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Representative Frank Lucas (R-OK) will serve as Ranking Member of the House Science Committee next year. "As the Democrats retake control of the House, I look forward to leading my Republican colleagues in holding the new majority accountable and promoting a conservative agenda," he said. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) is expected to serve as the Chair of the committee. Representative Kay Granger (R-TX) won GOP support to serve as the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee. She will likely serve alongside Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY), who is expected to be the next Chair and the first woman...
Source: Public Policy Reports - December 10, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

A review and illustrated description of Musca crassirostris, one of the most neglected haematophagous livestock flies
Musca crassirostris belongs to a group of true obligate blood feeders that are highly prolific and abundant around cattle. Its mentum is a boat ‐shaped, black, shiny mass of chitin, and its labella harbours rasping prestomal teeth that are greatly increased in size and strength compared with those in otherMusca spp. Based on captures in haematophagous insect traps in a livestock area, the abundance ofM. crassirostris appears to be four and 45 times greater than abundances of stomoxyines and tabanids, respectively. AbstractTabanids, stomoxyine flies, hippoboscids and tsetse flies are the most well ‐known brachyceran bit...
Source: Medical and Veterinary Entomology - November 21, 2018 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: M. Desquesnes, S. Onju, P. Chalermwong, S. Jittapalapong, R. Masmeatathip Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

White House Nominates Entomologist to Lead USDA Research
President Trump has nominated Dr. Scott Hutchins, the Global Head of Integrated Field Sciences for Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont, for the top science role at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Hutchins is an entomologist with a background in insect management and crop protection. If confirmed by the Senate, he will oversee the Agricultural Research Service as the Undersecretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics. Hutchins has a Ph.D. in entomology from Iowa State University, where he studied the effect of insect-induced injury on alfalfa. Presently, he wor...
Source: Public Policy Reports - July 23, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

NAS Announces New Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences announced today the creation of a new prize, the NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences, to be presented annually beginning in 2017 with an award of $100,000. The prize is being endowed through generous gifts from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences will recognize research by a mid-career scientist at a U.S. institution who has made an extraordinary contribution to agriculture or to the understanding of the biology of a species fundamentally important to agriculture or food pr...
Source: News from the National Academies - July 13, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Why It Might Actually Pay To Be an Organic Farmer
Growing organic food can be significantly more profitable than traditional farming, netting organic farmers 22% to 35% more than their conventional counterparts, according to new research published in the journal PNAS. In the meta-analysis of more than 120 studies on the economics of organic farming, Washington State University professor of entomology David Crower and his co-author found that organic farming typically yields 10 to 18% less than conventional farming. That lower output may be why some farmers doubt the benefits of going organic, but economic measures besides crop yield seem to play an important role. The pre...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - June 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Justin Worland Tags: Uncategorized Diet/Nutrition Environment Farming organic benefits organic farming organic farming benefits organic food organic food benefits Pesticides Source Type: news