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Editor: Kelly Sprute Aug. 15,
2018
Making a Difference
 “Baby ginger” photo by University of New Hampshire
Early-Season
Heating Shows Promise Boosting Ginger Harvest
For the relatively new crop known as “baby ginger,”
delaying the harvest date increases yields in New Hampshire, according to
preliminary research from the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at
the University of New Hampshire. NIFA supported the research.
U.S. consumers are likely most familiar with the golden
cured rhizomes of mature ginger plants, but recently, growers in the
northeastern United States have been successfully producing ‘baby ginger,’ or
rhizomes from young ginger plants grown for just a single growing season.
Unlike mature ginger, the baby ginger is pink, tender, non-fibrous, and
perishable. It can be used for cooking and can be candied or pickled, and keeps
well in the freezer for culinary use year-round,” said Dr. Becky Sideman,
professor of plant biology and extension professor. Read the full UNH
impact.
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 Learn about NIFA’s Data
Gateway
NIFA’s Data Gateway is
a one-stop repository of NIFA’s impact success enabling users to find funding
data, metrics, and information about research, education, and extension
projects. Learn tips on how to use our Data Gateway through this instructional
video developed by NIFA’s Communication Staff Intern Prali
Chitnis.
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 Vertical Farming
for the Future
Imagine walking into your local grocery story on a frigid
January day to pick up freshly harvested lettuce, fragrant basil, juicy sweet
strawberries, and ripe red tomatoes – all of which were harvested at a local
farm only hours before you’d arrived. You might be imagining buying that fresh
produce from vertical farms where farmers can grow indoors year-round by
controlling light, temperature, water, and oftentimes carbon dioxide levels as
well. The potential opportunities vertical agriculture presents to address food
security is why USDA-NIFA has some funding and research opportunities in place.
Read
the full USDA blog.
Indoor and vertical farming may be part of the solution
to rising demands for food and limited natural resources. Photo credit: Oasis
Biotech
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 OSU Names New Dean
for College of Agricultural Sciences
A new dean is coming to the Oregon State University
College of Agricultural Sciences. The university on Tuesday named Alan Sams to
lead the college, succeeding Dan Arp, who will retire at the end of August. He will
also serve as director of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station at OSU.
Sams has spent the last nine years as executive associate dean of the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. Read
the full OSU release.
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UW Extension Communications
Office Wins National Honors
Video and podcasting products from University of Wyoming
Extension earned first-place national awards, and print publications received
silver and bronze honors in the 2018 Association for Communication Excellence
(ACE) critique and awards program.
Members of Extension’s Office of Communications and Technology
were recognized during the organization’s annual conference Aug. 3-8, in
Scottsdale, Arizona. ACE members include communication teams and faculty
members in colleges of agriculture and extension offices across the nation’s
land-grant universities and agricultural-related organizations and
associations. Read the full
University of Wyoming article.
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 Improve Resilience
and Stability with Farmers’ Guide to Business Structures
Selecting the right business entity for your farm is like
building the foundation of a house. Without the right foundation, the house
will falter. Choosing an appropriate business structure encourages you to
follow good business practices in accounting and decision-making, and it
protects your personal assets should your farm get into financial trouble.
SARE’s newest book, Farmers’ Guide to Business Structures, provides practical
tools to help you choose the best business entity for your operation. Download the
free online version of the Farmers’
Guide to Business Structures.
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