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Rural America has Plenty to Share with Global Partners
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack accompanied by Pakistani Agriculture Minister Nazar Muhammad Gondal and Afghan Agriculture Minister Mohammad Asif Rahimi during their visit to the Keith and Sue...
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Growing Jobs in Rural America
In President Obama’s July 11 press conference, he asked us all to look at the steps we can take short term in order to put folks back to work. At the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), we have...
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USDA Scientists Make Breakthrough in PRRS Research
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. Porcine reproductive...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: Reducing Pain at the Pump for Americans
As Americans joined family and friends to celebrate America’s independence, tens of millions took to our highways and Interstates – and I know that gas prices were on the minds of many. President Obama...
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The Next Generation of Statisticians
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. One of the most exciting...
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RISE Volunteers Mentor Young Gardeners
RISE Volunteers with the People’s Garden national leadership team at Grandview Elementary School In 2011, Washington State University won a USDA People’s Garden School Pilot Project grant. The...
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Exploring New Options for Agroforestry
A Dust Bowl era poster urged farmers to plant windbreaks. 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...
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More than ‘The Peanut Man’
Dr. George Washington Carver was an American scientist, educator, and inventor. Photo Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration. This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on...
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Creating a Roadmap for Women in Agriculture
Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden, seated left, hosted a panel on the role of women in agriculture at the 2014 Agricultural Outlook Forum. Photo by Bob Nichols In February, it was my privilege to moderate...
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Celebrate Extension’s Centennial by Sharing Your Extension Story!
If you are a 4-H’er, a farmer or backyard gardener who works with your local Extension agent, or a part of a Land Grant University – tell us how Extension has helped, improved or even changed your life...
View ArticleFarmers go Digital to Confront Changing Growing Conditions
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. American farmers have a...
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The Morrill Act: 153 Years of Innovations for American Agriculture
Justin Smith Morrill served as a Vermont Representative and Senator from 1855-1898. He is best known for authoring the Morrill Act in 1862, which created the land-grant university system, and the...
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An Agricultural Legacy: Agriculture Strides through the Generations
Dr. Antoine Alston is professor and associate dean for academic studies in North Carolina A&T State University’s School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. He is a nationally recognized...
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ARS Employee Volunteers Time, Expertise to Iowa Community Garden
Agricultural research science technician Fred Engstrom (left), a parent volunteer and two Central Elementary students measure out lumber for building raised beds at Noah’s Garden. As an agricultural...
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Stewardship, Antibiotics and Veterinary Medical Ethics – A Call for Action
Veterinarian inspects cattle. Photo credit: R. Anson Eaglin, USDA, APHIS Stewardship is an ethic that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources. And as World Antibiotics Awareness...
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In Conversation with #WomeninAg: Dr. Lois Wright Morton
As project director for the USDA-NIFA Climate and Corn-based Cropping System Coordinated Agricultural Project, Dr. Lois Wright Morton (R) spends a lot of time in corn fields from Iowa to Ohio talking...
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In Conversation with #WomeninAg: Dr. Cathy Kling
Dr. Cathy Kling, a Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a professor of economics at Iowa State University. Every month, USDA shares the story of a woman in...
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Iowa Takes an Ethnic Studies Approach to 4-H
4-H’ers participate in Ujima, an Iowa 4-H program that reflects the positive cultural knowledge that many of the youth possess. Photo credit: Chaisson-Cardenas In this guest blog, Iowa State 4-H Youth...
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Nanostructured Biosensors Detect Pesticide, Help Preserve Environment
Artist conception of the creation of a biosensor that is created with graphene ink. (Image reproduced by permission of Dr. Jonathan Claussen from Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 15870.) When does too much of a...
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