A fuller picture is emerging of the environmental footprint of beef in the United States. An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-led team has completed a comprehensive life-cycle analysis quantifying the resource …
Copper Sulfate Kills Fungus on Fish Eggs
by Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service Fungus on fish eggs isn’t only an eyesore for the aquaculture industry, it’s also deadly to fish and expensive to treat. U.S. Department of …
ARS Genetics Researcher Named Fairchild Medal Recipient
by Dennis O’Brien, Agricultural Research Service Alan W. Meerow, a research geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), has been awarded the 2017 David Fairchild Medal …
Agricultural Research Service Receives Communication Guidance
An internal email sent to the Agricultural Research Service allegedly directs the department not to release any public facing documents, but the Department of Agriculture says the email “was flawed” …
Nut-based Feed Satisfies Trout’s Protein Requirements
by Sandra Avant, USDA/ARS Public Affairs Specialist Thanks to researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), a new feed ingredient made from tree nuts is available to fish farmers. In …
Two New Berries for You
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist Chad Finn and his colleagues at the Horticultural Crops Research Unit in Corvallis, Oregon, developed two new berry varieties—a blueberry and a blackberry—and recently released …