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USDA 1890 National Scholar Program Internships Helped Refine Goals

USDA Blog

With that seed of interest planted, she took agriculture classes throughout high school, grew and maintained her garden, showed livestock, and cross-bred tomatoes. She eventually got her degree in agriculture from Prairie View A&M University with a concentration in plant and soil science.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Nevada Cattlemen’s Association New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau New Mexico Wine & Grape Growers Association New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association New York Farm Bureau New York Pork Producers Coop Inc New York State Division, IWLA Normex, Inc.

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Closing the Loop on Poop

Modern Farmer

Unlike wildlife scat , which spreads seeds and returns nature’s nutrients in a balanced way, most conventional pet diets yield large amounts of waste. Lessons From Mushers and Others Composting is the controlled breakdown of organic matter into humus, a rich soil amendment many prefer over chemical fertilizers.

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Coalition letter of support for USDA Agricultural Research Service funding

NASDA

The agency also manages the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), which safeguards genetic diversity critical for breeding crops and livestock that can withstand emerging pests, diseases, and environmental stresses.

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Coalition letter of support for USDA Agricultural Research Service funding

NASDA

The agency also manages the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), which safeguards genetic diversity critical for breeding crops and livestock that can withstand emerging pests, diseases, and environmental stresses.

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Producing the Perfect Potato and Soil Health to Handle Environmental Stress—The Perry Farm—Chin, Alberta

RR2CS

Together, Harold and his brother, Chris, and his father, Gerald, work collaboratively as partners to manage 5000 acres of irrigated land producing potatoes — varieties of chippers, russets, and red Mozart potatoes — along with other field crops, including hard red spring wheat, winter wheat, barley, sunflowers, green peas, seed canola.

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