Agriculture is America
@AgIsAmerica
Highlighting the value of #LandGrantUniversities' agricultural research, education, and Extension from across the United States.
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Toxic blue-green algae blooms of cyanobacteria in water bodies can pose significant environmental and public health risks. Scientists at UNH Ag Research are using an unpiloted aerial system (UAS) to remotely monitor potential harmful algal blooms in New Hampshire's lakes. 🏞️ @nerasaes
.APLU Agriculture is happy to participate in Assoc of 1890 Research Directors Biennial Research Symposium. Presided by Dr. Louis Whitesides, VP & Exec Dir of 1890 Land-Grant Programs SC State University. This year's theme is 'Climate, Health and Cultivating the Next Generation of Ag Leaders.'
Did you know that the agricultural sector accounts for 80% of water consumption in the U.S.?
See how #LandGrantUniversities , like UGA, are at the forefront of water management research: usgs.gov/centers/sawsc
Toxic blue-green algae blooms of cyanobacteria in water bodies can pose significant environmental and public health risks. Scientists at UNH Ag Research are using an unpiloted aerial system (UAS) to remotely monitor potential harmful algal blooms in New Hampshire's lakes. 🏞️ @nerasaes
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small and Congressman Sanford Bishop Jr. made an important stop at Fort Valley State University to meet with campus leaders and students interested in pursuing a career in agriculture. #FVSUag Dept. of Agriculture bit.ly/3vK5Puk
During today's #SolarEclipse , UK Martin-Gatton asks community members to observe and record livestock, poultry, pet, and wildlife behavior, all to better understand the relationship between cosmic events and animals. #Eclipse2024 University of Kentucky Southern Association of AES Directors University of Ky Animal & Food Sciences Department
The power of partnerships: National Pesticide Safety Education Center, Nebraska Indian CC, PawneeNationCollege, and PVAMU CAHS created an animated pollinator education series for Native American elementary students in Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Education is key in public health. 🔑
#LandGrantUniversities like Colegio de Ciencias Agrícolas RUM, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Alabama A&M University, and LSU AgCenter are teaching food safety tips, best practices for handwashing, and food preservation skills: landgrantimpacts.org/holistic-progr… #NPHW Alabama Extension
An increasing number of grandparents are raising their grandchildren. UAPB Official’s Cooperative Extension Program is helping grandparents strengthen bonds with their grandchildren while growing fresh, nutritious food. 🥕 UAPB - SAFHS #NationalGardenMonth
FFAR awarded K-State's Waithaka Mwangi a $1M Seeding Solutions grant to develop a vaccine to protect millions of U.S. pigs from deadly African Swine Fever Virus. @AgisAmerica
Elanco K-StateVetMed APLU Agriculture
It’s #WorldHealthDay ! See how land-grant universities collaborate to keep humans and the planet healthy: bit.ly/MRF-Health.
These projects are supported in part by NIFA.
#HealthForAll #WHO75 Agriculture is America
An increasing number of grandparents are raising their grandchildren. UAPB Official’s Cooperative Extension Program is helping grandparents strengthen bonds with their grandchildren while growing fresh, nutritious food. 🥕 UAPB - SAFHS #NationalGardenMonth
Education is key in public health. 🔑
#LandGrantUniversities like Colegio de Ciencias Agrícolas RUM, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Alabama A&M University, and LSU AgCenter are teaching food safety tips, best practices for handwashing, and food preservation skills: landgrantimpacts.org/holistic-progr… #NPHW Alabama Extension
See how NIFA-supported agricultural research projects are helping farmers and communities tackle pest issues: bit.ly/MRF-pestmgmt
#PestManagementMonth #NPMM Agriculture is America
The power of partnerships: National Pesticide Safety Education Center, Nebraska Indian CC, PawneeNationCollege, and PVAMU CAHS created an animated pollinator education series for Native American elementary students in Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Calves showed better weight gain when dewormed in an UA System Div of Ag study at the Southwest Research and Extension Center. Read more about it at aaes.uada.edu/news/calf-dewo… @animalscienceua @AgisAmerica #ARBeef #ARCattle #SouthernAgResearch
Innovation meets wildlife conservation at #LandGrantUniversities . Researchers at schools like OSU Ag Sciences, Purdue Agriculture, @ncstatecals, and WSU CAHNRS are working to mitigate the impacts of agriculture on wildlife. 🦅 #NationalWildlifeWeek Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program