The ISRC held its annual staff retreat in June at Iowa State’s Lynn Fuhrer Lodge where they discussed research ideas submitted by faculty affiliates and planned for the center’s upcoming annual Industry Advisory Council meeting on September 6. Also discussed at the meeting was the “research day” being held on September 5. The research day will provide representatives of the center’s industry partners and three farmer members of the advisory council with insight into different areas of research being conducted at ISU, updates on ISRC-funded research projects and a graduate student poster session.