Agricultural & Forestry Science

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative Potatoes: Unlocking New Market Opportunities

Researchers at Oregon State University, working under the Pacific Northwest Tri-State Program, are evaluating thousands of potential selections in both…

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Innovative Uses of Sugar-Cane Bagasse in Paper Biotechnology

Seeking to overcome these drawbacks, IRD researchers (UMR 180) and INRA (UMR 1163) (1), working jointly within IFR-BAIM (Biotechnologies Agro-Industrielles de…

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Dried Plums Act as Antioxidant in Some Meats

“We found that dried plums, when pureed, actually have a very good antioxidant capacity,” said Dr. Jimmy Keeton, professor of animal science and leader of the…

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Enhancing Climate Change Predictions Through Weather Interactions

Climate change studies that assess the full range of interactions among temperature, radiation, precipitation and land use can better aid humans to prepare for…

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International agricultural research is stepping up collaboration with CEMAGREF, CIRAD, INRA and IRD, …

Supplying a fast-growing global population with varied, quality foods as part of sustainable development in its broadest sense (economic, social, environmental…

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Fake Pesticides: A Growing Threat to Food Safety

These counterfeits range from sophisticated copies of patented products to low-quality fakes with little or no resemblance to the original. And it is a problem…

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New Skin-Like Membrane Offers Alternative to Animal Testing

The hide, recently developed by scientists in Switzerland, consists of a skin-like silicone membrane, complete with hair that rests over a layer of cow blood….

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Desert Locusts Threaten Mauritania: FAO Steps In With Aid

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has sent funds to help the Mauritanian teams involved and has loaned a helicopter to survey…

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NASA snow data helps maintain nation's largest, oldest bison herd

Now, NASA satellite data and computer modeling and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) information are helping track the remnants of this once mighty herd in…

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Innovator Revives Native Grasslands with Unique Solutions

With the help of the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center at Montana State University, Arbuckle and his wife Maggie have spent the last five years…

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Dissertation study found new spread route – Sheep came to northern Europe via Russia as well

In his thesis from the field of population genetics Miika Tapio used molecular markers to study the gene pools of sheep in the Nordic countries, Russia and the…

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EU Standards Transform Ugandan Fisheries Sector for Growth

Her dissertation titled: “Innovation Systems and Development: The Journey of a Beleaguered Nile Perch Fishery in Uganda,” documents the actions taken by a…

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Asian Soybean Rust Detected in Virginia, No Crop Threat

“Fortunately for our soybean producers in Virginia, this year's crop is out of danger,” said David Holshouser, associate professor and Extension soybean…

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A UGR group studies the uses of "alpechín" (seepage from olives pressings) in the drug and food industries

The interest of the research of the group directed by Alberto Ramos Cormenzana is due, to a great extent, to “jamilano”, a substance produced by this…

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Crop Producers and Congress: Navigating Rising Prices

“One of the questions generated by high prices is: How will U.S. and world producers respond? A second question is: How will Congress respond?” said Darrel…

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Exploring Early Farming: Insights from Stone Age Settlements

This has been made possible by an interdisciplinary research project currently underway aimed at the thorough investigation of two early settlements. The…

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