Societies submit research recommendations to Biden transition team

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA has sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team outlining priority areas within USDA for the incoming Biden administration. The letter focused on the need for USDA to address agriculture research through the lens of systems science. It also highlighted the role that agriculture - and the farmers, ranchers, and researchers who support it - can play in addressing climate change through mitigation, adaptation, and management strategies. The letter encouraged USDA to continue to support the work it already does, while also expanding efforts in a few key areas such as: on-farm carbon sequestration, agricultural research funding, and working to create a more inclusive food system.

The Societies also signed on to letters in support of the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy-Office of Science, and federal research programs overall.