Juicy Breakthrough: New Discovery Speeds Scientists’ Push for Holy Grail Citrus
It’s one thing for a hybrid citrus tree to tolerate citrus greening disease (a.k.a. Huanglongbing) and quite another if it also produces orange-like fruit—especially if…
US Department of Agriculture News
USDA Scientists Build a Healthy Diet With 91% of Calories Coming From Ultra-Processed Foods
Scientists from the USDA’s Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center demonstrated a healthy diet could comprise up to 91% ultra-processed foods, in line with 2020-2025…
Viral Ping-Pong: “Swine Flu” Strain Has Passed From Humans to Pigs Nearly 400 Times Since H1N1 Pandemic
Analysis provides further support for managing influenza A infection in people who work with swine. A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible…
“Reservoir Species” – USDA Releases Shocking Research on COVID-19 Transmission Between White-Tailed Deer and Humans
USDA’s APHIS research indicates that SARS-CoV-2 has spread widely among U.S. white-tailed deer, possibly transmitted from humans, where it mutated and could have transmitted back…
You Probably Aren’t Eating As Healthy as You Think
A new study demonstrates that American adults frequently overestimate the quality of their diet Is your diet healthy? It seems to be an easy question,…
Trees Might Not Be As Effective at Combating Climate Change As We Thought
Questions remain about what variables limit tree growth New research from an international team of researchers reveals that tree growth seems to be restricted by…
COVID-19 Confirmed in a Canada Lynx at a Pennsylvania Zoo
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) today announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in a Canada…
Droughts Lasted Longer and Rainfall Was More Erratic Over the Last 50 Years in Most of the West
Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and annual rainfall has become more erratic across most of the western United States during the past 50…
Unexpected: People Quite Unique When It Comes To Digesting Fatty Meals
People have very individualized inflammatory responses to eating high-fat meals. These were the somewhat unexpected results of a study recently published in the Journal of…