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This USDA scientist does work that is down to earth

Farming these days is a downright scientific enterprise. Precise measurement of soil, water, air, and seed conditions all figure in. The work never stops…

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The amazing public servants the public doesn’t know

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FILE — In this Friday June 21, 2019 file photo, the sun peaks past almonds growing on the branches of an almond tree in Modesto, Calif. On Monday, July 12, 2021 lawsuits were filed in four California counties seeking potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer containing Chlorpyrifos that has been linked to brain damage in children. Chlorpyrifos is approved for use on more than 80 food crops, including oranges, berries, grapes, soybeans almonds and walnuts, though California banned the sales of the pesticide last year and ended spraying this year. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

This USDA entomologist lets bugs do the dirty work of eliminating other bugs

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An old medical product gets a modern makeover thanks to this USDA scientist

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USDA prioritizing research into climate change, data infrastructure, nutritional equity

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Harvesting some info on the AG Dept’s Agricultural Research Service

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Two feds who bring real passion to their jobs

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USDA’s new answer to cutting food waste by 50%: Jelly ice

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Agricultural Research Service looks to precision technology, data to boost farming and ranching

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Meet the Presidential Rank Award winner, a cattle expert who sometimes gets cow pies on his boots.

Dr. Steven Kappes, in addition to running administratively the Agricultural Research Service, has also been able to do a great deal of his own research…

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Sammies-recognized USDA engineer extending lives of dams, preventing major disasters

USDA plays a little-recognized role in managing the nation’s dams and Sherry Hunt is a supervisory research engineer who’s led the Agricultural Research…

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Federal scientists invent a possible new way to disinfect surfaces, without the harmful side effects

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But what if you could create a chemical that killed bacteria, but neutralized itself into harmless natural molecules after it did its job? USDA is trying to do just that.