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DOE solar competition offers $3 million prize

01/24/18 4:20 PM

The Energy Department (DOE) on Wednesday announced a $3 million prize competition to re-energize innovation in U.S. solar manufacturing.

Opinion: Private Industry R&D and Collaboration Key For U.S. Agricultural Leadership

01/08/18 12:18 PM By Karolyn Zurn

While Washington has been focused on how tax reform could spur economic growth, our nation’s interest with modernization and progress should go way beyond taxes.

Energy challenges, strategies are the focus at ARPA-E

01/27/17 8:52 AM By Jodi Delapaz

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2017 - Energy experts will be coming together at the end of February to address America’s energy challenges at the annual Energy Innovation Summit.

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July 03, 2022

Andy LaVigne, American Seed Trade Association

This week’s Open Mic guest is Andy LaVigne, President and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association. For almost a century and a half members of ASTA have worked to improve seed genetics for farmers around the world. LaVigne says opportunities to advance seed genetics are improving with the advent of genetic modification and gene editing. The limitation includes that of consumer acceptance and government approval. LaVigne says consumer desire for healthier and better food are a catalyst for growth, while the industry battles an outdated regulatory system to keep up with new plant traits. ASTA believes better seed can lead to improved sustainability practices and increased production to meet the needs of a growing planet.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers

07.01.2022

Newsmakers: July 1, 2022: USDA Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh, Farm Credit’s Gary Matteson, AFA’s Mark Stewart and NACD’s Jeremy Peters on the future of the USDA and agricultural workforce

The Biden administration has made addressing diversity, equity and inclusion issues a priority across the federal government, including at the Department of Agriculture. Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh is heading up USDA’s equity efforts and joins Newsmakers to discuss where things stand on that work.

Then, a panel of agribusiness leaders, Farm Credit’s Gary Matteson, AFA’s Mark Stewart and NACD’s Jeremy Peters takes a broader look at the American agriculture workforce ranging from how DEI can be improved to what today’s college graduates are looking for from their employers.

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