Mastodawn

From Space To Field - Putting satellite insights into growers’ hands [OpenET]
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https://irrigationtoday.org/features/from-space-to-field/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://etdata.org/ <-- shared OpenET home page
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https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/openet-satellite-based-water-data-resource/ <-- shared NASA technical article
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https://youtu.be/Rbobf6aurLs?si=Q0kN9eiZH0gT8O5m <-- shared OpenET overview video
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#OpenET #openscience #opendata #publicgood #publicservice #nonprofit #fedscience #fedservice #evapotranspiration #ET #Landsat #OLI #OperationalLandImager #groundwater #water #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #agriculture #USA #farming #waterresources #watermanagement #planning #watersecurity #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #model #modeling #irrigation #metrology #raster #cost #economics #efficiency #foodproduction #mobileapp #FARMS #view #download #usecase #reporting
#OpenET #USGS #USDA @NASA #USGS_EROS

Dr. Baba Kofi Weusijana Jan 26

This Week's #RichDick is #USDA Secretary #BrookeRollins
Rich Dick offers bad advice on how to feed your family
#groceries #prices #capitalism
https://means.tv/programs/mmn-daily_012326?category_id=34135

Patrick Coyle Jan 22

OMB Approves Forest Service Oil and Gas Final Rule – https://tinyurl.com/2s4jtkt9 #Regulation #USDA

OMB Approves Forest Service Oil and Gas Final Rule

Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved, ‘consistent with change’, a final r...

Ars Technica News Jan 20

Flesh-eating flies are eating their way through Mexico, CDC warns https://arstechni.ca/aryQ #newworldscrewworm #parasites #screwworm #Health #flies #USDA #CDC #HAN

Flesh-eating flies are eating their way through Mexico, CDC warns

Eight animal cases in Mexico's Tamaulipas spur CDC to warn doctors of festering wounds.

Ars Technica

petersuber Jan 18

"Trump’s #USDA Is Hiding the #Data on #FoodStamp Cuts."
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2026/01/trump-rollins-usda-snap-food-insecurity/

"In normal conditions, said Tufts University food economist Parke Wilde, policymakers and government workers would ask, 'What are the consequences of policy changes…so that we can calibrate and improve the program in the future?’ We won’t be able to do that this year."

#Agriculture #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #SNAP #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Trump's USDA is hiding the data on food stamp cuts

The agency's food insecurity survey was pointless "liberal fodder," a spokesperson said.

Mother Jones

Peak Trading Research Jan 18

📉 Funds sold hard on bearish #USDA stats (-95k contracts / -$2.8B). Late-week buying followed on strong U.S. demand, flash sales, dry Argie forecasts, and bullish January seasonals. Specs remain mostly short #ags, with buying firepower if bullish catalysts persist. 🌾 💪🏼

Anna Anthro Jan 17

USDA Scientists Ordered to Investigate Foreign Research Coauthors

“USDA instructed employees to stop agency researchers from collaborating on or publishing papers with scientists from “countries of concern,” including #China, Cuba, #Iran, North Korea, #Russia, #Venezuela.

But the agency is also vetting scientists before deciding whether #USDA researchers can publish papers with them, including co-authors from #Canada & #Germany”

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With

The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.

ProPublica

petersuber Jan 17

"Trump administration Orders #USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With."
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists

PS: One more reason why non-US scientists will not want to collaborate with US scientists. One more blow to science as an international effort.

#Agriculture #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With

The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.

ProPublica

PrivacyDigest Jan 17

#Trump Admin Orders #USDA Employees to Investigate #Foreign #Researchers They Work With

The new directive, part of a broader effort to increase scrutiny of research done with foreign partners, asks workers in the agency’s research arm to use #Google to check the backgrounds of all foreign nationals collaborating with its #scientists. The names of flagged scientists are being sent to #nationalSecurity experts at the agency, according to records reviewed by ...
#security

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With

The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.

ProPublica

Southern Libtard Jan 17

RFK Jr released this educational video featuring his new inverted food pyramid and updated nutritional guidance.

#RFKJr #HHS #USDA #Nutrition #FoodPyramid