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Bringing Ag Data to Life through Satellite Imagery

April 30, 2013 Rick Mueller, Spatial Analysis Research Section Head, National Agricultural Statistics Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA's rich science and research portfolio. 2013 is the International Year of Statistics. As part of this global event, every month this year USDA’s National...

Research and Science Technology

Using Data to Change The World One Goat at a Time

April 30, 2013 Tara T. Weaver, Chief, USDA-Agricultural Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. USDA scientist Tad Sonstegard’s comparison of the World Food Programme’s “Hunger Map” to the Food and Agriculture...

USDA Results Trade Research and Science Technology

Open Data for Agriculture Offers Lift-Off for Global Food Security

April 29, 2013 Dr. Catherine Woteki, USDA's Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

The opening day of the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture was action-packed and inspiring. From the moment the doors opened at 7:30 am, the air was punctuated with the sound of languages from across the globe. Scientists, policy makers, and leaders from the non-profit and...

Trade Research and Science Technology