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The USDA unveiled a geospatial product called Crop Sequence Boundaries (CSB) that offers public access to national-scale visual crop rotation data for the first time. The new tool was developed by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and Economic...

The agencies intend to explore opportunities to improve crop performance to meet Earth and space-based goals.

Broadband Integrity Coordination Act prompted Agency leaders to improve information sharing to best deploy federal broadband funds.

At $64.7 billion, specialty crops comprised one-third of U.S. crop receipts and one-sixth of receipts for all U.S. agricultural products in 2017. USDA funded $287.7 million towards 213 specialty crop automation or mechanization projects from 2008 – 2018. Title VII...

USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy has announced that USDA is investing $152 million in 19 projects to provide or improve rural broadband service in 14 states. “Deploying high-speed broadband internet connectivity, or ‘e-Connectivity,’ in rural...

Agriculture is dynamic, adjusting in response to changes in the economy, technology, the environment, and policy – and agricultural production affects a wide range of natural resources. Understanding the complex links among public policies, economic conditions, farming and conservation...

Technology always changes the way we think and how we do things, posts Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, at USDA.gov. Now, thanks to research at Michigan State University (MSU), farmers have a new tool to determine...