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A USDA scientist is showing growers how to combat whiteflies and other crop pests by using plants as storehouses for predatory insects that can migrate to cash crops and feed on the pests attacking those crops. More...
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USDA Establishes LTAR Network
USDA has established a Long Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) network from among its existing experimental watersheds and rangelands nationwide to address large-scale, multi-year research, environmental management testing and technology transfer related to the nation's agricultural ecosystems. More

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We are finding the right biofuels for the Southeast .... flying higher with new jet fuels ... banking on plants as storehouses ... while making fruit flies more macho ... bringing you wonderful new blueberries ... and cautioning dairy farmers about copper footbaths ... and more.
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Healthy Animals
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online - Issue 50, July 2012

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Food and Nutrition Research Briefs
New Issue of Food and Nutrition Research Briefs Now Online - July 2012

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