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S.C. Farmer Still Growing Strong after 92 Years, 6 Decades, and 1 Microloan

April 01, 2014 Tanya Brown, Writer/Editor, Farm Service Agency

This post is part of a Microloan Success feature series on the USDA blog. Check back every Tuesday and Thursday as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s Farm Service Agency. For Malachi Duncan, life as a farmer is anything but boring. At age 92, he’s going strong and ready to do more. “I was out...

Conservation

Coming Together to Improve Human Nutrition

April 01, 2014 Isabel Walls, Senior Advisor, Food Safety, Nutrition and Health

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 Research Tradition Going Strong in the 21st Century

April 01, 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 will take a closer look at USDA’s Groundbreaking Research for a Revitalized Rural America...

Research and Science

Scientists Discover New Fish Species in the Upper Columbia River Basin

April 01, 2014 Carita Chan, Research and Development, U.S. Forest Service

U.S. Forest Service scientists at the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Missoula, Mont., have identified a new species of fish—the cedar sculpin ( Cottus schitsuumsh). Although thousands of new species are described by scientists each year, only a small percentage of them are animal species, and...

Forestry