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Tag Archives: agriculture
Got Agricultural Research and Promotion Programs?
Did you picture yourself with a milk mustache after seeing those “Got Milk?” ads? Or pick up some ribs at the supermarket with the thought that you were buying “Pork: The Other White Meat”? These memorable catchphrases from advertising campaigns … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture and Food
Tagged agriculture, AMS, check-off programs, commodities, NRE, Steve Morris, usda
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Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Food Animals (podcast)
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a growing global health threat, sickening an estimated 2 million people each year in the United States alone. Evidence suggests that antibiotic use in food animals (cattle, poultry, and swine) causes some of this antibiotic resistance. Although … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture and Food, Health Care, Podcast
Tagged agriculture, antibiotic, antibiotic-resistance, bacteria, cattle, farms, food animals, poultry, swine
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Veterinarians: Front-line Responders to Animal Disease Outbreaks
The federal government plays an important role in planning the nation’s response to outbreaks of animal diseases that could significantly impact our food and agriculture sectors. If a contagious animal disease were to enter the United States, the nation would … Continue reading
Why Counting Federal Structures Isn’t as Easy as 1-2-3
The federal government owns and manages a huge amount of “real property” (property that can’t be moved). GAO designated the management of federal real property as High Risk based largely on challenges agencies face managing buildings. But buildings are only … Continue reading
Posted in Government Operations, Graphic, Interactive graphic
Tagged agencies, agriculture, buildings, canal, counting, Department of the Interior, federal, interior, land, parking garage, plant, power plant, pumping plant, real property, roads, ship, structures, terminology, tower, Transportation, usda, USDOT, VA, veterans affairs
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Podcast on Prepositioning International Food Aid
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provides U.S. agricultural commodities to meet emergency food needs in foreign countries. To expedite delivery to recipient countries, food can be ordered before it is requested and prepositioned in warehouses in or near … Continue reading
GAO’s Natural Resources and Environment Mission Team
GAO’s workforce is organized largely by subject area, with most employees working in 1 of 14 mission teams. Today we’ll be putting the spotlight on the Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) team, which works on issues such as land and … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO, Mission Team
Tagged about GAO, aerial firefighting, agriculture, aviation, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, DOE, energy, Environmental Protection Agency, epa, federal lands, federal waters, firefighting, food safety, forest service, interior, Interior Department, land management, mission team, NRE, nuclear security, oil and gas, poultry slaughter, safe drinking water act, science, usda, USFS, wildland
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