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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

Big Data Shows How to Improve Profits and Help Environment. USDA NIFA blog article. Image of Michigan State University chart that show crop yield stability in individual fields across the U.S. Corn Belt courtesy of the Basso Lab at MSU.

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Apr 22, 2019

Big Data Shows How to Improve Profits and Help Environment

Wildfires alter the chemistry of forest streams for years. USDA NIFA blog article. Photo of forest stream, courtesy of Julie Nelson.

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Apr 15, 2019

Wildfires Alter Stream Chemistry for Years

An Andrena vicinia, one of 14 declining wild bee species identified by researchers at the University of New Hampshire, pollinates a flower. (Photo by Molly Jacobson)

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Apr 10, 2019

UNH Researchers Reveal More Than Dozen Wild Bee Species Declining in Northeast

NIFA Blog. Science's Big Battle Against Small Enemies. Photo of multiple spotted lanternfly on a tree; courtesy of Lance Cheung, USDA Flickr.

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Apr 9, 2019

Science Big Battle Against Small Enemies

The Clean Water Act has decreased measures of water pollution in U.S. lakes, streams and rivers. NIFA Blog story. (Photo courtesy of USDA Forest Service)

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Oct 11, 2018

Clean Water Act Dramatically Cut Pollution in U.S. Waterways

NIFA-funded research used genetics to remove horns from dairy cattle. (Image courtesy of Recombinetics)

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Nov 15, 2016

NIFA, Agricultural Research Tackle Society’s "Wicked" Problems

Map of nitrogen deposition in the United States

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Jun 7, 2016

The Nutrient Challenge of Sustainable Fertilizer Management

Students enrolled in the STEP UP to USDA Career Success program take part in an intense short course in environmental soil science. (Photo courtesy of Tanner Machado)

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Jan 20, 2016

Under Represented Students STEP-Up to Careers in Agriculture

Global water awareness

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Apr 21, 2015

Answering questions about the world’s water security problems

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