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What are Americans Eating, and Who Needs Help to Secure Food?

Karen Michele Nikos — April 03, 2020 - 4:15pm

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This story written by Kathleen Holder, College of Letters and Science

Much of the information about food security and whether resources are getting to the right people is unknown. �鶹��ý faculty are working on that.

�鶹��ý to Lead National Cow Genomics Effort

Amy M Quinton — June 21, 2018 - 12:14pm

The cattle industry is the largest agricultural commodity in the United States, generating more than $100 billion in farm cash receipts in 2016. Despite cattle’s economic importance, scientists still have a long way to go to fully understand mechanisms that govern important genetic traits in the animals such as growth and disease resistance.

�鶹��ý Settles Animal Welfare Citation

Andy Fell — April 23, 2018 - 9:43am

The University of California, Davis, has agreed to pay a penalty of $5,000 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to resolve a citation under the Animal Welfare Act.

The July 2016 citation described a procedure on a rabbit that was to be euthanized before recovering from anesthesia. The rabbit died under anesthesia when a valve was inadvertently left closed. As a result, staff have been retrained and the valves replaced with valves that are open by default.

$4.5 Million Grant Funds New Disease-Resistant Strawberries

Andy Fell — August 25, 2017 - 3:46pm

The Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues in California and Florida have received a $4.5 million grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve the disease resistance and sustainable production of strawberries throughout the nation.