March 21, 2025

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USDA announces Dr. Jaye L. Hamby as NIFA Director

September 11, 2024

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USDA/NIFA invests nearly $121M in specialty crops research and organic agriculture production

August 20, 2024

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University of Illinois scientists to revamp corn breeding with focus on climate resilience

July 18, 2024

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USDA/NIFA invests $8M in Physiology of Agricultural Plants Program / FY23 (A1152)

July 4, 2024

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USDA/NIFA invests $7.6M advance agricultural biosecurity (A1181)

USDA/NIFA invests $2.7M in plant breeding for cultivar development (A1143)

July 2, 2024

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Improving rice quality is focus of NIFA-funded Arkansas research - USDA-NIFA grants awarded to Arkansas researchers to improve rice quality

June 27, 2024

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USDA/NIFA invests $5.8M in foundational knowledge of plant products

USDA/NIFA invests $8.6M in plant breeding for agricultural production (A1141)

June 25, 2024

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USA - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) invests $70M in visionary sustainable agricultural research

June 13, 2024

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USDA/NIFA invests $5.5M in agricultural production systems research

May 24, 2024

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USDA-NIFA grant supports microwave technology to zap weed seeds

May 17, 2024

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USDA investment advances research and extension capacity across all 19 of America’s designated 1890 historically black Land-grant Universities

April 26, 2024

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USA - National Science Foundation and USDA/NIFA join forces to boost innovation in agricultural robotics

April 2, 2024

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Cultivating the future: Agricultural innovations for climate resilience

March 22, 2024

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Breeding food crops for the future - Plant diseases, insects and a changing climate pose ongoing challenges to food crop producers

February 6, 2024

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USA - Naked barley research attracts nearly $10 million in grants (Capital Press)

January 9, 2024

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Texas A&M AgriLife Research gets $5.2 million grant for onion improvement - National Institute of Food and Agriculture-funded project will address multiple aspects of successful short-day onion production

December 20, 2023

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USA - Land-grant university scientists are making turfgrass safer, better for the environment

December 8, 2023

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USDA/NIFA announces the National Climate Change Roadmap – A Research Framework for Agriculture, Forestry and Working Lands

November 9, 2023

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USDA/NIFA launches initiative to enhance competitiveness of the U.S. specialty crops industry

September 28, 2023

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USDA/NIFA invests $2.3M in agricultural genomes to phenomes initiative

USDA/NIFA invests in supplemental and alternative crops

September 27, 2023

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USDA/NIFA invests $3.7M in alfalfa seed and alfalfa storage systems

September 8, 2023

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Scientists across the U.S. are working to create more nutrient-dense diets

August 9, 2023

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USA - New cover crop survey data challenges assumptions - National survey finds incentive payments boost cover crops, while 9 in 10 farmers intend to stick with cover crops after payments end

June 21, 2023

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U.S. Department of Agriculture announces inaugural “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program”

June 8, 2023

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USDA/NIFA invests $16.2 million in innovative plant breeding research (AFRI A1141)

May 18, 2023

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Land-grant universities support alfalfa, the ‘queen of forages’

April 24, 2023

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USDA announces new National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Director