A multistate team is working on ways to incorporate #STEM into high school ag education, including new curricula & teacher training. This helps ensure students have skills needed for college & career success. bit.ly/STEMAgEd #BackToSchool NIFA Agriculture is America

We’re nuts about #peanuts! From more precise irrigation to new peanut varieties with better flavor, collaborative land-grant university research is improving peanut production & quality. Learn more: mrfimpacts.org/single-post/we… NIFA Agriculture is America #NationalPeanutDay

Congrats to NE2334 for receiving agInnovation's 2025 Excellence in Multistate Research Award earlier today in recognition of their work to understand the genetic bases of immunity and resistance to avian diseases. Learn more: mrfimpacts.org/single-post/un… NIFA Agriculture is America

New World screwworm flies lay eggs in animal tissues, causing wounds & often death. As part of multistate project on flies & other livestock pests, scientists Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Agricultural Research Service are working to manage the pest & minimize its impact: mrfimpacts.org/single-post/ma… NIFA

As part of a multistate effort to reduce injury, illness, and death on farms, researchers guided new safety standards for grain bins, tractors, and other farm facilities and machinery: bit.ly/ag-safety-heal… NIFA Agriculture is America #agsafety #TractorSafety #FarmSafety #NFSHW

A NIFA-supported research team has influenced new safety standards for personal protective equipment for farmers and agricultural workers. Learn more: bit.ly/ag-safety-heal… #agsafety #TractorSafety #FarmSafety #NFSHW #necasag

As part of a multistate project on automation in ag, CA&ES, UC Davis designed machines to inspect tomato juice. 60% of the tomato processing industry has adopted these machines, eliminating ~200,000 repetitive motion hazards each season: bit.ly/MRF-Automation #AgSafety #NFSHW

As part of a multistate project on farm safety, researchers identified ways to help farmers manage financial stress, which can lead to distraction, injury, and other mental and physical health problems. Learn more: bit.ly/ag-safety-heal… #agsafety #NFSHW #necasag

Harvest season for many major U.S. crops is in full swing. See how NIFA-supported multistate research projects help ensure bountiful crops: mrfimpacts.org/impact-stateme… Agriculture is America #harvest

It's #NationalPorkMonth! See how researchers at land-grant universities across the country are working together to improve swine management, protect swine welfare, and improve pork quality: bit.ly/MRF-swine #porktober NIFA @AgisAmerica

It’s #WorldAnimalDay! See how discoveries by multistate research projects are supporting farm animal health and welfare: mrfimpacts.org/impact-stateme…. These projects are led by #landgrantuniversities and supported in part by NIFA. USDA Science Agriculture is America World Animal Day

It’s #NationalSeafoodMonth! See how researchers at land-grant universities are improving management, trade, and marketing strategies for aquaculture and capture fisheries: bit.ly/MRF-fisheries #fish #aquaculture #seafood NIFA Agriculture is America

A multistate team is researching ways to enhance fruit shelf life & quality. Growers are using recommended treatments & conditioning protocols to store apple crops worth tens of millions of dollars. Learn more: bit.ly/MRF-ShelfLife #NationalAppleMonth NIFA Agriculture is America

As part of a multistate research project on meat quality, researchers found that a vitamin B3 analogue can stabilize the color of pork cuts. See other project findings: bit.ly/MRF-ImprovingM… #NationalPorkMonth #porktober NIFA @AgisAmerica

Happy #NationalFarmersDay! See how collaborative research & Extension projects support farmers, ensuring they can safely, successfully & sustainably produce quality crops & livestock for our food, textiles, fuels & more: mrfimpacts.org/impact-stateme… Agriculture is America NIFA

As part of a multistate project, researchers at Agricultural Research Service, CFANS, @KStateag and other institutions found ways to manage swine stress, improving welfare and increasing productivity. Learn more: bit.ly/animal-stress #NationalPorkMonth #porktober

As part of a broader multistate project on fruit shelf life, Cornell CALS studies showed that dynamic controlled atmosphere storage significantly delays stem end flesh browning in Gala apples. Learn more: bit.ly/MRF-ShelfLife NIFA Agriculture is America #NationalAppleMonth

As part of a multistate team developing automated machines for farms, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences designed a mechanized device for #apple harvest that eliminated ladder falls and increased the number of apples harvested per second by 50%. bit.ly/MRF-Automation NIFA #NationalAppleMonth

As part of a multistate project on managing microbial food safety risks, researchers at @KStateag explored ways to manage risks of Salmonella in the pork production chain. See other project impacts: bit.ly/food-safety-ri… NIFA

Past work by a multistate project improving fruit tree rootstocks led to a 20% increase in apple yields and enhanced apple size 10%, providing estimated economic gains of $200 million. Learn more: bit.ly/MRF-fruittrees #NationalAppleMonth Agriculture is America NIFA