agricultural research

Agriculture
Climate

Guilford County farmers adapt to extreme weather due to climate change

4:05pm September 13, 2022

Researchers across North Carolina are looking at ways to mitigate the impacts of climate change on the state’s number one industry: agriculture. Farmers in Guilford County are simultaneously finding ways to adapt.

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The Trump administration is moving two Department of Agriculture agencies — the National Institute for Food and Agriculture and the Economic Research Service — out of Washington, D.C.

National

Critics Of Relocating USDA Research Agencies Point To Brain Drain

1:28pm September 10, 2019

by Frank Morris

More than 250 employees have quit, and others are expected to follow suit before the Sept. 30 deadline for reporting to work in the Kansas City area. Critics of the move say research will suffer.

Cattle raised at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb. A New York Times investigation of animal suffering at the federal research center has prompted a USDA review.

Science
Politics & Government

Outrage Over Government's Animal Experiments Leads To USDA Review

2:43pm February 11, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

Lawmakers also introduced a bill to strengthen laws protecting farm animals used in research. Both moves come out of a New York Times investigation of animal suffering at a federal research center.