…as a source for biobased materials and other renewable resources. AFRP is an integrated alfalfa-oriented research and extension program that supports collaborative research and technology transfer to improve overall agricultural…
New Funding Opportunities for Higher Education
…underrepresented minorities. NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and extension and promotes transformative discoveries that solve societal challenges. NIFA support for the best and brightest scientists and extension…
Western Growers Applauds Senate Ag Committee Perdue Vote
…to building a partnership with Secretary-designate Perdue, working together to advance agricultural priorities in areas such as immigration, the farm bill, trade, nutrition, research funding and the environment, and urge…
NFU Urges Trump Administration to Oppose Dow-DuPont Merger
…their key research and development assets, mergers in this consolidated of an environment are difficult, if not impossible, to remedy, he concluded. “It is highly likely that many of those…
Study Find Some Confusion Regarding New Fuel Choices
Industry deeply concerned about government’s failure to educate consumers about new fuels at the pump A new nationwide research study of over 2,000 adults 18+ conducted online by Harris Poll…
Guayule: Past Meets Future
…more about this research in the March issue of AgResearch. For more information contact Sharon Durham, ARS Office of Communications. The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s…
Western View: Fake Science Journals Prove Anything You Want
…authors to be included. But, those articles are peer-reviewed and subject to intense scrutiny; they are how scientists on opposites sides of the country or the world share their research….
National 4-H Conference Delegates Brief Agriculture Committee Members on the Importance of Agriculture in the U.S.
…comes to funding for research and land-grant universities. I encourage all of them to remain active agricultural leaders in their schools and communities,” said Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Subcommittee Chairman…
Funding Available for Youth Farm Safety
…in and advances agricultural research, education, and extension and promotes transformative discoveries that solve societal challenges. NIFA support for the best and brightest scientists and extension personnel has resulted in…
Study Shows Capacity Funding is a Valued Investments to States
…insights on their use of NIFA funding. Other key findings: NIFA funding supports a holistic research and extension system. The capacity model of funding supports a complete continuum of research…
EU Approves Dow DuPont Merger with Agreement to Sell R&D Assets
The European Union has approved the Dow DuPont merger after the companies agreed to sell substantial assets including key research and development activities. The EU approved the $130 billion deal…
Study: 82% of U.S. Households Buy Organic Regularly
…uniform standards and research investment targeted to organic production. Organic is fueled by consumers, and it thrives when USDA recognizes the importance of organic to rural economies and to rural…
Funding to Support Research on Sustainable Water Use
…in El Paso, researchers investigated sustainable water resources for irrigated agriculture in a desert river basin facing climate change and competing demands. NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education,…
Spinach Growers See Increased Demand
…planting more acreage, the pathogen is evolving much more rapidly and overcoming resistance. In recent years, the pathogen’s rate of proliferation has begun to outpace researchers’ ability to develop new…