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Inside the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Dag Terje Filip Endresen.

Can the world food prize be posthumous?

November 21, 2021

There are strong and growing lines of evidence that soil moisture information can help us better understand and predict wildfire danger. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/hataлья саксонова.

Using soil moisture information to better understand and predict wildfire danger

September 27, 2021

A robot gathering information in Sanborn Field in Missouri. How best to deal with fiscal realities while not losing sight of the need to continue impactful mission efforts at land grant university research centers, stations, and properties is the focus of a symposium at this year’s Annual Meeting.

Benefits of an external review of outlying research centers, ranches, and farms

September 24, 2021

USDA-NIFA’s $8.65 million investment in 22 plant-breeding research projects range from exploring CRISPR gene editing on winter wheat to facilitating partnerships to research plant breeding for peppers, sorghum, avocados, and other crops. Photo by Joseph Iboyi.

Working together to drive agricultural scientific innovation

June 25, 2021

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Crop improvement ≠ Plant breeding

April 22, 2021

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Transforming the culture of data management in a federal science agency, one client at a time

February 23, 2021

Left: Carl Staegemann, the author's great-great-great grandfather. Right: Lazar Schargorodsky with his children, including the author's grandfather (on the right).

Recognizing our privilege

February 21, 2021

Online LaTex users at Iowa State over time. An institutional Overleaf license was initiated in September 2018.

Be a more productive writer with online LaTex

May 15, 2020

TerraSentia robot, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, navigating under the crop canopy to collect plant phenotypic data to assess plant health and traits for breeding decisions. Photo courtesy of Claire Benjamin, University of Illinois.

Beyond yield: ARPA-E changes what's possible for biofuel feedstock production

April 22, 2020

Citrus greening, one of the most significant citrus diseases, was first detected in Florida in 2005. It is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), its insect vector. Photo courtesy of R. Anson Eaglin, USDA-APHIS

Making the most of the international year of plant health

January 28, 2020

Webinar: The High Cost of Inefficient Nitrogen

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