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Research Programs and Projects at this Location

ARS research is organized into National Programs. Within each National Program are research projects. Listed below are  the National Programs and research projects currently conducted at this location.

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Food Animal Production (NP #101)
Applying Nutritional Strategies to Improve Early Embryonic Development and Progeny Performance in Beef Cows
(In-House Appropriated)
Discovery of Novel Traits to Improve Efficiency and Sustainability of Different Sheep Production Systems
(In-House Appropriated)
Improving Lifetime Productivity in Swine using Systems Biology and Precision Management Approaches
(In-House Appropriated)
Sustainable Management of Manure Nutrients and Environmental Contaminants from Beef and Swine Production Facilities
(In-House Appropriated)
Improving Livestock Production through the Development of Precision Rangeland Management Technologies
(Cooperative Agreement)
Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from Beef Feedyard and Compost in the Upper Great Plains USMARC Clay Center, Nebraska
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Improving Robustness and Climatic Resilience in U.S. Sheep Populations through Genomics
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Robustness and Climatic Resilience in U.S. Sheep Populations through Genomics
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Enhancing Boar Fertility in the Face of Climate Change through the Mitigation of In utero Heat Stress
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Influence of Maternal- and Embryonic- Derived Extracellular Vesicles on the Initiation of Porcine Conceptus Elongation.
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Livestock Production through the Development of Precision Rangeland Management Technologies
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Quantifying Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors Associated with Lamb Growth and Carcass Characteristics
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Use of Gene Knockout Pigs to Understand Reproductive Development in Swine
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Food Safety, (Animal and Plant Products) (NP #108)
Sustainable Management of Manure Nutrients and Environmental Contaminants from Beef and Swine Production Facilities
(In-House Appropriated)
Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from Beef Feedyard and Compost in the Upper Great Plains USMARC Clay Center, Nebraska
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Soil and Air (NP #212)
Sustainable Management of Manure Nutrients and Environmental Contaminants from Beef and Swine Production Facilities
(In-House Appropriated)
Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from Beef Feedyard and Compost in the Upper Great Plains USMARC Clay Center, Nebraska
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)