This program is charged with cryopreservation of the genetic material for a broad spectrum of agricultural animal species, including dairy and beef cattle, swine, small ruminants, aquatic organisms ...

Wild plants are everywhere. So why do some become pests? New research has studied how agriculture created a problem for itself by turning the common waterhemp, which is a natural plant native to North ...

Duckweed is the fastest-growing flowering plant, but new knowledge of duckweed genetics discovered by Adelaide University researchers could lead to even faster growing rates. The research team, led by ...

Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - A delegation of U.S. livestock genetics and agriculture leaders representing Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Idaho, and the Senepol Cattle Breeders Association traveled to ...

IDEAL, S.D. — Livestock producers around the country are bringing old genetics back to new herds thanks to the the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Germplasm Program. The animal ...

Investors, governments and consumers around the world are continuing to challenge corporations to aggressively reduce their environmental footprints. To date, 83 percent of Fortune 500 companies have ...

Agriculture has long been dependent on the ability of plant species to adapt to varying environmental conditions — without this diversity agriculture development would not have been possible. But ...

Knowledge of agricultural genetic resources needs to grow more quickly because of the critical role they have to play in feeding the world as climate change advances faster than expected, according to ...

Cattle sales consultant Wes Tiemann reviewed the catalog for an Angus auction in March at Henke Farms at Salisbury, Missouri. Each animal in the auction had been DNA-tested. Beef cattle ranchers have ...

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