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Myth Busters: The Facts About How African Swine Fever (ASF) Spreads

Lynn Wachtman, Veterinary Medical Officer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

At APHIS, we get questions about what we do and the animal diseases we track. Let’s review some of the common misconceptions around African swine fever (ASF) — what it is and how it’s transmitted.

Animals
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Devastating Fire Season Inspires Restoration Collaboration in the Spirit of Shared Stewardship

October 31, 2018 Margee Haines and Josh McDaniel, USDA Forest Service

The summer of 2015 was exceptionally hot and dry in northern Idaho. Fuel moistures had dropped to alarming levels, and when a series of lightning storms moved across the region in early August, hundreds of fires flared up. A group of fast-moving and intense fires, which eventually became known as...

Forestry

Happy Birthday Amber Waves!

October 31, 2018 Alex Melton, Rosanna Mentzer Morrison and Dennis Vilorio, USDA Economic Research Service

For the past decade and a half, ERS has been highlighting its research through its magazine, Amber Waves. As technology has evolved, so has Amber Waves, but the focus on bringing ERS’s latest agriculture and food research to readers in an engaging and user-friendly format has remained constant. In...

Research and Science Technology