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Improved plant varieties like the rice being harvested in this field are a regular result of ARS reseach. More than half the rice grown in the United States comes from ARS-developed varieties. The high quality of this rice helps explain why 1 out of every 5 bushels at the world market is grown by U.S. farmers.

Photo by David Nance.

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