(Published on Kansas Farmer)
By P.J. Griekspoor, March 10, 2017
Picture a wheat disease so virulent that it can wipe out 100% of yield on infected plants. Now, imagine that no known chemistry controls it when weather favors disease…Read more.
A few years ago, scientists monitoring insect populations began to sound the alarm that honey bees, a critical player in how plants reproduce, were disappearing in ever larger numbers. In the past year, beekeepers lost 40 percent of their colonies, and entomologists were also seeing alarming losses in wild colonies around the country.
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WASHINGTON, DC (October 17, 2019)—The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation applauds Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Rep. Kim Schrier (WA-8), and Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), who introduced the House companion legislation to the America Grows Act today. The companion bill, with the same text, was introduced in conjunction with a House Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research subcommittee hearing on the implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill Research title. Senator Dick Durbin introduced the America Grows Act in August to ensure that the budget targets for appropriators in Congress continue to expand.
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In conjunction with the SoAR Foundation, The National Academies has officially announced the Breakthroughs 2030 study to produce a 10-year agenda for food and agriculture research. Nominations for the study’s lead committee are due by March 22.
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