that could save the dairy industry millions of dollars per year.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=705&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=704&z=3\'><b>Conference warned of future threat to dairy industry<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 30 October 2008<\/i><br>Speakers at the Horizons Livestock Sciences Conference in Christchurch this morning left no doubt that Dairy will remain one of the fastest growing industries in New Zealand, but one speaker warned that the global dairy industry would eventually face some fierce competition from the soybean industry.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=704&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=703&z=3\'><b>Development of Geriatric Designer Diets<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 29 October 2008<\/i><br>A visiting American expert in Animal Sciences says there is growing focus on developing foods for geriatrics.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=703&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=702&z=3\'><b>New Zealand Pastoral &amp; Food sectors need to aim for niche markets, says Fast Forward Fund Chair<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 29 October 2008<\/i><br>The Chairman of the Fast Forward Fund Board, Bill Falconer,  says that if New Zealand pastoral and food products are to compete on the global market, a focussed collaborative effort between the Government\'s research provider agencies and business is needed, starting with the identification of gaps in the market.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=702&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=701&z=3\'><b>Global financial crisis means tough times for biotechnology sector<\/b><\/a><br><i>Tuesday, 28 October 2008<\/i><br>AgResearch, New Zealand\'s principal pastoral food Research Institute, and Australia\'s CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Livestock Industries Division today predicted the global financial crisis could significantly reduce investment in biotechnology and agricultural science.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=701&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=700&z=3\'><b>Horizons \'08 - agriculture\'s future: value or volume?<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 22 October 2008<\/i><br>International and local industry leaders will front one of Australasia\'s major science and agribusiness conferences, being held in Christchurch next week (28-30 October).<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=700&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=698&z=3\'><b>MSc and PhD Project Opportunities in the Centre for Reproduction and Genomics<\/b><\/a><br><i>Thursday, 16 October 2008<\/i><br>The Centre for Reproduction and Genomics is a newly established collaborative venture between AgResearch, New Zealand\'s leading pastoral and livestock research institution, and the University of Otago.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=698&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=697&z=3\'><b>Leading edge pastoral farming to be discussed at Grasslands Conference<\/b><\/a><br><i>Friday, 10 October 2008<\/i><br>The 70th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Grassland Association will be held next week (14 - 16 October) in Blenheim.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=697&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=696&z=3\'><b>Voluntary severances as CRI moves to improve its financial performance and reposition its science<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 6 October 2008<\/i><br>AgResearch  has entered the second phase of its Internal Review Process, with a call for voluntary severances amongst its scientific staff as the Institute works to improve its financial performance and reposition its scientific focus.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=696&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=695&z=3\'><b>Launch of AgResearch Professorial Chair in Systems Thinking and Practice<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 24 September 2008<\/i><br>On Friday 26 September AgResearch and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) will co-host an event to launch the AgResearch Chair in Systems Thinking and Practice.  AgResearch is co-funding this Chair at The University of Queensland and Professor Kambiz Maani has recently been appointed to this position.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=695&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=694&z=3\'><b>Professorial Fellowship marks revival of plant breeding education<\/b><\/a><br><i>Wednesday, 24 September 2008<\/i><br>Dr Warren Williams has been appointed as the AgResearch Professorial Fellow in Plant Breeding at Massey University, primarily to support the new post-graduate qualification in plant breeding offered by Massey and Lincoln Universities.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=694&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=691&z=3\'><b>AgResearch announces world-first technology to detect fake designer garments<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 15 September 2008<\/i><br>Take two identical garments - both attributed to the same designer. It is impossible to distinguish between the two articles. The same fabric was used, the same colour, the same pattern. Even the label looks the same... However one is real - the other one is a fake. Which one is which?<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=691&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=100% valign=top ><div align=left><font face=\'Arial\' size=\'2\' color=\'\'><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=692&z=3\'><b>AgResearch scientists have runway show at Fashion Week<\/b><\/a><br><i>Monday, 15 September 2008<\/i><br>AgResearch scientists will today reveal some of the world-first fabrics they have invented which will feature in their runway show on Friday (September 19th) as part of Air New Zealand Fashion Week.<br><a href=\'http:\/\/www.agresearch.co.nz\/anm2Net\/templates\/?a=692&z=3\'>Read more...<\/a><\/font><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/table>");