NOTUS: The Federal Government’s Insect-Defense Agency Is Infested With Bed Bugs
"...The bugs were found in the building that houses the Animal and Plant Inspection Service, the agency responsible for containing and mitigating the spread of invasive pests in the U.S. The irony, one USDA employee said, “was lost on no one.”..."
For days she & her colleagues at Agroecology Commons had been fielding dozens of emails alerting them to grant terminations🎯ing a $30M Dept of AG program. 49 of the 50 grantees received notices from the #USDA informing them➡️their grants🚨CXL.
Shortly after Trump returned to off -his admin launched a campaign to eliminate initiatives *deemed wasteful or misaligned with its pol agenda. At the USDA🚨-slashing $B in grants & gutting newer & longstanding fed prgms.
#ETTD #USPol
https://www.alternet.org/trump-farm-grants/
Leah Atwood was rattled. It was the tail end of March, and for days she and her colleagues at Agroecology Commons had been fielding dozens of emails alerting them to grant terminations targeting a $300 million U.S. Department of Agriculture program. One after another, within a single week, 49 of the...
Para Francisco Seva, la renovación de la Junta Nacional del Mango refleja la importancia de fortalecer la representación internacional de una industria cada vez más estratégica para Estados Unidos. ¿Qué papel jugarán los nuevos integrantes en el crecimiento del consumo de mango? 🥭🌎📈
#Mango #Agroindustria #USDA
https://5wredactor.com/el-usda-anuncia-nuevos-nombramientos-para-la-junta-nacional-del-mango/
😲 😲 #cattle imports from #Mexico halted
The US Customs and Border Protection office has launched a campaign raising awareness about #screwworm.
This latest detection of the fly, #NewWorldScrewworm, was in a six-month-old sheep in Mexico's Coahuila state, according to #USDA It was the closest the parasite has come to the U.S. during the most recent outbreak, despite a sprawling effort by USDA & Mexico to contain the pest.
#cdc #usa #uspol #agriculture #animals #news
USDA Plans Closure of Federal Bee Research Lab Amid Nationwide Pollinator Crisis
📰 Original title: After firing scientists saving America's bees, Trump is closing their lab
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👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Maryland, a historic federal facility that has served as the nation’s leading bee research and disease diagnostic laboratory for more than 130 years. The decision comes during a severe pollinator crisis affecting American agriculture and commercial beekeeping operations. According to the article, beekeepers suffered major losses during the winter of 2025 as pesticide-resistant varroa mites spread rapidly across colonies, contributing to the death of nearly 1.7 million bee colonies nationwide. Industry losses were estimated at approximately $600 million due to reduced honey production, pollination shortages, and replacement costs for colonies. The Beltsville Bee Research Lab has traditionally provided free diagnostic testing and scientific support for beekeepers facing outbreaks and environmental threats. However, the article states that earlier staffing reductions and communication restrictions imposed during the Trump administration limited the laboratory’s ability to respond quickly to the crisis. Researchers reportedly experienced delays of up to six months in sharing findings and assisting affected beekeepers. Experts and industry members cited in the article warn that shutting down the facility could weaken national monitoring of bee diseases, reduce research into native pollinator populations, and slow responses to future agricultural threats. Pollinators play a major role in crop production across the United States, meaning disruptions could eventually affect farmers, food supply chains, and consumer prices. The article presents the closure as part of broader federal staffing and research cuts impacting agricultural science programs.
USDA Plans Closure of Federal Bee Research Lab Amid Nationwide Pollinator Crisis
📰 Original title: After firing scientists saving America's bees, Trump is closing their lab
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Maryland, a historic federal facility that has served as the nation’s leading bee research and disease diagnostic laboratory for more than 130 years. The decision comes during a severe pollinator crisis affecting American agriculture and commercial beekeeping operations. According to the article, beekeepers suffered major losses during the winter of 2025 as pesticide-resistant varroa mites spread rapidly across colonies, contributing to the death of nearly 1.7 million bee colonies nationwide. Industry losses were estimated at approximately $600 million due to reduced honey production, pollination shortages, and replacement costs for colonies. The Beltsville Bee Research Lab has traditionally provided free diagnostic testing and scientific support for beekeepers facing outbreaks and environmental threats. However, the article states that earlier staffing reductions and communication restrictions imposed during the Trump administration limited the laboratory’s ability to respond quickly to the crisis. Researchers reportedly experienced delays of up to six months in sharing findings and assisting affected beekeepers. Experts and industry members cited in the article warn that shutting down the facility could weaken national monitoring of bee diseases, reduce research into native pollinator populations, and slow responses to future agricultural threats. Pollinators play a major role in crop production across the United States, meaning disruptions could eventually affect farmers, food supply chains, and consumer prices. The article presents the closure as part of broader federal staffing and research cuts impacting agricultural science programs.
The US Government Accountability Office (#GAO) just reviewed the #OpenAccess policies at nine federal agencies.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107738
A few highlights:
* Among other things, GAO looked for compliance with the #NelsonMemo. This is further evidence that the #Trump admin supports the memo.
* It encourages #NSF and #USDA to go further to ensure #reuse rights. (That would be good.) But it assumes that the other agencies are already doing enough to ensure reuse rights. (I can't agree with this.)
* It praises #NIH for taking steps to reduce money spent on grantee #APCs, and encourages other agencies to follow the NIH lead on this.
* In a few places it leaves the false impression (1) that all OA journals charge APCs and (2) that all publishers are responding the federal policies by charging APCs to publish fed-funded research.
Is Palantir the most evil company in the world?
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We spent an entire month digging into how Palantir wrapped its tentacles around every lever of the US machine. Everything below — authentic, documented, officially registered deals and programs.
The titles are clickable, so you can follow the links and read more here:
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🇺🇸🔮 United States of Palantir (PART 1) We spent an entire month digging into how Palantir wrapped its tentacles around every lever of the US machine. Everything below — authentic, documented, officially registered deals and programs. The titles are clickable, so you can follow the links and read more: 🌏 How Palantir merged 75 contracts into a $10B Pentagon lock: now it runs the war machine's backbone 🌏 USDA hands Palantir $300M and a single file on every farmer 🌏 Silent takeover: Palantir became the Air Force's operating system long before anyone noticed 🌏 US Marines under digital control: Project Dynamis puts one-click kill authority into every Marine's hands 🌏 A decade in the shadows: Running missions before contracts existed, now gatekeeping who gets in 🌏Palantir and DHS: Unified platform merges travel data facial scans and immigration records for enforcement 🌏Palantir and the IRS: Tax returns and crypto wallets piped straight to ICE skipping judicial approval 🌏Palantir and ICE: 4 billion records…
#Empresarial 🌎 Honduras fortalece la cooperación internacional en favor de la niñez.
La nueva alianza entre Partners of the Americas y Fundación Voces de Esperanza busca transformar escuelas y fortalecer comunidades vulnerables en Honduras 🍎🏫
👉 https://bit.ly/4tGWI5L
#Honduras #Educacion #SeguridadAlimentaria #Niñez #USDA #McGovernDole #FundacionVocesDeEsperanza #PartnersOfTheAmericas #Enter504HN
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