/ USDA Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /curiosity-gap/what-are-americans-eating-and-who-needs-help-secure-food <h2 class="heading--underline"><strong>51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis Expert Leads Panel</strong></h2> <p><em>This story written by Kathleen Holder, College of Letters and Science</em></p> <p>Much of the information about food security and whether resources are getting to the right people is unknown. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis faculty are working on that.</p> April 03, 2020 - 4:15pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity-gap/what-are-americans-eating-and-who-needs-help-secure-food /news/uc-davis-lead-national-cow-genomics-effort <p>The cattle industry is the largest agricultural commodity in the United States, generating more than $100 billion in farm cash receipts in 2016. Despite cattle’s economic importance, scientists still have a long way to go to fully understand mechanisms that govern important genetic traits in the animals such as growth and disease resistance.</p> June 21, 2018 - 12:14pm Amy M Quinton /news/uc-davis-lead-national-cow-genomics-effort /news/uc-davis-settles-animal-welfare-citation <p>The University of California, Davis, has agreed to pay a penalty of $5,000 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to resolve a citation under the Animal Welfare Act.&nbsp;</p> <p>The July 2016 citation described a procedure on a rabbit that was to be euthanized before recovering from anesthesia. The rabbit died under anesthesia when a valve was inadvertently left closed. As a result, staff have been retrained and the valves replaced with valves that are open by default.</p> April 23, 2018 - 9:43am Andy Fell /news/uc-davis-settles-animal-welfare-citation /news/45-million-grant-funds-new-disease-resistant-strawberries-0 <p>The Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues in California and Florida have received a $4.5 million grant from the <a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/announcement/nifa-invests-35-million-specialty-crop-research">National Institute of Food and Agriculture</a> of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve the disease resistance and sustainable production of strawberries throughout the nation.</p> August 25, 2017 - 3:46pm Andy Fell /news/45-million-grant-funds-new-disease-resistant-strawberries-0