Local Researchers Involved In Gene Mapping Research
This new sheep genome map could change the game for livestock breeders—tailoring traits like digestion and muscle growth with precision.
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Wine Minute: Sustainability In Research
What does sustainability look like in the ongoing research Oregon State University's Alexander Butcher is conducting? And what role will sustainability play into the future? He answers those questions and more in today's PNW Ag Network Wine Minute.
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Wine Minute: NGRA 101
What is the National Grape Research Alliance, and how does the organization help the industry? Donnell Brown gives us an overview of NGRA.
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Wine Minute: Advantages Of Wine Research Now And Into The Future
In today's PNW Ag Network Wine Minute, Linn Scott, with the Washington state Wine Commission talks about how funded research benefits the wine industry now and into the future.
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Wine Minute: Washington Research Projects
The Washington state Wine Commission recently announced nearly $1 million for research efforts. The Commission's Melissa Hansen takes a look at some of the projects that will receive funding.
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Wine Minute: What’s the Latest With the Research Review Process
In today's Wine Minute, the Washington state Wine Commission's Linn Scott has the latest update on the research review process.
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USDA Announces Additional $80 Million for Long-Term Resilience in the Dairy Industry
Last week, the USDA announced an additional investment of $80 million in the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives. In November, the program awarded $18.4 million to three current initiatives at the University of Tennessee, Vermont Agency for Food and Marketing and University of Wisconsin, and $1
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Dryland Farmers Working With Latest Technology To Improve Yields
Dryland farming and practices related to it, have been around for centuries. Yet modern innovations and technologies are being increasingly incorporated into research to address issues such as sustainability and water management. USDA researcher, Robert Lescano, said remote sensing data and satellite imagery are now being incorporated into research, with scientific collaboration across various
USDA Using “One Health” Approach To Study Viruses
According to researchers, up to 75% of emerging infectious diseases in humans come from animals. And that includes COVID-19. Dr. Mike Watson, Associate Administrator at APHIS, is part of a proposed project just announced recently to create basically an early warning system of possible human disease outbreaks by doing more animal disease surveillance
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NIFA Announces $7 Million in Ag Research Grants
The USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture announced more than $7 million in research grants to non-land-grant colleges and universities.
“These grants aim to increase research, education, and outreach capacity at non-land-grant institutions to support the development of the innovations and workforce needed to sustain the agriculture industry in the future,” the Department said last w