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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Agricultural Research Service (ARS)”

mental health

Research Shows Vegetables May Help Mental Health

Dan March 30, 2023 Fruits & Vegetables, Research, This Land of Ours

Are you working on taking care of your mental health? Add another serving of vegetables to your dinner plate. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. We’ve heard that …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)Sabrina Halvorson
breeding

Breeding Better Potatoes for Better Potato Chips

Dan March 15, 2023 Research, Specialty Crops, This Land of Ours, Vegetables

Breeding better potatoes for better potato chips. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Americans eat more potato chips than any other nation; more than four pounds a person …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)Sabrina Halvorson
ars

ARS Scientists Improve Nutrients Adding Value to Rice Crop

Dan February 13, 2023 Grain, Research, Specialty Crops, This Land of Ours

Improvements to a worldwide food staple. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Rice, already the primary staple for half the world’s population, is getting a makeover from a …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)Sabrina Halvorson
track

New Ways to Track COVID in Animals

Dan February 9, 2023 Cattle, Dairy & Livestock, Hogs & Pork, Poultry, Sheep, This Land of Ours

The USDA is developing new ways to track COVID in wild and domestic animals. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Scientists with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)COVID-19Sabrina Halvorson
research

Research into Bee Health May Lower Winter Colony Losses

Dan January 23, 2023 Pollinators, This Land of Ours

New research may help lower winter bee losses. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Agricultural Research Service scientists and their Chinese colleagues have identified a specific metabolic pathway …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)Sabrina Halvorson
virus

Virus Undercuts Fungus’s Attacks on Wheat

Dan December 8, 2022 Grain, This Land of Ours

A virus could help fight fungus on wheat. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. A naturally occurring virus co-discovered by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists may …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)Sabrina Halvorson

Electronically Sniffing Out Tomato Plant Pests

Jim Rogers January 20, 2022 Radio Reports, Technology

A new device created by USDA’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) and university scientists from Ohio has the ability to sniff out pests on plants. Whiteflies are pests that infect tomato …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)E-NoseHeping Zhu
USDA

FVIAC to Hold Virtual Meeting November 3-4

Jim Rogers October 19, 2021 Agri-Business, Radio Reports

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee will be holding a virtual meeting on November 3-4. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC)U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
African swine fever

USDA Announces ASF Vaccine Candidate

Jim Rogers October 4, 2021 Dairy and Livestock, Radio Reports

USDA’s Agricultural Research Service announced that one of its vaccine candidates can prevent and protect against African swine fever. Specifically, the vaccine shows effectiveness against the current Asian and European …

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African swine fever (ASF)Agricultural Research Service (ARS)U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
research

New Resource for Science-Education Available from USDA

Jim Rogers April 13, 2021 Industry, Radio Reports

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a new online resource available aimed at providing additional science-education. The new AgLab tool from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is now available for students …

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AgLagAgricultural Research Service (ARS)U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
tips

ARS Scientists Look At Potential of Various Microbes to Fight Disease in Carrots

Jim Rogers February 10, 2021 Fruits & Vegetables, Radio Reports

Researchers have begun work looking at microbes that may help to combat diseases in carrots. A team of university and Agricultural Research Service scientists have reported on some of their …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)carrots
research

Ag Biotech and Traditional Controls Combine to Eradicate Harmful Pest

Jim Rogers January 6, 2021 Pest Update, Radio Reports

Ag biotech used in combination of traditional control methods have helped to eradicate a harmful pest. According to a new study by the Agricultural Research Service and the University of …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)pink bollwormUniversity of Arizona
new blackberry

New Blackberry Varieties Released by Agricultural Research Service

Jim Rogers October 29, 2020 Industry, Radio Reports

Three new blackberry varieties have recently been released by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. The best genetics of eastern and western blackberries were combined to develop the Eclipse, …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)blackberriesU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

If It Smells Like a Petunias or Shampoo, It Might Be a Pesticide

Dan June 19, 2017 Environment, Industry News Release

from USDA Agricultural Research Service A scent that petunias and snapdragons release to attract pollinators may be an environmentally friendly control for pests like the spotted wing drosophila fly (SWD) and …

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)brown marmorated stink buginsecticideU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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