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An issue of great interest to many agencies is workforce development as some federal scientist jobs are not even able to attract enough applicants to fill. USDA-ARS photo by Keith Weller.

Speaking a Foreign Language: Our Executive Federal Agency and Legislative Advocacy Visit

August 10, 2023

We cannot expect specific weather, but we can expect each season’s weather to increasingly surpass our expectations in unpre- dictability. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/Alexandr.

Planning for Variability

July 17, 2023

People at risk of not having enough to eat are concentrated in rural areas of Africa, South America, and Asia where food is produced by low-input, low-yield smallholder farms. Photo courtesy of Flickr/ World Bank and published under this license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/.

Agronomists Without Borders

June 21, 2023

Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/treenabeena.

Time to Modernize Our Metrics

June 19, 2023

Scenes from this year’s Congressional Visits Day, 27–28 Feb. 2023.

Communicating our Successes and Needs to Elected Officials

May 22, 2023

Before Congressional Visits Day, Society members, Certifed Crop Advisers (CCAs), and staff first attended a well-planned training day to learn about effective advocacy strategies.

Advocating for Continued Federal Support of Agricultural Research, Teaching, and Extension

May 1, 2023

With an unrestricted gift from the estate of Dr. Sarah Lingle, the Agronomic Science Founda- tion (ASF) started a $250,000 “IDEAS” fund (a-s-f.org/asf-ideasfund) to financially support initiatives advancing DEI, including those at the Annual Meeting. This photo is from the Diversity Summit held at the 2022 Annual Meeting in Baltimore.

Continuing our Work to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

April 13, 2023

ASA wishes to place workforce development as a pillar of our next strategy ASA wishes to place workforce development as a pillar of our next strategic plan, which will be developed through consultation with members, communities, divisions, and partners within and outside of the Societies. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/Chalermphon.

Planting Seeds for the Profession of Agronomy

April 6, 2023

crop science

Change Is Upon Us, and We Need to Adapt

March 19, 2023

ASA provides numerous ways for members to be effective, lifelong communicators, such as participating in communities, presenting at the Annual Meeting, and publishing research. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/auremar.

Be a Lifelong Communicator: Consider These Three Activities

March 1, 2023

Notice: 2026 Annual Elections

Call for Papers: Phenomics of Germplasm Collection

Call for Papers: Advancement of Fate and Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Vadose Zone