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Kitty Litter: Potential New Use for Spent Corn Grains

December 17, 2013 Sean Adams, 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. Sometimes, the results of USDA science show up in the most unlikely places—maybe even in your cat’s litter box. USDA...

Conservation Research and Science

Science that Sells

December 17, 2013 Ruihong Guo, Deputy Administrator, AMS Science and Technology Program

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. Agriculture is key to any nation’s success. American farmers continue to be more innovative and productive, providing...

Research and Science Trade

Behind the Scenes with Ag Statistics

December 10, 2013 NASS Administrator Cynthia Clark

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. It is astounding to reflect at the end of the year and realize once again how many pieces came together each day, each week...

Research and Science

NIFA Signs Pact to Promote and Support U.S.-Israeli Agricultural R&D

December 10, 2013 Scott Elliott, 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 USDA's rich science and research portfolio. On November 22, the United States and Israel came one step closer to renewing agricultural research and development...

Research and Science

Jointly Developed Watershed Assessment Model Being Used in Yosemite National Park

December 03, 2013 Tara T. Weaver-Missick, 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. An award-winning watershed assessment tool, the Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment (AGWA), was deployed to assess...

Research and Science

NIFA Grant Brings Power of the Sun to Remote Arizona Community

November 26, 2013 Jill Lee, 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 USDA's rich science and research portfolio. A man in Arizona threw away an extension cord – and that’s a big deal for some folks who live about 100 miles west of Tucson...

Energy Research and Science

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

Successful Launch of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative

November 12, 2013 Jaime Adams, USDA Office of the Chief Scientist

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. Exciting times are ahead for the future of global agriculture, development, and health. On October 31, the US delegation...

Research and Science

Breeding a Tastier Tomato

November 05, 2013 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. If you want to stir consumers’ passions about produce, just mention tomatoes. There’s no shortage of outrage about those...

Research and Science

Ag Statistician Goes from NCAA to NASS

October 29, 2013 King Whetstone, National Agricultural Statistics 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. 2013 is the International Year of Statistics. As part of this global event, every month this year USDA’s National...

Research and Science
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