…which mosquitoes find irresistible. Including pregnant women. Mosquitoes find you less appealing when you’re stationary and tend to go after those who are active and producing body heat. Research also…
Support for Minority and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers
…Rio Grande Valley, Texas; also serving New Mexico $199,977 West Virginia State University, West Virginia, $199,973 Additionally, Alcorn State University will continue to administer the Socially Disadvantaged Policy Research Center…
Funding Available for Specialty Crop Research
…Pocantico Hills, N.Y. The grants are to be funded through NIFA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI). “The Specialty Crop Research Initiative offers strategic investments to help bring specialty crops to…
Two New Berries for You
Columbia Giant, a new blackberry cultivar developed and released by ARS. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist Chad Finn and his colleagues at the Horticultural Crops Research Unit in Corvallis, Oregon,…
Organic Research and Extension Programs Funding
…through the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) and Organic Transitions Program (ORG). Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy “America’s organic industry continues to grow and is an increasingly viable option for…
Chicken Peck
…the CDC’s research, 13-percent of the chicken-related salmonella cases they studied from 1990 to 2014 were due, in part, to some human-on-chicken affection. Of the cases they studied, the CDC…
Poultry and Soy Groups in Cuba This Week
…since America first began normalizing trade relations with the country earlier this year. U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow 22 industry-funded ag research…
AFB Pres. Duvall on Urban Ag Act of 2016
…production systems, Farm Bureau believes this legislation will build a stronger bond among all farmers–rural, suburban and urban.” “This legislation offers services and support to urban farmers. The research component…
Known Sorghum Pest Spotted in California
…Sorghum growers in California are experiencing complications from the sugarcane aphid, a pest that was previously only seen in other states. Director of the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center…
Vilsack Announces Sorghum Board Appointments
…from one state is limited to six. The board is authorized by the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996. The Secretary selected the appointees from sorghum producers nominated…
Food Security in the United States in 2015
…life for all household members. That is down from 14.0 percent in 2014. USDA’s Economic Research Service plays a leading role in Federal research on food security and food security…
Antibiotic Resistance Can Occur Naturally in Soil Bacteria
…how best to manage antibiotic resistance in agricultural productions. Read more about this research in the September 2016 issue of AgResearch online. ARS is USDA’s principal in-house scientific research agency….
Almond Board: Almonds Rise to Top in Europe
According to Innova Market Insights, a research firm, new-product introductions with almonds have overtaken hazelnuts in Europe for the first time. Almond Board Senior Marketing Manager, Trade Stewardship, Harbinder Maan…
Agri View: Beefalo
…offspring. It has taken years of research to develop this breed.) The advantages of this cross are fertility and easy calving. Beefalo gain weight well on inexpensive, high-roughage feed and…