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Readout of Meeting with Agricultural Stakeholders on the Port of Baltimore and Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

USDA News
Friday, March 29, 2024 - 5:00pm

Today, senior leadership from the White House, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) convened a meeting of federal, state, agricultural, and food industry stakeholders to discuss impacts to the agriculture and food sectors from the collapse of the...

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Biden-Harris Administration Invests in Clean Energy and Fertilizer Production to Strengthen American Farms and Businesses as Part of Investing in America Agenda

USDA News
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 11:30am

OMAHA, Neb., March 28, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $124 million in renewable energy and fertilizer production...

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$22 Million Announced for Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 10:53am
Cattle graze in a field outside of Walcott, Iowa,2017. USDA Photo by Preston Keres

Champions of managed grazing are celebrating USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS)...

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Promoting beneficial gut microbes with whole-food dietary fiber

Purdue University Agriculture News
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Americans generally consume about half the recommended daily dietary fiber requirement.

Everything You Need to Know About FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 12:15pm
Photo credit: Mike Stoll

On Friday, March 8 – more than 162 days into the start of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 – Congress finally approved a final FY2024 Agriculture...

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This season’s Boilermaker Vegetable Pass available for purchase

Purdue University Agriculture News
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 12:00am
The Greater Lafayette community can support the Purdue University Student Farm in the 2024 growing season while enjoying an array of delicious vegetables by purchasing a Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass. This year’s Community Supported Agriculture program will offer two share options as well as... Read More

Purdue Ag Week to feature student-led activities celebrating agriculture

Purdue University Agriculture News
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 12:00am
During the week of April 1-5, Purdue University’s College of Agriculture will host Ag Week on Memorial Mall. Ag Week is an annual series of student-led events that highlight the giant leaps occurring within the College of Agriculture and the agriculture industry.

NIFA Investment Paves the Way for Veterinary Students

USDA Blog
Monday, March 25, 2024 - 11:56am

Since 2010, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) has served the needs of food animal veterinarians and stakeholders...

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Machine-learning model demonstrates effect of public breeding on rice yields in climate change

Purdue University Agriculture News
Monday, March 25, 2024 - 12:00am
Climate change, extreme weather events, unprecedented records in temperatures and higher, acidic oceans make it difficult to predict the long-term fate of modern crop varieties.

Ejeta to receive Purdue University’s highest award from President Chiang

Purdue University Agriculture News
Monday, March 25, 2024 - 12:00am
Last October, 2009 World Food Prize winner Gebisa Ejeta received the highest scientific honor awarded in the United States: the National Medal of Science. On April 1 he will receive Purdue’s highest honor at an event that will also focus on Ejeta’s research and his commitment to end hunger in... Read More

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