An interview with Ed Runge / Ed Runge ; Mark DePue, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview with Ed Runge / Ed Runge ; Mark DePue, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview of Ed Runge conducted by Mark DePue for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Topics discussed include St. Peter, Ill.; Rural Electrification Administration (REA); farm life during WW II; Lutheran Churches in rural Illinois; University of Illinois College of Agriculture; Iowa State University College of Agriculture; work as a soil scientist/agronomist; University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Agronomy; Texas A & M University Department of Soil and Crop Science; Norman Borlaug; hybridization of corn; agriculture in New Zealand in 1970; evolutionary stages of American agriculture; agriculture in Brazil; agriculture in Burma (Myanmar); ethanol production and debate in America; bio-mass studies for fuel production; and set-aside programs.

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Born on Aug. 4, 1933 in St. Peter, Ill., and was raised there on his family's farm. Ed grew up in the Great Depression and during World War II. In high school, he was determined to get a college education, and once at the University of Illinois, he majored at Agricultural Education. He excelled in school and was encouraged to continue his education. He earned an M.S. Degree in Agronomy-Soils, with minors in Chemistry and Agricultural Economics in 1957. Runge earned a Ph. D. in Agronomy and Soil ...

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