…bee. USDA photo by Scott Bauer USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeks input for fiscal year 2024 Plant Protection Act funding to protect American agriculture and natural…
Biden to Nominate Xochitl Torres Small as USDA Deputy Secretary
…ability to excel in this essential role at the Department.” Upon the conclusion of Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh’s service with USDA, Kevin Shea, APHIS Administrator and a career public servant…
New Ways to Track COVID in Animals
…$300 million to conduct monitoring and surveillance of animals that are susceptible to the COVID virus. Through the initiative, ARS, in partnership with APHIS, is conducting five research projects to…
Comment Sought for Proposed Changes to Animal Disease Traceability
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking to update animal disease traceability regulations. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will be accepting public comment on the proposed…
New Tomato Variety Approved by APHIS
There may someday be a new tomato in the produce department. That’s coming up on this land of ours. Courtesy USDA/APHIS Norfolk Plant Sciences requested approval from U.S. Department of…
Watching for Advancements in Ag Technology
Keeping an eye on technological advancements. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Courtesy USDA/APHIS This week we’re focusing on technology in agriculture. New and developing technologies often stem…
Science Key Weapon in Fight Against Citrus Greening
…Information provided by USDA APHIS Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. Science Key Weapon in Fight Against Citrus Greening Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet Media,…
Using DNA Technology to Manage Wildlife
…body’s natural defenses to eliminate the production of certain proteins. APHIS Wildlife Services scientists hope to harness the power of siRNA to improve the selectivity and effectiveness of wildlife damage…
Technology to Prevent Pest Invasions
…citrus, figs, peaches, pears, plums and tomatoes. USDA/APHIS image This week we’re focusing on technology in agriculture. The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service or APHIS Plant Protection and…
Science is an Important Part of Agriculture
…and genes. APHIS scientists are exploring how CRISPR/Cas systems and other emerging genetic technologies may impact and help APHIS meet its mission by: Developing genetically based solutions for population and…
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detections Increase in June
…by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) show that nearly 2.2 million birds have been affected by the virus in June. The latest spike in detections was largely…
APHIS Funding for New Pest Management Projects
…including apricots, cherries, citrus, figs, peaches, pears, plums and tomatoes. USDA/APHIS image The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invites stakeholders to submit project…
Combating African Swine Fever
…and European nations in the 1960s and 1970s and arrived in Brazil in 1978. According to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, it has spread to countries…
Feral Swine in America: USDA-APHIS Goes to Georgia
…crop. We also go to Cumberland Island to see how feral swine impact sea turtles and the collaborative efforts made to prevent nest damage. APHIS is offering this video series,…