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Kentucky Agriculture Helps Keep Economy Strong

April 29, 2019 Dave Knopf, Eastern Mountain Region Director, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Kentucky is best known for horses at this time of year, and the most recent Census of Agriculture shows horses aren’t the only livestock contributing to the agricultural economy. Results from the 2017 Census of Agriculture show that producers raised and sold over $5.7 billion worth of crops and...

Research and Science

What it Takes to Bring Back the Near Mythical American Chestnut Trees

April 29, 2019 Jane Hodgins, Public Affairs Specialist, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Sometimes reaching a height of more than 100 feet tall with trunk diameters often well over 10 feet, the American chestnut was the giant of the eastern U.S. forests. There were once billions of them and their range stretched from Georgia and Alabama to Michigan, but the majestic tree was gone before...

Forestry

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

April 24, 2019 Monica Williams, Technical Information Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service

As a parent, Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is a chance to physically demonstrate what we as parents do while our children are in school. It’s an opportunity to show them that they can aspire to be anything they dream to be. When my daughter told me she had to share with her class what her...

Research and Science

Ag Research Extends Beyond Crop Fields into Forests

April 23, 2019 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

The word “agriculture” does not usually come to mind when one thinks of forests, but perhaps it’s time that it should. “The forest products industry employs nearly 1 million people and contributes $254 billion to America’s economy through sales and payroll,” said Eric Norland, a national program...

Research and Science

The State of the Forest

April 22, 2019 Sonja Oswalt, Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service

The United States forest products industry accounts for approximately four percent of the nation’s total manufacturing GDP, producing over $200 billion in products every year. To keep tabs on the condition and status of America’s forest resources over time, the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory...

Forestry

Big Data Shows How to Improve Profits and Help Environment

April 22, 2019 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Technology always changes the way we think and how we do things. Now, thanks to research at Michigan State University (MSU), farmers have a new tool to determine precisely where to focus their efforts… or not. The result can save them money and save the environment from excess – wasted – fertilizer.

Research and Science Technology

On Farms and Ranches, Every Day is Earth Day

April 22, 2019 Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey

At USDA, we celebrate Earth Day 2019 by offering big thank-yous to farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners for all they do. Every day, we recognize their efforts to conserve natural resources while producing food, fiber, and fuel for people in their communities and around the world. They’re doing...

Conservation Farming

Illinois Farmers Have Plenty to Boast About

April 18, 2019 Mark Schleusener, Illinois State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Illinois producers grow a LOT of corn and soybeans. The Prairie State ranked first in soybean production and second in corn production in 2017. But there is a great deal more agricultural production coming from the 72,000 farms located in our 102 counties. Illinois ranks first in horseradish acres...

Research and Science

New Science Framework Provides Basis for Conservation and Restoration of Sagebrush

April 16, 2019 Jessica Brewen and Jennifer Hayes, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forest Service

“Resilience” is the ability to recover from change, or when you think about landscapes, the ability to recover from disturbances like wildfires. A new model takes the idea of resilience and applies it to the natural environment, specifically, to sagebrush. This resilience model is one of the core...

Conservation Forestry

Food Loss at the Farm Level

April 16, 2019 Claudia Hitaj, Economic Research Service

USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) estimates that about 30 percent of food in the United States goes uneaten at the retail and consumer level.

Research and Science

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