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New Mexico Animal Honey

An oregano farmer, a beekeeper and a researcher with New Mexico State University are...

Florida Pests and Disease Fruit

Some people like to wake up and drink a glass of fresh Florida orange juice. With the greening...

Georgia Global Food Security Ayoyo

Kansas Pests and Disease Soybean

Charcoal rot is a soilborne disease caused by a fungus (Macrophomina phaseolina) that results in...

California Animal Livestock

Instead of surgically castrating young boars, researchers at the University of California, Davis...

California Specialty Crop Vegetables

UC Davis is partnering in a global plant-breeding consortium fighting malnutrition and poverty in...

New York Human Health Fruit

Foodborne illnesses can be caused by food coming in contact with bacteria on surfaces in...

Michigan Sustainability Fruit

Because pollinators are critical for the production of most berry crops, Dr. Isaacs and his...

New York Plant Production Broccoli

Broccoli is a high-value crop worth nearly one billion dollars per year. Although there is...

California Animal Protein

In rural African villages, chickens provide families with much more than meat and eggs....

North Carolina Pests and Disease Fruit

It’s blueberry season in North Carolina, a time when the market for the fresh, locally grown...

Wisconsin Sustainability Grain

Stuck where they are, plants have to adapt to their environments, responding to stresses like...

Florida Plant Production Blueberries

The Florida blueberry industry got its start in the 1970s when the University of Florida (UF)...

Virginia Systems and Technology Fruit

Nebraska Human Health Yogurt

Diabetes, heart disease and inflammatory disorders threaten the health of many Americans....

Genomics Cranberries

Both cranberries and blueberries are botanically part of the Vaccinium species. The U.S....

Iowa Plant Production Corn

U.S. farmers produce 41 percent of the world’s corn on 400,000 farms located primarily in the...

Georgia Pests and Disease Cotton

The boll weevil is a pest that devastates cotton plants by feeding on its buds and flowers....

Florida Systems and Technology Fruit

After 100 years of assertions about the roots of citrus, a global group of scientists – including...

Illinois Animal Livestock

The Human Genome Project accelerated the discovery of disease genes in humans, provided a new...

Florida Pests and Disease Fruit

In Florida, agriculture is diversifying. Farmers in the state produce the most oranges,...

Colorado Pests and Disease Grain

As home to one of the nation’s best-known wheat-breeding programs, Colorado State University has...

Colorado Animal Fruit

Arming Colorado’s beekeepers with new knowledge to improve pollinator health is the goal of...

Missouri Plant Production Soybean

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are using machine learning to help farmers make...

Wisconsin Animal Dairy

The dairy industry is committed to reducing GHGs associated with milk production. The researchers...

Georgia Plant Production

Dr. Williams and his colleagues at Fort Valley State University (FVSU) are bridging-the-gap of...

Wisconsin Human Health Fruit

The American Heart Association notes a recent study that showed millions of people worldwide...

Nebraska Genomics Wheat

Wheat provides 20 percent of the protein and 20 percent of the calories consumed by humans...

Florida Economics Fruit

Some people love to eat a juicy, seedless watermelon for a tasty, refreshing snack during a hot,...

Texas Systems and Technology Grain

The Texas A&M AgriLife Research dryland wheat variety nursery near Bushland is being monitored...

Nebraska Food Safety Protein

After making strides in the detection and control of a dangerous microbe that has bedeviled the...

Georgia Animal Cattle

Dr. Misztal and a team of international researchers are working to simplify genetic analyses for...

Indiana Sustainability Corn

To ensure proper moisture content for productive soils in the U.S. Corn Belt region, farmers use...

Iowa Natural Resources Grain

Iowa State University plant scientist Patrick Schnable quickly described how he measured the time...

Michigan Pests and Disease Grain

Salmonella is a formidable foe in low-moisture foods (e.g., peanut butter, nut snacks, pet foods,...

Michigan Sustainability Fruit

Tiny but mighty pollinators are an essential contributor to many of Michigan’s high-value fruits...

Michigan Economics Protein

For decades, animal breeders have benefited from databases of livestock performance information...

California Pests and Disease Grain

Fifty years ago, Norman Borlaug toiled for a decade to breed more productive varieties of wheat....

Texas Pests and Disease Spinach

In a landmark step in the fight against citrus greening disease, the U.S. Environmental...

Illinois Animal Protein

A change is coming to the cattle seedstock industry. Breed associations have long been interested...

Virginia Animal Dairy

Dr. White focuses on precision animal nutrition to improve livestock health and the efficiency of...

Texas Pests and Disease Tomato

For more than a half century, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, in collaboration with a...

North Carolina Global Food Security Vegetables

Cassava is one of the most important crops in Africa. It’s a starchy, potato-like vegetable used...

Pennsylvania Pests and Disease Tomato

Kansas Food Safety Protein

One of the lead researchers in a $25 million grant awarded five years ago says the nation’s beef...

