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Food Animal Production (NP #101)
	National Animal Germplasm Program (In-House Appropriated)
	Development of Animal Genetic Resources Information Network (Animal-GRIN) for U.S. and Brazilian Use (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Use of FLIR (Forward-looking Infrared Imaging Systems) for Detection of Ovulation in Sheep (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Assisted Reproductive Technologies for Heritage Swine Breeds (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collection and Cryopreservation of Catfish and Gulf Coast Oysters (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collection and Cryopreservation of Honey Bee Germplasm (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collection and Evaluation of Swine Genetic Resources (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Genetic X Environmental Interactions Among Beef Cattle (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Implementation of a Genomics Database for Cattle and Other Livestock (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Regeneration of Y Chromosome in Holstein Cattle (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Standardization of Sperm Evaluation Across Gene Banks (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Water Availability and Watershed Management (NP #211)
	Improved Management to Balance Production and Conservation in Great Plains Rangelands (In-House Appropriated)
	Improving the Sustainability of Irrigated Farming Systems in Semi-Arid Regions (In-House Appropriated)
	Management Practices for Long Term Productivity of Great Plains Agriculture (In-House Appropriated)
	Response of Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Watersheds to Changes in Water Availability, Land Use, Management, and Climate (In-House Appropriated)
	Adaptive Grazing Management to Sustain Beef Production and Bird Diversity in Rangeland Ecosystems (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Climate Change Baseline Assessment Using Merged, Root-Zone Soil Moisture Product (Soil MERGE, SMERGE) (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Enabling Sustainable Landscape Design for Continual Improvement of Operating Bioenergy Supply Systems (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Identify Factors Associated With Increased Establishment and Persistence of Grasses, Legumes, and Forbs on Conservation Reserve Program (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Identify Factors Associated with Increased Establishment and Persistence of Grasses, Legumes, and Forbs on Conservation Reserve Program (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Optimizing Water Use Efficiency for Environmentally Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems in Semi-Arid Regions (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Technical Support for NRCS Users of WEPS, the Wind Erosion Prediction System (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	WEPS Web-based Wind Erosion Science Development and NRCS Technology Transfer Using WEPS (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Increase Ecological and Managerial Knowledge Pertaining to the Shortgrass Steppe Ecosystem (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Vegetation, Soil, and Livestock Gain Responses to Grazing Management Studies (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Identifying Mechanisms of Rangeland Drought Resilience: Management Strategies for Sustainable Ecosystem Health (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Livestock Ranching, Rangelands, and Resilience: Ensuring Adaptive Capacity in an Increasingly Variable Climate (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Adaptive and Flexible Grazing Management Strategies to Enhance Decision Making for Provision of Ecosystem Services in Shortgrass Steppe (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Adaptive and Flexible Grazing Management Strategies to Enhance Decision Making for Provision of Ecosystem Services in the High Plains (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Adaptive Grazing Management Strategies for Semiarid Rangelands (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Altering Forage Resources and Livestock Foraging Behavior in the Thunder Basin Region of Wyoming (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collaborative Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Efforts in the High Plains and Thunder Basin (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collaborative Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Efforts: Livestock Grazing in Rangelands and Pastures (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Stakeholder Capacity for Risk Management and Adaptation in a Changing Climate in the Northern Plains (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Improved Management to Balance Production and Conservation in Great Plains Rangelands (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Increase Long-term Productivity and Economic Returns of Great Plains Agriculture (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Inter-Compare and Improve Soil-Crop Models for Evaluating Effects of Climate Change and Adaptations on Production and Natural Resources (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Modeling Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Watersheds (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Rangeland Modeling: Forage Forecasting, Livestock Behavior and Performance (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Understanding Water Use and Plant Responses of Crops Due to Deficit Irrigation (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Soil and Air (NP #212)
	Improving the Sustainability of Irrigated Farming Systems in Semi-Arid Regions (In-House Appropriated)
	Management Practices for Long Term Productivity of Great Plains Agriculture (In-House Appropriated)
	Response of Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Watersheds to Changes in Water Availability, Land Use, Management, and Climate (In-House Appropriated)
