Science news articles about 'usda research'

... resources and quickly biodegradable - are getting their moment in the sun. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), who helped develop these new bioproducts, are the recipients of ...

... Animal Disease Center operated in Ames, Iowa, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. Richt said that prion diseases including mad cow disease are referred to as "slow ...

... benefits to EFNEP provides an incentive to Congress to increase funding." The study was supported by a USDA Research Development Grant from the Joint Center for Poverty Research (2000), the College ...

... beekeeping operations, with some beekeepers reporting losses of up to 90 percent, according to the USDA. Researchers believe CCD may be the result of a combination of pathogens, parasites and stress ...