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A Banner Year for Leadership: 5 Ways We're Answering America's Agricultural and Environmental Challenges

December 14, 2015 Justice Wright, Research, Education and Economics and Rich Derksen, Office of the Chief Scientist

USDA scientists work 365 days to provide safe and sustainable food, water, and natural resources in the face of a changing climate and uncertain energy sources. To recognize the contribution that agricultural science and research makes in our daily lives, this week’s “Banner Year” series features...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Research and Science

Five Ways the Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Benefit Agriculture and Rural America

December 11, 2015 Phil Karsting, Administrator, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the largest multilateral trade agreement since NAFTA, will break down barriers to trade and create significant new opportunities for U.S. agriculture. The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries finalized the terms of the deal in October and it must now...

Trade

A Banner Year for Economic and Social Research: 5 Reports on Rural Communities and on Opportunities for Agriculture

December 11, 2015 Mary Bohman, Administrator, Economic Research Service

USDA scientists work 365 days to provide safe and sustainable food, water, and natural resources in the face of a changing climate and uncertain energy sources. To recognize the contribution that agricultural science and research makes in our daily lives, this week’s “Banner Year” series features...

USDA Results Food and Nutrition Trade

A High Five for Transformed Communities

December 11, 2015 Lisa Mensah, Under Secretary for Rural Development

If there's a pinnacle of pride I have in our USDA Rural Development staff, it's their ability to work with rural communities and our public and private partners to be a positive force for transformation in cities and towns across the country. For my #HighFive to our staff at Headquarters and in...

Rural

Five Lessons Learned from USDA's Farmers Market at Night

December 10, 2015 Lee Cliburn, USDA Farmers Market Assistant Manager, Agricultural Marketing Service

Our own USDA Farmers Market, brought to you by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), celebrated 20 years of offering Washington, DC access to farm-fresh products this year. USDA is always looking for innovative ways to help farmers markets succeed and experiment with ways that might help them...

Food and Nutrition Farming

A Banner Year for Data: 5 New Ways We're Keeping Ag Statistics Current

December 10, 2015 Joseph T. Reilly, Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service

USDA scientists work 365 days to provide safe and sustainable food, water, and natural resources in the face of a changing climate and uncertain energy sources. To recognize the contribution that agricultural science and research makes in our daily lives, this week’s “Banner Year” series features...

Conservation Health and Safety

A Banner Year for Education: 5 Grants Supporting Ag Education at All Levels, from Classrooms to Farms and the Table

December 09, 2015 Scott Elliot, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

USDA scientists work 365 days to provide safe and sustainable food, water, and natural resources in the face of a changing climate and uncertain energy sources. To recognize the contribution that agricultural science and research makes in our daily lives, this week’s “Banner Year” series features...

Initiatives

A Banner Year for Research: 5 Innovative Projects Aimed at Helping Growers

December 08, 2015 Kim Kaplan, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

USDA scientists work 365 days to provide safe and sustainable food, water, and natural resources in the face of a changing climate and uncertain energy sources. To recognize the contribution that agricultural science and research makes in our daily lives, this week’s “Banner Year” series features...

Research and Science

Five Things You Should Know About USDA Climate Hubs In 2015

December 04, 2015 Rachel Steele, National Climate Hubs Coordinator

In October the Regional Hub Leads gathered in Washington D.C. to discuss their successes and challenges over the last year. Tasked with producing science-based, region-specific information and tools for their stakeholders, the USDA Regional Climate Hubs spent 2014 working hard to ensure they...

Conservation

Five Conservation Stories from 2015 You Should Read

December 03, 2015 Sarah Haymaker, Natural Resources Conservation Service

2015 was a banner year for voluntary conservation efforts in the United States. Whether protecting the farmlands, grasslands and wetlands with partnership efforts and conservation easements, helping new farmers get started with conservation on smaller scale farms or providing conservation solutions...

Conservation
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