New USDA Cereal Crops Laboratory Dedicated.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 April 2007-US ARS: New USDA Cereal Crops Laboratory Dedicated(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05042007 MADISON, Wis. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today dedicated a state-of-the-art research laboratory where scientists will work to improve barley, oats and other cereal crops.

The new facility will be operated by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency. "This laboratory has been the country's only public research facility for evaluating malting barley cultivars based on their quality and usefulness," said ARS Associate Administrator Antoinette Betschart. "For nearly 75 years, it has provided an important link between barley growers, plant breeders and the malting and...