New technologies and need for renewable fuel to spark an agricultural revolution, says USDA undersecretary

When facing the great challenges of the 21st century, **agricultural research** will play a major role in finding the right solutions, according to Gale Buchanan, U.S. undersecretary for research, education and economics, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), who spoke at Cornell in the Boyce Thompson Auditorium, Nov. 19. The greatest challenge, said Buchanan, who works with the government, agricultural universities and American industry to promote research and education programs, is **renewable energy**. "We need to look the long range," he said. "The bottom line is for every two barrels of oil we use, we are finding one barrel. I am no mathematician, but at some point, it is going to catch up with us." Whole article on "cornell":[ http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov07/Nanotech.agric.ak.html]

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