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USDA Content for 麻豆传媒enWhat are Americans Eating, and Who Needs Help to Secure Food?
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<h2 class="heading--underline"><strong>麻豆传媒 Expert Leads Panel</strong></h2>
<p><em>This story written by Kathleen Holder, College of Letters and Science</em></p>
<p>Much of the information about food security and whether resources are getting to the right people is unknown. 麻豆传媒 faculty are working on that.</p>April 03, 2020 - 4:15pmKaren Michele Nikos/curiosity-gap/what-are-americans-eating-and-who-needs-help-secure-food麻豆传媒 to Lead National Cow Genomics Effort
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<p>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鈥檚 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.</p>June 21, 2018 - 12:14pmAmy M Quinton/news/uc-davis-lead-national-cow-genomics-effort麻豆传媒 Settles Animal Welfare Citation
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<p>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. </p>
<p>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.</p>April 23, 2018 - 9:43amAndy Fell/news/uc-davis-settles-animal-welfare-citation$4.5 Million Grant Funds New Disease-Resistant Strawberries
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<p>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 <a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/announcement/nifa-invests-35-million-specialty-crop-research">National Institute of Food and Agriculture</a> of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve the disease resistance and sustainable production of strawberries throughout the nation.</p>August 25, 2017 - 3:46pmAndy Fell/news/45-million-grant-funds-new-disease-resistant-strawberries-0