…to rise. Read more about this research in the May 2017 issue of AgResearch. Share this Post California Ag at a Crossroads: Policy, Pressure, and Opportunity April 20, 2026 Independent…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
by Jayson Beckman, Ron Sands, Anne Riddle, Tani Lee, and Jacob M. Walloga USDA Economic Research Service What is the Issue? An increasing world population and a shift in global…
4-H Calls Alumni and Friends to Join its New Network
…the Peace Corps, received a federal appointment from President Obama and now leads the statewide research and outreach arm of UC. The National 4-H program, which currently empowers nearly 6…
ARS Geneticist Edward Buckler Receives First National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist Edward Buckler is the first person to receive the National Academy of Science’s (NAS) Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences. Buckler will be recognized for…
USDA Seeks Nominees for American Egg Board
…an egg research and promotion program authorized by the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act of 1974. Terms on the Board are staggered so that half of the membership is…
Farmers Share of the Food Dollar is Still Low
…dollar. The food dollar series for the USDA’s Economic Research Service measures annual spending by consumers on domestically produced food. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Share…
Productivity Growth and the Revival of Russian Agriculture
by Nicholas Rada, William Liefert, and Olga Liefert, USDA Economic Research Service What Is the Issue? Russia’s agricultural output fell during the country’s transition from a planned to a market…
USDA Seeks Nominees for Christmas Tree Promotion Board
…the establishment of 22 research and promotion boards that are industry-funded and empower agricultural industries with a framework to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing…
Funding to Support the Agricultural Sciences
…programs in the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences. NIFA investments also help upgrade agriculture and food science facilities and equipment necessary to conduct tropical and subtropical agricultural research…
Perdue Off to Work as USDA Secretary
…to the USDA Service Center in Kansas City, Missouri this week, and take part in a town hall Friday at the American Royal Complex hosted by the Agribusiness Council of…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
…Ramaswamy. “We’ve successfully expanded the program’s reach through establishment of a National Coordination Center and four regional centers across the U.S.” The Food Safety Outreach Program supports projects that encourage…
2017 W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecturer Renews Call for Excellence in Nutrition Research
…the quality of data that nutrition research is generating, especially data used for formulating nutrition guidelines and recommendations. While calling on industry to provide more support for research, Bier has…
NFU President Attends March for Science in D.C.
…federal policy. Johnson also said there should be more publicly funded, independent and peer-reviewed agricultural research to inform both farmers and policymakers. More than 70 percent of U.S. agricultural research…
A Better Way to Pasteurize Eggs
An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and his colleagues have developed a technology that rapidly pasteurizes eggs and could sharply reduce the number of illnesses caused each year by egg-borne…