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Pest v. Pest: ARS Offers Method for Combating Whiteflies

November 13, 2012 Chris Guy, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA's rich science and research portfolio. Some Arizona growers rely on broad-spectrum insecticides to treat whiteflies, but scientists with the USDA’s Agricultural...

Research and Science

ARS Labs Unravel Genetics of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

February 07, 2012 Jude Maul, USDA-ARS Research Ecologist

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Understanding the causes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural landscapes is truly a multi-scale challenge...

Research and Science

‘Armed to Farm’ Gives Veterans the Tools they Need to Farm

September 18, 2012 Siva Sureshwaran, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

For many military veterans and their families, the transition from the military to civilian life is a complex undertaking; however, reports and personal accounts indicate that many military veterans have discovered that farming offers a place for employment, training and healing. The problem is...

Food and Nutrition Farming Research and Science

New USDA Efforts to Spur Technology and Innovation

October 09, 2012 Catherine Woteki, USDA Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA's rich science and research profile. From desktops to tablets, and from floppy disks to flash drives, technology is constantly changing. Each new idea is developed...

USDA Results Research and Science

ARMS: Informing Policy on the Farm Economy

June 12, 2012 Shiela Corley, National Agricultural Statistics Service & Mitch Morehart, Economic Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Nothing gives us a better insight into the U.S. farm economy than USDA’s annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey...

Food and Nutrition Farming

A Blueprint for Savings at the Agricultural Research Service

February 13, 2012 Sandy Miller Hays, Director, Information Staff, ARS

On January 9, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack put forth USDA’s “ Blueprint for Stronger Service” which focuses on streamlining operations and cutting costs throughout the Department. The “Blueprint for Stronger Service” calls for USDA to close 259 domestic offices, facilities and laboratories, as...

Research and Science

USDA Scientists Make Breakthrough in PRRS Research

April 10, 2012 Peter Johnson, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a disease that costs the U.S. pork industry an estimated $664...

Research and Science

Creatively Shaping the Future of Federal Nutrition Research

September 04, 2012 Tara T. Weaver-Missick, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Are you interested in helping shape the future of USDA human nutrition research? What human nutrition-related issues are you interested in? Childhood obesity? The nutrient content of foods? Health promotion and disease prevention? Now’s your chance to let your voice be heard. Be an active...

Food and Nutrition Research and Science Technology

Giving Thanks for Research

November 20, 2012 Sandy Miller Hays, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. When you sit down to your Thanksgiving feast and reflect on the bounty on your table, you might want to say a quiet “thank...

Research and Science

Agricultural Science: More Than You Think

February 23, 2012 Robert Sowers, USDA-Agricultural Research Service

As we reflect in celebration of USDA’s 150 th anniversary, it’s easy to take pride in the problem-solving abilities of agricultural scientists since 1862. The challenges in America have been great, including the Dust Bowl, wars, human health threats, and attacks on crops and animals from pests...

Health and Safety Research and Science