	Adaptive Grazing Management to Sustain Beef Production and Bird Diversity in Rangeland Ecosystems (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Climate Change Baseline Assessment Using Merged, Root-Zone Soil Moisture Product (Soil MERGE, SMERGE) (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Enabling Sustainable Landscape Design for Continual Improvement of Operating Bioenergy Supply Systems (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Identify Factors Associated With Increased Establishment and Persistence of Grasses, Legumes, and Forbs on Conservation Reserve Program (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Optimizing Water Use Efficiency for Environmentally Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems in Semi-Arid Regions (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Technical Support for NRCS Users of WEPS, the Wind Erosion Prediction System (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Workshops on Building Blocks for Mitigation: USDA Northern Plains Regional Climate Hub (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Increase Ecological and Managerial Knowledge Pertaining to the Shortgrass Steppe Ecosystem (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Vegetation, Soil, and Livestock Gain Responses to Grazing Management Studies (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Adaptive Grazing Management Strategies for Semiarid Rangelands (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collaborative Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Efforts in the High Plains and Thunder Basin (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collaborative Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Efforts: Livestock Grazing in Rangelands and Pastures (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in Colorado with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in Montana with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in Nebraska with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in North Dakota with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in South Dakota with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in Wyoming with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Improved Management to Balance Production and Conservation in Great Plains Rangelands (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Increase Long-term Productivity and Economic Returns of Great Plains Agriculture (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Long-Term Soil and Crop Management can be Used to Adapt to Climate Change by Increasing Soil Health, Nitrogen Use Efficiency, and Productivity (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Modeling Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Watersheds (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	New Approaches to Facilitate Non-chemical Control of Plant Pathogenic Nematodes in Potato Systems, and Improvement of Nitrogen Management (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Quantifying the Mechanisms of Soil C Sequestration and Loss in Agroecosystems (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Understanding Water Use and Plant Responses of Crops Due to Deficit Irrigation (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	USDA Agri and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Invent and Evaluate the Potential of Different Cropping Systems, Including Biofuels, to Mitigate GHG Emissions (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems (NP #215)
	Improved Management to Balance Production and Conservation in Great Plains Rangelands (In-House Appropriated)
	Adaptive Grazing Management to Sustain Beef Production and Bird Diversity in Rangeland Ecosystems (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Climate Change Baseline Assessment Using Merged, Root-Zone Soil Moisture Product (Soil MERGE, SMERGE) (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Identify Factors Associated With Increased Establishment and Persistence of Grasses, Legumes, and Forbs on Conservation Reserve Program (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Identify Factors Associated with Increased Establishment and Persistence of Grasses, Legumes, and Forbs on Conservation Reserve Program (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Increase Ecological and Managerial Knowledge Pertaining to the Shortgrass Steppe Ecosystem (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Vegetation, Soil, and Livestock Gain Responses to Grazing Management Studies (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Identifying Mechanisms of Rangeland Drought Resilience: Management Strategies for Sustainable Ecosystem Health (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Livestock Ranching, Rangelands, and Resilience: Ensuring Adaptive Capacity in an Increasingly Variable Climate (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Adaptive and Flexible Grazing Management Strategies to Enhance Decision Making for Provision of Ecosystem Services in Shortgrass Steppe (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Adaptive and Flexible Grazing Management Strategies to Enhance Decision Making for Provision of Ecosystem Services in the High Plains (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Adaptive Grazing Management Strategies for Semiarid Rangelands (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Altering Forage Resources and Livestock Foraging Behavior in the Thunder Basin Region of Wyoming (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collaborative Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Efforts in the High Plains and Thunder Basin (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collaborative Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Efforts: Livestock Grazing in Rangelands and Pastures (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in Colorado with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in Montana with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in Nebraska with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in North Dakota with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in South Dakota with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Decision-Making by Agricultural Producers in Wyoming with Weather Variability: Reducing Enterprise Risk and Increasing Resilience (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Stakeholder Capacity for Risk Management and Adaptation in a Changing Climate in the Northern Plains (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Improved Management to Balance Production and Conservation in Great Plains Rangelands (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Rangeland Modeling: Forage Forecasting, Livestock Behavior and Performance (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Sustainable Agricultural Systems (NP #216)
