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Preserving "Heirloom" Collections - Microbial, That Is

September 15, 2015 Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural 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. As a plant pathologist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Rice Research Unit in Beaumont, Texas, Toni Marchetti...

Animals Plants Research and Science

USDA Launches a One Stop Shop for its "One Health" Approach to Zoonotic Threats

June 29, 2016 Dr. Steven Kappes, Co-Chair, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Dr. David Goldman, Co-Chair, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service and Dr. Brian McCluskey, Co-Chair, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - USDA One Health Joint Working Group

At USDA, we use a One Health approach that embraces the idea that problems arising at the intersection of the health of humans, animals, and the environment can be solved only through a coordinated multidisciplinary approach. This approach embraces the idea that a disease problem impacting the...

Conservation Health and Safety Animals Plants

USDA's National Centers for Animal Health Makes an Impact on Agriculture

March 07, 2014 Ed Avalos, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

In February, I had the opportunity to visit USDA’s National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa. This campus hosts employees from both APHIS and ARS, who work together with tremendous collaboration. ARS employees conduct research on diseases of economic importance to the U.S. livestock and...

Animals Plants Trade

What is USDA Doing to Protect our Nation's Livestock from Foreign Animal Disease Threats?

September 25, 2013 Sandra Avant, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

On an island off the northeastern tip of Long Island, N.Y., U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are doing their part to safeguard the U.S. food supply. At the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, a USDA research team works to ensure that we’re prepared to protect ourselves against exotic...

Animals Plants

Biofuel Trek – The Next Generation

March 09, 2010

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 ipsportfolio. ----------------------------------------------------------------

Energy Animals Plants Research and Science

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Dedicates Animal Health Research Facility in Ames, Iowa

April 19, 2010

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and other USDA officials

Animals Plants Research and Science

Stop Stink Bug Project

September 13, 2013 Sharon Durham, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

Calling all insect enthusiasts and frustrated gardeners! USDA scientists need your help in documenting Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (BMSB) in your home. Beginning September 15 th through October 15 th, we’re asking citizens across the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States to record daily counts of...

Animals Plants Research and Science

Bugs Behaving Badly...USDA Scientists Plan To Stop Them with the Public’s Help

January 15, 2013 Tara Weaver-Missick, USDA Agricultural Research Service

USDA is taking its battle against bad bugs “to the streets.” USDA’s Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS) is seeking public input in fighting insect pests, many of whom may, in public opinion, top the lists as public nuisance number one—like bedbugs and mosquitoes.

Animals Plants Research and Science

Alternatives to Antibiotics to Keep Food Animals Healthy

November 18, 2015 Dr. Steven Kappes, USDA One Health Joint Working Group Co-Chair and Deputy Administrator, Animal Production and Protection, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Antibiotics are lifesavers. We depend on them to treat bacterial infections and diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis and strep throat, as well as ear infections and infected wounds. In response to U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidance, veterinarians and producers are moving toward more...

Animals Plants

APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine Program Recognizes Black History Month – “African Americans and the Arts”

February 14, 2024 Tess Acosta-Williams, PPQ Civil Rights and Diversity Advisory Committee Chair, Trade Specialist, USDA APHIS PPQ

The 2024 Black History Month theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” intersects with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Program’s dedication to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility as we celebrate African Americans’ artistic...

Equity Plants