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USDA NIFA Invests $6.2M to Advance Agricultural Biosecurity (AFRI A1181)

Initiated in 2018, the Agricultural Biosecurity (A1811) program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative focuses on increasing the national capacity to prevent, rapidly detect and respond to biological threats to the U.S. agriculture and food supply.


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USDA NIFA Invests $12M to Improve Plant Production (AFRI A1152)

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative’s Physiology of Agricultural Plants (A1152) program area priority advances research to improve plant production, which is critical to the sustainability and competitiveness of U.S. agriculture.


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Connecting Local Producers to Montana Schools

Release: By Farm to School Specialist Allison Bell, Mountain Plains Regional Office, Food and Nutrition Service.


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Chase City Community Gardens Flourish

The following is reprinted by permission from Virginia State University and first appeared on the VSU Extension website.


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NIFA Honors Veterans and Military Service Members on Memorial Day and Every Day

In May, NIFA honors Memorial Day and Mental Health Awareness Month by offering several webinars and through veteran-centric grant programs.


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Growing Hawaii’s New Farmers

The University of Hawaii (UH) recognized the need to develop new farmers focused on commercial production and aid existing farms to increase yield and profitability.


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State of Success: National Wyoming Day

Wyoming remains the least populated state in the nation—in terms of human residents, at least. With a population of less than 600,000 spread out across more than 97,000 square miles, the state is home to far more cattle than people.


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USDA NIFA Invests $26.7M to Further Research into Pests and Beneficial Species (AFRI A1112)

The Pests and Beneficial Species in Agricultural Production Systems program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative aims to advance knowledge of invasive or established plant pests and associated beneficial species leading to innovative and biologically-based strategies to manage pests.


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Commodity Board Co-funding Topics (AFRI A1811)

USDA NIFA and various commodity boards seek to co-fund research projects that will improve crop production efficiency and advance solutions to critically important problems in U.S. agriculture to increase farmer profitability and sustainability.


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A1103 AFRI Foundational Knowledge of Plant Products FY23

The AFRI Foundational Knowledge of Plant Products (A1103) program supports projects to study the synthesis of plant-derived, high-value chemicals and ingredients for use in foods, pharmaceuticals, and other natural products.


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SNAP Quality Control: How FNS Helps Protect Taxpayer Dollars

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutrition support to millions of American families in need.


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Last chance to complete the 2022 Census of Agriculture, One week left to return the questionnaire

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will end data collection for the 2022 Census of Agriculture on May 31. Producers who have not yet returned their completed questionnaires have just one week left to respond.


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NIFA Helps Veterinary Medical Students Repay Loans

VMLRP provides up to $75,000 in loan repayment over a three-year period to help eligible veterinarians offset a significant portion of the debt incurred in pursuit of their veterinary medical degrees in return for their service in certain high-priority veterinary shortage situations.


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On World Bee Day, Celebrate NIFA-Funded Native American Pollinator Projects

Under the theme, “Bee engaged in pollinator-friendly agricultural production,” World Bee Day 2023 calls for global action to support pollinator-friendly agricultural production and highlights the importance of protecting bees and other pollinators, particularly through evidence-based agricultural production practices.


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Last chance to complete the 2022 Census of Agriculture, One week left to return the questionnaire

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will end data collection for the 2022 Census of Agriculture on May 31.


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USDA, University of Kentucky Break Ground on New Forage Research Building

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new research facility, known as the Forage-Animal Production Research Unit (FAPRU), on the University of Kentucky campus.


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Time is of the Essence: 100 Years of Data Identify the Right Time to Regenerate Perennial Grasses

Perennial grasses are economically and biologically important in the Southwest U.S. region, but the abundance of these plants can change dramatically over time.


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Connecting Kids To Meals: A Valued Resource For Kids In Northwest Ohio

Connecting Kids to Meals, known as CKM, is a nonprofit agency in Toledo, Ohio, that provides healthy meals at no cost to at-risk kids in low-income and underserved areas of Northwest Ohio.


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SNAP Quality Control: How FNS Helps Protects Taxpayer Dollars

Release: By Cathy Buhrig, Associate Administrator, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.


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USDA, University of Kentucky Break Ground on New Forage Research Building

News Release: LEXINGTON, KY, May 23, 2023-Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new research facility, known as the Forage-Animal Production Research Unit (FAPRU), on the University of Kentucky campus. The ceremony was hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (UK-CAFE), which will house the new facility.