Norman Borlaug, a 92-year-old University of Minnesota alum and Nobel Prize winner, is the ultimate American success story. He recently joined the ranks of Pope John Paul II and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sculptor Benjamin Victor works on the life-size clay model of the Norman Borlaug bronze statue that will be placed in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Borlaug, a Cresco native, is a Noble Peace Prize ...

Derek Barchenger, an Oklahoma native and head of the Global Pepper Breeding Program at the World Vegetable Center, was named the 2025 recipient of the Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and ...

NASHUA, Iowa (AP) -- Pallets of seed, chemicals and muddy equipment in need of repair often sit in the middle of the Northeast Iowa Research Farm's supplemental classroom. When a large crowd is ...

NASHUA, Iowa — Fundraising for the Borlaug Learning Center at the Northeast Research Farm at Nashua is half-way to its goal of $150,000. Members of the Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental ...

Norman Borlaug, who was born on a farm in Iowa 110 years ago this week, is reckoned to have saved more lives than any man in human history — certainly hundreds of millions, perhaps even a billion.

After serving 12 of the past 16 years leading the Department of Agriculture, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has been named CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation to continue the legacy of global food ...

DALLAS – Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the “green revolution” who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger and saving hundreds of millions of lives, died ...