Nebraska Global Food Security Grain

Rice blast spoils between 10 and 30 percent of annual rice yields worldwide — enough to feed as...

Pennsylvania Specialty Crop Grapes

This Penn State team is working to better understand how soil microbes and plant roots interact...

Georgia Sustainability Peanuts

An international group of agricultural scientists, including University of Georgia and USDA...

Texas Natural Resources Vegetables

Ground-penetrating radar might help the potato industry save water, according to Dr. Dirk Hays,...

New Mexico Sustainability Guar

Although they are not household words, guar gum (an extraction from guar beans) and guayule (a...

New York Plant Production Grain

For decades, the USDA and local organizations have compiled data that could help rice growers and...

Wisconsin Food Waste Dairy

“On average, only about a quarter of the crude protein in a dairy ration goes to milk,” says...

Pennsylvania Sustainability Fruit

Insect pollinators are essential to U.S. growers of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Honey...

Indiana Pests and Disease Tomato

Growers of tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables can extend their growing season and increase...

Missouri Genomics pigs

Investments in agricultural research provide a boost to improve human health. With the sequencing...

Nebraska Food Safety Protein

A seven-year national research project led by Nebraska scientists will be recognized Oct. 12 for...

Michigan Animal Protein

Growing concern over the welfare of agricultural animals has led many states to pass legislation...

New York Plant Production Apples

Dr. Stroock and his team are developing sensors to detect the thirst of apple trees in order to...

Nebraska Economics Protein

Raising pigs is a tricky business. High production costs place a premium on effective breeding...

New York Pests and Disease Fruit

When a Cornell-led team of scientists analyzed two dozen environmental factors to understand...

Illinois Sustainability Grain

Scientists now have a new tool to predict the future effects of climate change on crop yields....

Iowa Plant Production Soybean

Newly published research from Iowa State University agronomists shows that the application of...

Iowa Sustainability Grain

A long-term research project at Iowa State University is marking a major milestone by publishing...

Iowa Sustainability Grain

Organic agriculture practices eschew many synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, putting pressure...

Kansas Global Food Security Grain

Kansas State University scientists are part of a breakthrough study in which an international...

Kansas Human Health Grain

Kansas State University researchers say their work to improve genes in wheat varieties using a...

Wisconsin Animal Dairy

When the city girl decides to study lactation, she must first learn to milk a cow. Laura...

Missouri Animal Fruit

Asked to name one way people have changed the environment, many people would probably say “global...

Tennessee Sustainability Fruit

Vegetable and fruit growers pay for a lot of plastic – $3.4 billion in worldwide sales in 2017....

Tennessee Animal Cattle

Dr. Myer and his team work to improve the nutrition and feed efficiency of beef cattle. To do so,...

Virginia Human Health Milk

Missouri Global Food Security Protein

Scientists are working diligently to prepare for the expected increase in global population — and...

North Carolina Sustainability Fruit

A recent news story by the U.S. Department of Agriculture acknowledged an NC State research and...

Nebraska

Nebraska has experienced five $1 billion severe storm events since 2010.

Virginia Genomics Potatoes

New York Systems and Technology Vegetables

From fried green tomatoes to pizza pie, the world savors the tomato across many stages of...

Iowa Systems and Technology Protein

An Iowa State University agronomist is charting mechanisms – gene by gene – that could lead to...

Illinois Plant Production Apples

When humans get bacterial infections, we reach for antibiotics to make us feel better faster....

Illinois Pests and Disease Corn

Farmers are stuck. Western corn rootworm can destroy cornfields – and profits – but populations...

New Mexico Economics

Developing sustainable energy sources is a national quest of scientists in both the private...

New Mexico Global Food Security

New Mexico State University is helping post-conflict Colombia get back on its feet through the...

New Mexico Pests and Disease Grain

With increased awareness that misuse of synthetic pesticides are a health risk, the...

New Mexico Natural Resources Grain

Southeastern New Mexico is facing water scarcity issues, and with an increased demand for...

North Carolina

At North Carolina State University, Cooperative Extension educators taught classes that empowered...

Indiana Human Health Grain

In 1889, a physician studying beriberi (now called thiamin deficiency) discovered that the...

Pennsylvania Global Food Security Strawberries

Pennsylvania Animal Wheat

Missouri Pests and Disease Fruit

In a sneak attack, some pathogenic microbes manipulate plant hormones to gain access to their...

Wisconsin Pests and Disease Vegetables

The Colorado potato beetle is notorious for its role in starting the pesticide industry — and for...

New Mexico Specialty Crop Pecans

Dr. Randall and her team are utilizing the available natural genetic diversity in pecans for...

Colorado Plant Production

Dr. Khosla and his team are reducing water and nitrogen use by enhancing the efficiency,...

Georgia Animal Poultry

Salmonellosis is a disease passed from chickens infected with Salmonella bacteria to humans...

Iowa Animal Pork

Biosecurity protocols and vaccinations help prevent or reduce disease in pigs, but some animals...

