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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USDA enters partnership to create precision agriculture research centre
The USDA has partnered with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to collaborate on a “ground-breaking” precision agriculture research centre.
Construction begins on USDA laboratory at Nebraska Innovation Campus
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USDA partner on ground-breaking precision ag research center
A $160 million facility to be built at the Nebraska Innovation Campus will be the USDA's 96th agricultural research center. The National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Agriculture aims to ...
USDA, UNL celebrate ‘new frontier’ of Nebraska’s ag research and innovation partnership
University of Nebraska officials Monday welcomed the groundbreaking of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture facility that they say will “expand the frontiers of agriculture.” Joined by Nebraska’s ...
Huge research investment makes Nebraska 'heartbeat' of precision agriculture
The state that gave the world the flat iron steak and center pivot irrigation stakes its claim as the heartbeat of future farm innovation, as the U.S. Departmen ...

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USDA enters partnership to create precision agriculture research centre
The USDA has partnered with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to collaborate on a “ground-breaking” precision agriculture research centre.
USDA, UNL celebrate ‘new frontier’ of Nebraska’s ag research and innovation partnership
The University of Nebraska is celebrating a new U.S. Department of Agriculture facility to expand research and "the frontiers of agriculture.” ...
Wayne Guenzi OBITUARY
he accepted a position as a Research Scientist with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Lincoln, Nebraska. While working full-time ...
USDA Details Research that Explores Avian Influenza Potential in Beef
The USDA released a statement and more details about the ongoing research on H5N1 strains of HPAI in beef. The post USDA addresses studies evaluating avian influenza in beef appeared first on AGDAILY.
USDA testing ground beef in wake of bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle
For both the retail and slaughter studies, any PCR positive samples will be evaluated by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for live virus. The final study will see ARS conduct a ...