Items Tagged with 'United States Department of Agriculture'

USDA's Agricultural Research Service has released the first high-quality genome of the desert locust, which researchers hope will help reduce dependence on pesticides to control the pest.

J.B. Penn has retired from John Deere after five decades in agriculture, including time at USDA. Brian Quintenz won't seek renomination to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of the World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator, discusses the different types of innovations that are needed to insure global food assistance programs remain open and running.