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Breadfruit: Bad News for Mosquitoes

November 19, 2013 Sandy Miller Hays, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Today feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Breadfruit has been a hit in Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia for more than 3,000 years because of its many pluses: This...

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

Miles of Green: A Century’s Legacy

June 14, 2011 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), 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 the USDA's rich science and research portfolio.

Research and Science

Turning an Eyesore into a Natural Beauty

March 22, 2011 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) blog. Check back each week as we showcase the stories and news from the agency’s rich science and research portfolio. Researchers with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have teamed up with...

Conservation Research and Science

Children Explore Agricultural Science on Wheels

December 07, 2010 By Dianne Odland, Public Affairs Specialist, 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 the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. Ahhh! Remember the days of taking classroom field trips? Bet you never had one like this—a virtual visit by a classroom...

Initiatives Research and Science

BARC Student Garden: An Urban Oasis For Dirty Hands

October 26, 2010 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, 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.

Research and Science

Pests and Their Natural Enemies: Learn to Protect Your Garden!

June 14, 2010

Written by Kayla Harless, People’s Garden Intern The People’s Garden workshops have yet to be anything less than an informative and fun time! Today, Don Weber, a research entomologist with USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland...

Initiatives
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