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Ag Research Month at the "People's Department"

April 29, 2014 Sean Adams, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

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 the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. During the month of April we have taken a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America...

Research and Science

What's a Pine Cone Got to do With It? Educators use them for Art and Science

April 29, 2014 Leah Anderson, Eastern Region, U.S. Forest 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 the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. A pine cone has many purposes. It could serve as a home for birds and insects. Pine cones contain seeds to use in...

Forestry Research and Science

Researcher with NIFA Roots Earns International Prize

April 25, 2014 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

During the month of April we will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America, highlighting ways USDA researchers are improving the lives of Americans in ways you might never imagine. Today we look at USDA support for a researcher striving to improve wheat...

Research and Science

U.S. Forest Service Makes Learning about Invasive Species Easy for Kids

April 24, 2014 Tiffany Holloway, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Our forests are under attack. And the U.S. Forest Service is hoping that the Nation’s fourth and fifth graders can help fight back. The Forest Service distributed Insects Invade, a teacher’s package to 25,000 teachers nationwide. The teacher’s package includes 30 copies of a 12-page full color...

Conservation Forestry Research and Science

Celebrating Our Glorious Planet

April 22, 2014 Tara Weaver-Missick, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

During the month of April we will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America, highlighting ways USDA researchers are improving the lives of Americans in ways you might never imagine. For example, finding sustainable ways to produce food for Americans and the...

Conservation Research and Science

USDA Helps Develop Next Generation of Ag Scientists

April 15, 2014 Ann Perry, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

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 the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. During the month of April we will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America...

Research and Science

USDA Helps Haiti Measure Agricultural Production

April 15, 2014 Victoria Calderon, International Programs Office, 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 the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. During the month of April we will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America...

Food and Nutrition Research and Science

USDA Researchers Go High-Tech to View Tiny Organisms

April 08, 2014 Jan Suszkiw, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

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 the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. During the month of April we will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America...

Research and Science

Need for Geospatial Data Grows Across the Country

April 08, 2014 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 the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. During the month of April we will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America...

Research and Science

Stopping a Winged Purveyor of Disease and Death

April 07, 2014 Sandy Miller Hays, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

During the month of April we will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America, highlighting ways USDA researchers are improving the lives of Americans in ways you might never imagine. For example, researching mosquitoes that spread diseases that threaten...

Research and Science