Anna Wallingford is an entomologist by training. She wants to be a resource for farmers, gardeners and homesteaders who are ...

That’s why the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) partnered with The University of ...

Rebecca Phillips of Ecological Insights, shown in July 2024 in Burleigh County, conducts agriculture research in North Dakota but is awaiting federal payments on some of her work. (Jeff Beach/North ...

Arkansas has some of the most varied weather and terrain in the country. Weather events have dramatically different impacts across the state and it affects farmers each year. The ...

The Agriculture Department is applying more scrutiny to research done by its employees alongside noncitizens. The directives, laid out in a memo which went out to USDA employees and research ...

We need to grow what we know about food production. We don’t have – and we have trouble importing – enough labor to sow and reap. So, we need to develop the tools and technology that keep American ...

U.S. Department of Energy has awarded University of Nevada, Reno a $9 million grant to study cactus pear as a climate resilient biomass biofuel feedstock.

Land grant universities are sounding the alarm about potential damage to agricultural research as USDA goes through a rapid transformation that's likely to include deep funding and staff cuts. The ...

Employees at U.S. Department of Agriculture research facilities across the Midwest have lost their jobs as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to trim the federal workforce. Former and current ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Deep cuts in funding for agricultural research in the United States threaten our food ...

Explore how Africa can unlock its agricultural potential by effectively utilising global research, addressing productivity challenges, and ensuring food security for the future ...