From isjd@ars-grin.gov Fri Feb 25 21:42:51 2000 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:00:37 -0500 From: ARS News Service To: "New This Week" List Subject: New This Week (draft) NEW THIS WEEK ----------- ARS News Service Agricultural Research Service, USDA February 25, 2000 ----------- RESEARCH ROUNDUP (2/22) ARS has posted the new issue of its "Quarterly Report of Research Progress" on the web. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2000/000222b.htm FERTILIZER FROM KENAF? (2/22) Scientists with ARS and a New Mexico firm have found new uses for "black liquor," a crude byproduct of pulping kenaf fiber. (2/22) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2000/000222.htm TRAPPING SALMONELLA (2/23) A new electrostatic air cleaning system reduced airborne Salmonella by 94 percent in a commercial hatchery in Georgia. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2000/000223.htm TIMELINE OF RESEARCH (2/24) Researchers, history buffs and others can now view a chronological timeline of USDA research on the web. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2000/000224.htm IN THE CATFISH POND (2/25) Feeding the fish daily--instead of every other day, the common practice--can boost production. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2000/000225.htm ---------- * NEW THIS WEEK is the weekly digest of web links to news stories from the ARS News Service. To subscribe to the digest or to the full daily service, visit http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/subscribe.htm. * Get the latest ARS news on the web at http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/thelatest.htm. * For photos, media sources should contact ARS Photo Unit at (301) 504-1606 or arsphoto@asrr.arsusda.gov. * Feedback and questions to ARS News Service via e-mail: isjd@ars-grin.gov. * ARS Information Staff, 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Room 1-2251, Beltsville MD 20705-5128, (301) 504- 1617, fax 504-1648.