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App May Help Save Milk Money and the Environment

August 04, 2021 Scott Elliott, Agricultural Research Service Office of Communications

A new technology from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) may become a key tool for dairy farmers to reduce their expenses and help limit pollution.

Research and Science

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

4 Innovations You Must Read to Believe from USDA's Tech Transfer Report

June 24, 2015 Brian K. Mabry, USDA Office of Communications

The release of the USDA’s 2014 Technology Transfer Report highlights the groundbreaking discoveries made by USDA researchers, who continue to push the envelope and come up with new and exciting innovations. The scientific advancements in knowledge and the creation of new technologies directly impact...

Technology

Keeping an Eye on the Nation's Chemical Climate to Protect Water Resources

June 02, 2015 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Getting from Point A to Point B is sometimes a difficult task; that’s why we have maps. However, making maps is not always easy, either, especially when the image you’re trying to capture is carried on the wind. For nearly 40 years a coalition of government, education, industry, and other...

Conservation
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