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RESOURCE

Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

FEATURES

* Nebraska Tractor Test Lab
Roger Hoy
From its inception in 1920 to its continuing historic role, the NTTL is recognized globally as a premier tractor testing laboratory.
* The Greenest Green
Laura Christianson, Reid Christianson, and Stacy Hutchinson
“Green” vegetation integration is growing at Kansas State.
* Manure Slurry-Enriched Seeding of Cover Crops
Tim Harrigan, Sieglinde Snapp, Rich Leep, Dale Mutch, and Natalie Rector
A new land application process takes seed at Michigan State.
COVER STORY
* Industry and Energy: Challenges and Opportunities
James R. Fischer, Jordan E. Blackman, and Janine A. Finnell
“Energy costs are just as critical, if not more critical, for industry to control along with capital, labor, and raw material costs.”

INSIDE ASABE

* Centennial Celebration
Welcome to ASABE’s centennial. Learn more about the exciting activities currently underway to honor the Society’s 100th anniversary.
* A Word From the President
The Seven Wonders of the Ag and Biological Engineering World
* Foundation
Foundation Golf Outing, Silent Auction, What’s Cooking?
* YPC Community
* Centennial Annual Meeting
* Upcoming 2007 Conferences
* 1/4-Scale Alumni Pull
* Record Broken for 2006 New Members
* 2007 Lecture Series
* In Memoriam
Arnold M. Flikke
* Community News
2006 NABEC Conference
* Blue Ribbon Educational Aids Awards
* Apply Now for Awards, Scholarships, and Competitions
* IPC Holds Winter Retreat
* Standards
Cooperative Standards Program, Standards Thanks Supporters, ANSI Approves Revisions

UPDATE

Rain Bird Showcases Nature in Rose Parade Float
Ag Industry May Help Reduce Global Warming
A Breath of Fresh Air for Pig and Dairy Farms
Sugar-Powered Cars?
Pesticides Need Sunscreen to Beat the Heat
Purdue Web Site Offers Insight into Bioenergy
Extracting Bioactives from Ag and Food Processing Streams
Nanotechnology in the Workplace
Machinery Developed to Harvest Corn Stalks and Leaves

DEPARTMENTS

* Events Calendar
* Centennial Spotlight
* Personnel Service
* Professional Listings
* Last Word - Dateline 25x´25
Sara Wyant

ON THE COVER

Steam systems account for more than 30 percent of the energy used in industrial manufacturing plants for product output. However, the U.S. DOE’s Save Energy Now strategy is helping industrial plants tap significant opportunities to save energy and money in steam and other key industrial process systems. Photo Credit Warren Gretz/NREL PIX 00415

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