	Improved Management to Balance Production and Conservation in Great Plains Rangelands (In-House Appropriated)
	Management Practices for Long Term Productivity of Great Plains Agriculture (In-House Appropriated)
	Response of Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Watersheds to Changes in Water Availability, Land Use, Management, and Climate (In-House Appropriated)
	Enabling Sustainable Landscape Design for Continual Improvement of Operating Bioenergy Supply Systems (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Identify Factors Associated with Increased Establishment and Persistence of Grasses, Legumes, and Forbs on Conservation Reserve Program (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Optimizing Water Use Efficiency for Environmentally Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems in Semi-Arid Regions (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Technical Support for NRCS Users of WEPS, the Wind Erosion Prediction System (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	WEPS Web-based Wind Erosion Science Development and NRCS Technology Transfer Using WEPS (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Cooperative Research for Joint Projects in Basic and Applied Research with Regional or National Importance (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Identifying Mechanisms of Rangeland Drought Resilience: Management Strategies for Sustainable Ecosystem Health (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Livestock Ranching, Rangelands, and Resilience: Ensuring Adaptive Capacity in an Increasingly Variable Climate (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Adaptive and Flexible Grazing Management Strategies to Enhance Decision Making for Provision of Ecosystem Services in Shortgrass Steppe (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Adaptive and Flexible Grazing Management Strategies to Enhance Decision Making for Provision of Ecosystem Services in the High Plains (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Altering Forage Resources and Livestock Foraging Behavior in the Thunder Basin Region of Wyoming (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Stakeholder Capacity for Risk Management and Adaptation in a Changing Climate in the Northern Plains (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Increase Long-term Productivity and Economic Returns of Great Plains Agriculture (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Inter-Compare and Improve Soil-Crop Models for Evaluating Effects of Climate Change and Adaptations on Production and Natural Resources (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Modeling Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Watersheds (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Rangeland Modeling: Forage Forecasting, Livestock Behavior and Performance (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
	Development of Sugar Beet Germplasm Enhanced for Resistance to Important and Emerging Plant Pathogens (In-House Appropriated)
	Innovative Strategies and Methods for Improving the Management, Availability, and Utility of Plant Genetic Resource Collections (In-House Appropriated)
	Plant and Microbial Genetic Resource Preservation (In-House Appropriated)
	Evaluating and Incorporating Resistance to Important Diseases and Pests Beta from Crop Wild Relatives (Grant)
	Reimbursement for Potato Pvp Accessions Cryopreserved and Maintained as Tissue Culture as Specified under the Plant Variety Protection (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Seeds of Success (SOS) National Collection Initial Germination, Research, and Long-Term Storage with Curation (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Establish a General Framework for Cooperation for Research on the Sugar Beet (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	General Framework for Cooperation and Coordination for the Security Back-up of Plant Genetic Resources (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Screening Wild Populations of Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima, an Important Genetic Resource for Enhancing Beet Production in the United States (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Development of Cryopreservation Strategies for Conserving Grape Genetic Diversity within Genebanks (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Can Remote Sensing Detect Crop Wild Relatives? (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Development of Genebanking Training Materials and Seed Germination Studies (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Hydrothermal Effects on Seed Germination and Emergence in the Context of Soil Properties and Climate Change (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Identifying Key Factors Involved in the Enhancement or Loss of Seed Quality (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Increasing Efficiency in Cryopreservation of Clonally Maintained High Priority Germplasm Collections Using Dormant Winter Bud Technology (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Monitoring Long Term Preservation of NPGS Base Seed Collection (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Post-Harvest Phenotypic Evaluation of Landrace Accession of Jordanian Barley (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Protection of the USDA/ARS Citrus Collection from Disease through Cryopreservation Technologies (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	RNA Integrity and Viability of Seeds and Preserved Germplasm (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Strategies for Long-Term Conservation of Vegetative and Seed Germplasm of Prunus Species (Apricot, Cherry, Plum, Almond, and Peach) in Genebanks (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Crop Protection & Quarantine (NP #304)
	Improving the Sustainability of Irrigated Farming Systems in Semi-Arid Regions (In-House Appropriated)
	Understanding Water Use and Plant Responses of Crops Due to Deficit Irrigation (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)

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