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The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) highlights 2019 accomplishments; Photo of Dr. Scott Angle, NIFA Director.

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Dec 3, 2019

NIFA – Highlighting Research, Education, and Extension Successes of 2019

New Nanosensor Detects Microscopic Contaminants in Water. NIFA Blog. Photo of a nanosensor connected to a portable potentiostat to monitor pesticides in a sample fluid.

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Nov 15, 2019

New Nanosensor Detects Microscopic Contaminants in Water

Want to Save Money? Invest in Agricultural Biosecurity. Photo of a poultry producer checks the broiler hens in one of his chicken houses, courtesy of USDA photos by Bob Nichols.

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Aug 27, 2019

Want to Save Money? Invest in Agricultural Biosecurity

Purple Corn Offers Benefits Inside and Out. NIFA Blog. Researchers at the University of Illinois found that elements of purple corn might help fight several diseases; photo by L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Aug 5, 2019

Purple Corn Offers Benefits Inside and Out

New Software Helps Plant Breeders Bring Out Their Best. NIFA Blog story. Photo of Thomas Björkman, professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, studying broccoli in a field at Cornell AgriTech, courtesy of Matt Hayes, Cornell University.

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Jul 25, 2019

New Software Helps Plant Breeders Bring Out Their Best

Improving Cattle Fertility. NIFA Blog. Fernando Biase, assistant professor in Auburn University’s College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences, is researching strategies to improve fertility in beef cattle; photo courtesy of Auburn University.

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Jul 17, 2019

Auburn University Researcher Working to Improve Fertility in Cattle

Grant Helps VA Tech Scientists Find New Ways to Use Secondary Logging Materials. NIFA repost of VA Tech Article. Photo: Chad Bolding leading the Virginia Tech portion of the study that will examine forest residue collection; courtesy of VA Tech.

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Jul 11, 2019

Grant Helps VA Tech Scientists Use Secondary Logging Materials

Drones Provide Eye-in-the-Sky to Help Fight Fires. NIFA Blog story. Photo of aerial view of a wildfire taken from a drone specially fitted to analyze fire and wind data, courtesy of Xiaolin Hu.

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Jul 10, 2019

Drones Provide Eye-in-the-Sky to Help Fight Fires

Online Hands-On Mapping System Helps Keep Pollinators Safe. NIFA blog story. Photo of bee pollinating flower, courtesy of Forest Service.

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Jun 18, 2019

Online Hands-On Mapping System Helps Keep Pollinators Safe

Youth Aim High at 4-H Military Partnership Summer Camps. NIFA blog story. Photo of youth learning about computers at a 2018 Air Force 4-H camp in New York, courtesy of 4-H.

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Jun 11, 2019

Youth Aim High at 4-H Military Partnership Summer Camps

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