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Research continues on milkweed and goat meat

Seemingly esoteric research involving milkweed and chevon—a.k.a. goat meat—were among the projects presented by faculty from Western’s agriculture department on C-FAR Day in November. C-FAR, or the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research, held its eighth annual event on campus, and the daylong program provided attendees with highlights of WIU-based research funded through C-FAR with monies appropriated from the state of Illinois.

William Bailey, chair of WIU’s agriculture department, noted that C-FAR funding has permitted faculty to pursue research that has led to promising results for new and developing agriculture products in Illinois.

“The research in milkweed has opened up new marketing opportunities in the medical industry, while C-FAR funding on goat feeding has generated significant interest from several major ethnic groups [that consume chevon] around Illinois,” Bailey said.

“C-FAR Day provides a unique opportunity for C-FAR members, who represent practically every sector within Illinois’ food and agricultural industry, to engage in discussions directly with researchers about their research activities,” said Jerry Hicks, C-FAR research chair. “The progress we have achieved together has enabled many positive results for our state and its citizens.”

C-FAR Day

Participants of the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR) Day toured Western’s goat facility on the Macomb campus.

C-FAR Day

Win Phippen, associate professor, shows attendees a modified harvesting machine used to harvest milkweed.

See more photos at flickr.com/photos/westernillinoisuniversity. For more information about WIU’s C-FAR research in WIU’s agriculture department, contact Bailey at (309) 298-1080 or WC-Bailey@wiu.edu.

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