USDA Cost of Pollination
Cost of Pollination ISSN: 2475-4315 Released December 15, 2023, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture…
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USDA NASS Survey
USDA to measure cost of pollination AGRICULTURE HARRISBURG — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its 2023 Cost…
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Mites and Viruses
Agricultural Research Service U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Varroa Mites and Deformed Wing Virus Make Honeybees More Susceptible to Insecticides Contact: Jessica Ryan Email: Jessica.Ryan@usda.gov Controlling…
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The 4 P’s, Breeding and Bees
Breeding, Bees, and the 4 Ps Posted by Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications in Research and Science After suffering severe winter losses beginning in 2007, the…
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ELAP Payments to Beekeepers
Emergency assistance to honeybee producers averaged $45 million annually from 2020–22 Honeybee health and honey production are impacted by extreme weather events. In recent…
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USDA-ARS National Program 305
NP 305 Research Components NP 305, Crop Production, focuses on the most critical issues and needs of U.S. production agriculture. It comprises two major…
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CRP Ohio Sign-Up Available
Sign-Up Available for CRP Pollinator and Monarch Practice in Ohio Ohio State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Dr. John Patterson, the Farm Service Agency…
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USDA Conservation Reserve Program
USDA Accepts More Than 1 Million Acres in Offers Through Conservation Reserve Program General Signup Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
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USDA Disaster Program
USDA Offers Livestock Disaster Program Flexibilities; Responds to Needs Expressed by Producers Hard-Hit by Natural Disasters Program Application Deadlines Extended to June 2 USDA’s…
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USDA – Smaller Almond Crop
USDA Forecasts Smaller Almond Crop Harvest 2023 expected to be down 3 percent from last year after a stormy bloom. MODESTO, Calif. – The 2023 California…
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2022 Census of Agriculture
Last chance to complete the 2022 Census of Agriculture One week left to return the questionnaire The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural…
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The Exotic Bee ID Website
The Exotic Bee ID Website: Delivering Spectacular Portraits and Details of Some of the World’s Bees ARS scientists need your help in monitoring and…
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Honey Bee Brood Disease Diagnostics
Links: Brendon.Mott@usda.gov
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The Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
By: Gloria Hoffman The Carl Hayden Bee Research Center (CHBRC) in Tucson, Arizona is the nutrition laboratory of the USDA-ARS bee research program. The…
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USDA Names a New ARS Administrator
USDA Names Simon Liu as New ARS Administrator For media inquiries contact: Jan Suszkiw, (202) 734-1176 The U.S. Department of Agriculture named Simon Liu, Ph.D.,…
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Low Genetic Diversity in Bees
DNA Research Finds Low Genetic Diversity Among U.S. Honey Bees For media inquiries contact: Autumn Canaday, (202) 669-5480 U.S. agriculture owes many thanks to the…
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Baton Rouge Scientist Spotlight – Elizabeth Walsh
By: Elizabeth Walsh, USDA Baton Rouge I’m Liz Walsh, a USDA-ARS (United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service) scientist at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana…
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Natural Products for Honey Bee Health
Natural Products May Be Buzzworthy Solutions for Honey Bees’ Health The buzz about natural products is not just for humans. United States Department of…
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USDA ARS Bee Labs
ARS Research Laboratories Did you know? ARS bee research laboratories are located throughout the United States. Each of the labs focus on a wide…
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NASS Reinstates Cost of Pollination Survey
NASS reinstates Cost of Pollination survey Issued Oct. 28, 2022, by the Agricultural Statistics Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics…
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