Scott Hutchins

USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

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Last updated Oct 26, 2026

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USDA invests $180 million to sequence national seed bank

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Overseeing the sequencing initiative

The U.S. national seed collection holds more than 600,000 samples across 16,000 species, stored in 22 repositories. About 10% of that material has been genetically described in any detail.

Updated Oct 26