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Going Wild about Water at the World Water Forum

April 28, 2015 Tawny Mata, Office of the Chief Scientist

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 profile. Water is a precious resource and will become scarcer as the human population continues to grow. In many areas, climate change...

Research and Science

Weaving Up New Uses for Cotton

April 28, 2015 Darryl Earnest, Agricultural Marketing Service Cotton and Tobacco Program Deputy Administrator

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. In the agriculture industry, having a green thumb can help businesses improve their yield and their bottom line. As good...

Research and Science

Technology to Help Us Deal with Drought

April 21, 2015 Dennis O'Brien, 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. With droughts becoming more severe, water tables getting lower and an increasing demand for water from growing suburbs and...

Research and Science

Answering Questions about the World's Water Security Problems

April 21, 2015 Jim Dobrowolski, National Program Leader, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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. Global water awareness and future water security happens locally—one student, one teacher, and one lesson at a time. Often...

Research and Science

Bringing the Scientist to the Student

April 14, 2015 Jan Suszkiw, 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. When the Terrebonne Parish Main Library in Houma, Louisiana, issued flyers asking local science and engineering...

Research and Science

NIFA Research is Working to Make Every Day World Health Day

April 07, 2015 Isabel Walls, Ph.D., National Program Leader for Food Safety, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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 . April 7 is World Health Day and food safety is the primary focus—and with good reason. The Centers for Disease Control and...

Health and Safety Research and Science

USDA-NASA's Global View of Earth's Soil Holds Many Benefits

April 07, 2015 Sandra Avant, 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 . When we think about space missions, we tend to look toward the stars to planets like Mars where robotic rovers roam...

Conservation Research and Science

Newly Launched AgResearch Magazine Showcases USDA Scientific Research in a New Way

April 01, 2015 Chavonda Jacobs-Young, ARS Administrator

Today, I am proud to announce the launch of the Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) new digital AgResearch magazine. AgResearch is a monthly product designed to highlight short features on the scientific research discoveries occurring at the 90-plus ARS research laboratories across the Nation and...

Research and Science