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State Ag board to discuss carbon markets and agtech

12/15/20 9:59 AM By Brad Hooker

The board will host two Newsom cabinet members, an industry leader in carbon offset markets and the head of Western Growers.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Biden taps Kerry to tackle climate

11/25/20 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

President-elect Joe Biden has announced his nominees for and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts and has tapped former Secretary of State John Kerry to be the special presidential envoy for climate.

Opinion: COVID-19 Demonstrates the Importance of Zoonotic Disease Research

04/28/20 11:57 AM By Tim Kurt

In this opinion piece, Dr. Tim Kurt, scientific program director at the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), explains why research is critical in preventing the next pandemic.

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research outlines research priorities

02/06/19 6:10 AM By Ben Nuelle

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research introduced a new area of research focusing on how food is produced and how it affects human health.

Fixing photosynthetic glitch could boost crop yields by 40 percent

01/03/19 3:26 PM By Steve Davies

Crops engineered to use less energy fixing a “photosynthetic glitch” are about 40 percent more productive, according to new research from the University of Illinois and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service published today in Science.

Report eyes big changes in store for ag because of changing climate

11/28/18 6:30 AM By Steve Davies

A federal climate change report released the day after Thanksgiving includes a menu of what U.S. farmers can expect over the coming decades: higher temperatures, heavier and more frequent rains, and yield losses.

FFAR offers $6M for solutions to male chick-culling problem

10/18/18 11:22 AM By Daniel Enoch

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is offering up to $6 million in prizes for developing technologies that can quickly determine the sex of layer chick eggs before they hatch, saving the egg industry billions of dollar annually.

Scientists ID potential ‘breakthroughs’ in ag research

07/18/18 11:00 AM By Daniel Enoch

Nearly 150 scientists from dozens of different fields have joined together to identify five major research subjects – including gene editing and advanced data analysis – critical for the future of food and agriculture.

FFAR awards $4.4M to five research teams

05/23/18 6:15 AM By Corryn La Rue

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has approved five grants totaling $4.4 million for research on how to improve community food systems.

FFAR grants back aquaculture research

04/25/18 6:05 AM By Daniel Enoch

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research this week announced four grants totaling $1.5 million for research to improve economic opportunities for farmed fish, shellfish, and marine invertebrate production and increase the supply of domestically produced, nutritious foods in the United States.

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: May 26, 2023: Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., Sara Neagu-Reed, Dennis Nuxoll on ag spending bill, Colorado River talks

The House Appropriations Committee delayed the consideration of a bill to fund several government agencies key to food and ag policy this week as debt ceiling talks lingered. Committee member and California Republican David Valadao joins Newsmakers to discuss that delay, his thoughts on some critical parts of the bill and analyze this week’s news on the Colorado River.

Then, Sara Neagu-Reed with AmericanHort and Dennis Nuxoll with Western Growers join a panel discussion on issues critical to western producers and growers of fruits, vegetables and tree nuts throughout the country including water rights, labor, automation research and the upcoming farm bill.

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