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Making a Difference
NIFA-Funded Projects Behind Your Holiday Meal
As you come together with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, it's worth acknowledging the invaluable contribution of our nation's Land-grant Universities and Colleges in ensuring a delectable spread.
Read more on how USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)-funded research may have influenced the dishes featured at your Thanksgiving table.
Thanksgiving food research supported by NIFA. NIFA graphic.
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Tribal Beef Cattle Herds Improving through University of Idaho Fort Hall FRTEP Efforts
NIFA’s Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) funds Extension programs on American Indian Reservations and Tribal jurisdictions that address the unique needs and problems facing Tribal Nations and their members.
Learn more about how University of Idaho Fort Hall Extension is enhancing beef cattle quality and decreasing calving difficulties for Fort Hall Reservation beef cattle herds with support from FRTEP.
Fort Hall Reservation beef producers listen at a beef quality workshop.
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Research-led Cotton Belt Sustainability Effort Underway
Cover crops are going into the ground, and protocols are being written for a Texas A&M AgriLife Research-led project designed to help producers across the Cotton Belt improve efficiencies and the sustainability of their operations.
Texas plants almost 6 million acres of cotton yearly, and a Texas A&M AgriLife Research-led project will determine what precision management tools can improve the sustainability of this crop.
AgriLife Research weed science and cropping systems agronomist Dr. Muthukumar “Muthu” Bagavathiannan is leading a $10 million USDA NIFA grant project to transform cotton production into a more sustainable system in the southern U.S.
He said the goal of the new multistate project is to use improved management practices, such as reduced tillage and precision input management, to enhance soil health and sustainability across the Cotton Belt. Read more about this project.
A Texas A&M AgriLife Research-led project will determine what precision management tools can improve the sustainability of cotton. Image courtesy of Michael Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife.
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 Seize the Moment: Host the 2026 G20 MACS
The U.S. will host the G20 in 2026. The G20 is a group of 19 countries, the European Union and the African Union that meet to coordinate global policy on trade, health, climate and other issues. USDA’s Office of the Chief Scientist and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research are seeking a site host for the 2026 G20 Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists. This is an opportunity to showcase your organization and contribute to global agricultural research. Visit the website to review the Request for Proposal to learn more about the process and how to submit a proposal.
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