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USDA will Amend the Federal Marketing Order for California Walnuts
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that producers of walnuts grown in California voted to amend their federal marketing.
Pre-Solicitation Announcement for Section 32 Purchase of Frozen Strawberry Products
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase Frozen Strawberry Products for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs.
NIFA Invests $9.5 Million to Promote Innovation in Animal Reproduction (A1211)
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
The Animal Reproduction program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative funds projects that focus on enhancing gonadal function, evaluating transcriptomics in sperm, preventing pregnancy loss, and improving estrus response to enhance fertility in livestock and aquacultured food animals.
NIFA Invests $6.7 Million to Advance the Sustainable Bioeconomy through Biobased Products (A1414)
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
This program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative supports integrated projects to advance biobased products, biomass systems or biomass-generated power to enable the bioeconomy in a manner which reduces adverse impacts to the environment.
NIFA Invests $16.2 Million in Innovative Plant Breeding Research (AFRI A1141)
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
Agriculture of the future will be enabled by genome design, innovative breeding methods, data analysis and knowledge of molecular and biological processes.
Study Unravels the Impact of Rockweed Harvest at the Bed-Scale
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
This story was originally published by the University of Maine and is reprinted here with permission.
State of Success: National Oklahoma Day
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
The Hatch Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in March 1887, set up a national network of agricultural experiment stations with a mission to conduct research that would make America's farms more productive.
Celebrate National Higher Education Day
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
NIFA’s education programs are designed to enhance the food and agriculture workforce pipeline, including disciplines supportive of the food and agriculture sector, through programs that support workforce development, increase agricultural literacy, strengthen student recruitment and retention and build educational capacity.
USDA’s Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Creates $85m Economic Impact, Increases Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Decreases Food Insecurity in Year 3
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
The Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Center (NTAE) has released Year 3 (2021-2022) evaluation impact findings for the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP).
#BeatPlasticPollution this World Environment Day
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
Hosted this year by Côte d'Ivoire in partnership with the Netherlands, the day is focusing on solutions to plastic pollution.
The Prevalence of the “Natural” Claim on Food Product Packaging
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
U.S. food suppliers make claims about their production processes on food packaging that highlight attributes some consumers want while charging a higher price than for unlabeled products.
USDA Researching New England's Ability to be Self-Reliant in Food Production
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
Rarely do we ever know how much food is actually grown, produced, and then circulated from within a sub-national region.
USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting June 8
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2023
2023 SPSD Collaborative Soil Science Research grant opened on June 8.
Opening Statement: "Innovation, Employment, Integrity, and Health: Opportunities for Modernization in Title IV"
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2023
Release: "Good morning, and welcome to this morning’s hearing on the nutrition title of the Farm Bill.
USDA-AMS grant application closes on Aug. 10
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2023
Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Program (DBI) Fiscal Year 2023 grant opened on June 8.
Notice of Request for Approval of New Information Collection discussed on June 7 by Agriculture Department
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2023
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Ranking Member Boozman, UA Professor Highlight Harms of New EPA Biotech Rule
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON-A final rule issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) threatens U.S. biotech innovation and creates new market barriers for small producers, University of Arkansas Professor Margaret Leigh Worthington told the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research during her testimony at a hearing Wednesday on the farm bill horticulture title.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 7, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
BRIDGEcereal: Self-Teaching Web App Improves Speed, Accuracy of Classifying DNA Variations Among Cereal Varieties
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
Agricultural Research Service and Washington State University scientists have developed an innovative web app called BRIDGEcereal that can quickly and accurately analyze the vast amount of genomic data now available for cereal crops and organize the material into intuitive charts that identify patterns locating genes of interest.
Connecting Local Producers to Montana Schools
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
Bringing together local producers and schools was the objective of the “Bringing the Farm to School” producer training in Hardin, Montana.