Missouri Human Health Protein

Immune cells patrol the gut to ensure that harmful microbes hidden in the food we eat don’t sneak...

Kansas Pests and Disease Grain

The rice blast fungus is a feared pathogen, even after genetic research discovered how to...

Kansas Animal

Through cutting-edge genome editing, scientists are working to help the swine (pig) industry...

Indiana Food Waste Dairy

A rapid heating and cooling of milk significantly reduces the amount of harmful bacteria present,...

California Food Safety Fruit

Dr. Nitin and his team are discovering multiple techniques to minimize cross-contamination, which...

Illinois Plant Production Soybean

Dr. Guan and his team use computer modeling to determine how increasing temperatures impact...

California Sustainability Soil

Healthy crops depend upon healthy soil. Dr. Scow leads a multi-disciplinary team of researchers...

Georgia Animal Cattle

Kansas Animal Protein

A Kansas State University swine scientist says that advances in how pigs are raised have led to...

Tennessee Systems and Technology Fruit

UT Institute of Agriculture Study Shows Devices May Improve Plant Stand Assessment

Pennsylvania Animal Honey

Colorado Human Health Beef

Antimicrobial resistant-microbes (AMRs) pose a serious threat to public health. AMRs are found in...

Colorado Human Health Protein

It’s a running joke in the laboratory of CSU researcher Elizabeth Ryan: After every presentation,...

Georgia Animal Livestock

The barber pole worm poses a great threat to the small ruminant (sheep and goat) industry. These...

Florida Genomics Oranges

At University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, researchers are working...

Virginia Genomics Soybean

The total value of the U.S. soybean crop was $41 billion in 2016 according to the American...

North Carolina Pests and Disease Fruit

With some 700 varieties grown around the world, tomatoes come in an array of colors, shapes and...

Pennsylvania Pests and Disease Corn

North Carolina Plant Production Grain

DNA replication is among life’s most important processes, providing a way for an organism’s...

Animal Livestock

The leading natural cause of death in beef and dairy cattle is Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD),...

Georgia Global Food Security Vegetables

North Carolina Food Safety

To protect against foodborne illnesses, researchers at North Carolina State University are...

California Specialty Crop Fruit

Strawberry farmers and industry leaders say new science, education, and collaborations underway...

Indiana Plant Production Soybean

Dr. Rainey and Dr. Cherkauer are automating part of the breeding process for soybeans. Drones fly...

Texas Animal Livestock

A highly successful example of public research for animal health began in the 1950s in the fight...

Florida Genomics Oranges

The Florida citrus industry, directly and indirectly, generates approximately 45,000 full-time...

Colorado Systems and Technology Wheat

Drivers heading south on East Drive or north on Mason Street in Fort Collins may not know that...

Indiana Systems and Technology Protein

Scientists working to increase soybean oil content tend to focus their efforts on genes known to...

Indiana Systems and Technology Grain

Sometime between 5 million and 13 million years ago, both maize and soybeans underwent genome...

California Sustainability

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a way to supercharge protein...

Texas Plant Production Cover Crops

Dr. Morgan and her team are helping farmers and the public understand the importance of soil...

Missouri Global Food Security

Nutrient-dense therapeutic foods have reduced deaths from childhood malnutrition but do little to...

Tennessee Natural Resources Peanuts

​Study Could Help Producers Combat Drought

Virginia Systems and Technology Beef

Michigan Sustainability Fruit

Though Michigan is a national leader in fruit production, some crops, such as raspberries,...

Texas Human Health Beef

A 14 percent decline in U.S. consumer meat consumption over the past decade has caused alarm with...

Florida Global Food Security

As we begin 2018, there are more than 7.4 billion people on planet Earth. By 2050, that number is...

Georgia Human Health Peanuts

The University of Georgia has received a $14 million grant from the U.S. Agency of International...

Georgia Global Food Security Rice

Rice has been a staple food crop around the world for millennia, but little was known about the...

Georgia Systems and Technology Blueberries

Automated data collection and analysis pipelines are changing the way humans generate and use...

Illinois Systems and Technology Protein

Today’s soybeans are typically golden yellow, with a tiny blackish mark where they attach to the...

Georgia Human Health

University of Georgia food engineer Fanbin Kong has been awarded a more than $496,000 grant from...

Tennessee Natural Resources Vegetables

​Study Will Focus on Eastern U.S. Soil Health and Producer Success

Tennessee Animal Beef

Across the U.S., there is a growing market for organic forages due to increased consumer demand...

Pennsylvania Human Health Broccoli

Virginia Genomics Apples

New York Human Health Grain

New research has identified genes that control vitamin E content in maize grain, a finding that...

Kansas Sustainability Wheat

Kansas State University scientists, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome...

Illinois Human Health Eggs

People who consume 18 grams of protein from whole eggs or from egg whites after engaging in...

Kansas Genomics Wheat

Funded by USDA, the International Wheat Yield Partnership Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP)...