ARS Joins Effort to Boost Oyster Production

USDA Agricultural Research Service sent this bulletin at 09/14/2020 09:32 AM EDT

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ARS Joins Effort to Boost Oyster Production

The Agricultural Research Service has joined a team of shellfish geneticists whose task is to advance oyster breeding to generate better performing oysters for farmers and boost oyster production along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. Learn more.

The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact.