Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Using plants to produce nanobodies that quickly block emerging pathogens in human medicine and agriculture

A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite

Improving frozen food quality, safety and energy use with a new isochoric freezing method

Doubling the amount of grains that a sorghum plant can yield

Plant scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in their search for solutions to global food production challenges, have doubled the amount of grains that a sorghum plant can yield. Sorghum, one of the world’s most important sources of food, animal feed, and biofuel, is considered a model crop

Doubling the amount of grains that a sorghum plant can yield

Food and fuel: A model for bioenergy feedstock/vegetable double-cropping systems

Much attention has been given to dedicated, perennial bioenergy crops to meet the revised Renewable Fuel Standard mandating production of 36 billion gallons of biofuel by the year 2022. Even so, concern remains over the impending need to convert as much as 30 million acres of U.S. crop land, which would include food crops, to

Food and fuel: A model for bioenergy feedstock/vegetable double-cropping systems

Symposium summary: Swine cells could power artificial liver

Chronic or acute, liver failure can be deadly. Toxins take over, the skin turns yellow and higher brain function slows. “There is no effective therapy at the moment to deal with the toxins that build up in your body,” said Neil Talbot, a Research Animal Scientist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service. “Their only option

Symposium summary: Swine cells could power artificial liver

Sorghum Eyed as a Southern Bioenergy Crop

Sweet sorghum is primarily grown in the United States as a source of sugar for syrup and molasses. But the sturdy grass has other attributes that could make it uniquely suited to production as a bioenergy crop, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies suggest. Sorghum is an ideal candidate because of its drought tolerance, adaptability to diverse

Sorghum Eyed as a Southern Bioenergy Crop

Possible breakthrough for cellulosic ethanol?

A gene that keeps switchgrass forever young could have far-reaching implications for the development of the plant as a biofuel crop, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists. Inserting a specific gene called “corngrass” from corn into switchgrass essentially keeps the perennial grass in its juvenile form — a plant that doesn’t flower, doesn’t produce

Possible breakthrough for cellulosic ethanol?

One-Pound Boat That Could Float 1,000 Pounds

Materials Inspired by Mother Nature Combining the secrets that enable water striders to walk on water and give wood its lightness and great strength has yielded an amazing new material so buoyant that, in everyday terms, a boat made from 1 pound of the substance could carry five kitchen refrigerators, about 1,000 pounds. One of

One-Pound Boat That Could Float 1,000 Pounds

Giving Soybean Oil a New Role in Serving Society

Image by Big Grey Mare via Flickr Scientists have reported on the development of a new method for converting soybean oil into a highly effective bio-based sunscreen active ingredient that does not carry the potential health concerns of ingredients in some existing sunscreens. The new, natural sunscreen agent could replace petroleum-derived ingredients in a variety

Giving Soybean Oil a New Role in Serving Society

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Trustees-approved STEM+Ag Complex to house six academic departments, transform campus landscape
Auburn University will soon construct a new academic building complex, focusing on science, technology, engineering, mathematics and agriculture.
House Reps Push for Seed Tech and Autonomy in 2024 Budget
Of their biggest ag research concerns, the representatives site: • Seed technology • Plant resilience • Autonomy • Safer pesticides “It is important ag research receive funding increases to meet the ...
Strengthening sorghum against a worldwide fungal threat
A gene discovered by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Purdue University scientists could help fortify the defenses of sorghum to anthracnose, a disease of the cereal grain crop that ...
Hansen: A clear objective for smoke research
Smoky skies stayed mostly away from Washington state’s 2022 wine grape crop, but solving the problem that wildfire smoke poses for grapes and wine remains a top and urgent research priority of the ...
Sorghum: The unlikely food source for pollinators
Sorghum bicolor, a pollen-rich grass species cultivated for grain and forage, which looks similar to corn, can be an important food source for pollinators and other beneficial insects during times ...

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Strengthening sorghum against a worldwide fungal threat
A gene discovered by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Purdue University scientists could help fortify the defenses of sorghum to anthracnose, a disease of the cereal grain crop that ...
Agricultural Contract Management Service Market 2023 : Size (value & volume) by Company, Key Regions, Type, and Application 2028
A variety of methodologies and analyses are used in the research to ensure accurate and comprehensive information about the Agricultural Contract Management Service Market. 2. How do you determine ...
Agriculture: Priority Areas for Development in 2023 and Beyond
Before the discovery ... research institutions Many agric research institutions across the country are lying fallow without developing research findings for the advancement of the nation’s ...
UC Davis Agricultural Researchers Win National, International Awards
It is funded through gifts from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The academy will honor Zhou at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Ronald won her ...
Agricultural research funding has dropped, impacting the fight against climate change
Steep cuts in federal funds for agriculture research over the last 20 years threatens farming's fight against climate change.