CONTENTS: Comments from the Dean CSREES Appropriation for FY 2000 Initiative for Future Agricultural and Food Systems ARD 113th Annual Report Grants and Contracts Received December 1999 and January 2000 New or Revised Projects Undergraduate Honors Research Program Research Support from Commodity Checkoff Programs Endeavors Innovative and High Risk Research Program NABC Bioethics Institute NABC 12 Annual Meeting NABC Statement 2000 an Agricultural Biotechnology Federal R&D Funding for FY 200