…quality of olive oil around the world. “Rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific research has consistently shown that all types of olive oil have significant health benefits, including reducing heart disease,” said Eryn…
Aloe Vera
…plant has been used for thousands of years to help heal a variety of health issues. It’s easy to grow at home and looks prettying any room. And its great…
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Wisconsin Dairy Bull Calves
…working with Wisconsin health and agriculture agencies, along with several other states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to investigate the outbreak. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the outbreak has…
New Process Quickly Analyzes Acrylamide in French Fries
…the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food Science Research Unit (FSRU) in Raleigh, North Carolina, work to reduce acrylamide while maintaining health-promoting compounds in foods. The current process used to determine…
Farmers and Ranchers to Protect Working Grasslands
…fund cover or practices like cross-fencing to support rotational grazing or improving pasture cover to benefit pollinators or other wildlife. USDA will select offers for enrollment based on six ranking…
Cargill, BASF Developing Omega-3 Rich Canola
…nutrients more available and more affordable to people around the world. Groups such as the American Heart Association, Mayo Clinic and Harvard School of Public Health cite the heart health…
Spread Cheer, Not Invasive Hungry Pests, This Holiday Season
…from friends and families. Or they can hide in or on firewood brought from another location to light a holiday fire. As such, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service…
Research to Support Healthy Agroecosystems
…population.” NIFA’s AFRI Foundational: Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment Program supports research on healthy agroecosystems and their underlying natural resources essential to the sustained long-term production of agricultural goods and…
Bird Flu Expanding Across Europe
More outbreaks of H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza are prompting concerns within Europe’s poultry industry. The World Organization for Animal Health reports bird flu has been confirmed in Austria, Croatia,…
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa, Canola, and Sugarbeets in the United States
…GE organism without further authorization from USDA. Following legal action from environmental groups in March 2007, plantings were temporarily suspended while USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) prepared…
Agri View: Reducing Meat Consumption
Everett Griner talks about reducing meat consumption for health reasons in today’s Agri View. Reducing Meat Consumption Health and nutrition advisers have long told us that too much meat in…
Report Highlights Scientific Research
…(FS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services (APHIS-WS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Veterinary Services (APHIS-VS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (APHIS-PPQ),…
Agri View: Seafood Consumption
…health advantages, seafood and shellfish still lack woefully behind beef and pork consumption in the American diet. That may not be what health officials want to hear. But it is…
Ranchers Collaborate with UC Researchers
…Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center to identify the best time to vaccinate and potential side effects of the vaccine on the animals’ health. Through a 30-year partnership with the…