Science Tuesday

Protecting Paradise

November 09, 2010 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Information Staff

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 profile. It seems that even Paradise on Earth requires a bit of pest control once in a while. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

Research and Science

Is Your Family Prepared?

November 02, 2010 Bill Hoffman, USDA/NIFA National Program Leader for Agriculture Homeland Security

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. Every family should take steps to prepare for the disaster they hope never comes. The Extension Disaster Education...

Research and Science

BARC Student Garden: An Urban Oasis For Dirty Hands

October 26, 2010 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Information Staff

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.

Research and Science

USDA to Use iPad For Survey Work in 2011

October 19, 2010 Mark Harris, Director, Research & Development Division, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

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. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), will take a technological leap forward in 2011 by using Apple’s new...

Research and Science

USDA Science Creates More Fresh Food Choices

October 12, 2010 Tara T. Weaver-Missick, Chief, Information Products and Services Branch, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Information Staff

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. It’s hard to imagine average Americans of the 1950s and ‘60s walking around carrying bottles of water or worrying about...

Research and Science

Need to Identify a Python? There’s an App for That.

October 05, 2010 Erin Griffin, Communications and Outreach Coordinator, University of Georgia, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health

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. Exotic animals are a growing problem in Florida. From Burmese pythons to Nile monitors, these animals are invading...

Research and Science

Virtual Fencing: Control from Above

September 28, 2010 Dean M. Anderson, Animal Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, N.M.

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. While driving, have you ever wondered why there are so many fences to interrupt your soul-satisfying, wide-open-spaces...

Rural Research and Science

Number of Hispanic Farmers and Ranchers in the U.S. Continues to Grow

September 21, 2010 Hubert Hamer, Chairperson of the Agricultural Statistics Board, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

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.

Research and Science

USDA Representatives Go into the Fields to Get Accurate Yield Forecasts

September 07, 2010 Marshall L. Dantzler, Director of Eastern Field Operations, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

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. When I was growing up on the farm in South Carolina, my family used a very simple method of estimating our production...

Research and Science

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