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When the agency began in 1953, its primary mandate was to seek methods for increasing food production. Since then, ARS scientists have helped find ways to double per-acre wheat production and triple cows' milk output. But now that we produce far more food than our collective maw can swallow--and more than we can export--ARS is setting its cross hairs on new challenges. One-fifth of the agency's $1 billion budget goes to "utilization research" to employ unused agricultural products in places other than landfills. That's where the feathers come in: America's appetite for poultry...
...roughly $1 as processed fiber. "I strongly believe," Emery says, "that in a very short period of time, processed poultry feathers will be worth more per pound than poultry meat." Then again, the technology is still in its infancy, and feather fiber could wind up as the next frozen-milk concentrate, an earlier ARS innovation that was supposed to put an end to those late-night runs to the store for milk. That's the risk of trying to be ahead of your time. --With reporting by Leslie Whitaker/Wheaton
Kids have long been told to drink milk to build strong bones, but new research suggests that maximum bone mass doesn't come in a glass. In a small study of 72 boys and girls ages 8 to 11, English and Welsh doctors found that a combination of increasing calcium in the diet and exercise--specifically, drinking three glasses of milk a day and participating in a vigorous activity such as jumping rope or playing tag--was the best way to strengthen bones...
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, retail prices for a gallon of two-percent milk were $3.23 per gallon in September, up from, $2.86 per gallon a year...
Despite the changes in the cost of milk, other businesses have kept their prices the same...