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Aquaponics: Growing Crops on the ‘Open Water’

January 17, 2023 Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications

It may be winter, but it is still possible to access fresh, locally-grown produce. How? With aquaponics. Americans and people living around the world can grow crops year-round in a soilless hydroponic environment regardless of their regions’ climate or season. It also has the added benefit of...

Research and Science

ARS Helps Fill Nets with Better Salmon

January 05, 2022 Scott Elliott, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

If you’re a fan of salmon, you’re not alone.

Research and Science

Serving Savory Seafood for 2020 Holiday Meals

November 27, 2020 Peggy R. Biga, PhD, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, USDA Office of the Chief Scientist and Caird Rexroad, National Program Leader for Aquaculture, Agricultural Research Service

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States is the second largest consumer of seafood in the world after China. With several holidays around the corner, many of us are preparing for small celebrations at home.

Research and Science

Mississippi Rises to the Top of U.S. Aquaculture

January 16, 2020 Esmerelda Dickson, Mississippi State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Agriculture continues to be Mississippi’s top industry for revenue generated in the Magnolia State. Poultry is Mississippi’s largest agricultural commodity, leading as the most valuable livestock product including eggs-layers with sales valued at $3.1 billion. The 2017 Census of Agriculture showed...

Research and Science

Are Crawfish Counted in the Ag Census in Louisiana?

December 27, 2019 Kathy Broussard, Louisiana State Statistician, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service

Louisiana’s diverse agriculture does in fact include crawfish. While the Census of Agriculture doesn’t count every crawfish harvested, it does capture the value of sales from commercial producers.

Research and Science

Using Space-Age Technology for Down-to-Earth Agriculture

March 30, 2018 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Astronauts and polar explorers can grow fresh foods in space and Antarctica. Now, it’s time for rural communities to get into the greenhouse game.

Research and Science

USDA Charts Course for Strengthening World Aquaculture

February 06, 2018 Jan Suszkiw, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

Charting a course ahead for the conservation and sustainable farming of freshwater and marine species is a chief focus of the first State of the World’s Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report that will contain subsections from 89...

Research and Science

Tribal Conservation Partnership Provides Aquaculture Ponds for Walleye

February 29, 2016 Tivoli Gough, Natural Resources Conservation Service

“The Tribe wants to provide a sustainable supply of walleye for tribal and non-tribal fishing in reservation waters,” said Lac du Flambeau Tribe Natural Resources Director Larry Wawronowicz. “Raising the fish larger is necessary now due to shoreline development, increased competition from in aquatic...

Conservation

Nothing Fishy about Probiotics

July 08, 2015 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

After searching 15 years for a way to combat a devastating disease among salmonids (salmon and trout), researchers at Washington State University (WSU) and the University of Idaho (UI) found an answer inside the fish itself. Dr. Kenneth Cain’s team at UI’s Aquaculture Research Institute cultured a...

Animals Plants Research and Science

Mighty Agriculture in Little State Grows

May 14, 2015 Gary Keough, New England Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Rhode Island...

Conservation
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