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Research Projects Subjects of Investigation at this Location

Each ARS research project has related subjects of investigation.  Listed below are the subjects of investigation currently conducted at this location.

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Subjects of Investigation
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general
Canola
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Coffee
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Dairy cattle, live animal
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Fertilizers
Finfish
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
General Commodity
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lentil
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Marine shrimp
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Other animals, general
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other swine products
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peanut
Peas (dry)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Rice
River basins
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Sugar beet
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wildlife habitats
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Research Projects within The farm as an enterprise
item A Systematic Research Approach to Responsive Agriculture for the Advancement of Health
item A Systems Approach to Responsive Agriculture
item Accelerating IoT and Big Data Analytics to Drive Climate Smart and Precision Agriculture Systems
item Accelerating IoT and Big Data Analytics to Drive Climate Smart and Precision Agriculture Systems
item Assessment and Monitoring Tools for Adaptive Management of Large Ranch Landscapes
item Climate Change Adaptation Technical Assistance & Outreach in the Southwest
item Collaboration on Tools to Manage Ecosystem Transitions for Agricultural Sustainability in the Americas
item Collaborative Animal Research between New Mexico State University (NMSU and ARS)
item Collaborative Food Production Systems Research
item Collaborative Research in Atmospheric Characterization, Modeling and Sensing
item Continuing Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring, and Research
item Data Partnership with PhenoCam Network to Process, Serve, and Archive LTAR Digital Camera Imagery and Derived Data Products
item Developing Remote Sensing and Image Processing Tools for North Dakota Agricultural and Rangeland Applications
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Development of Data and Tools to Support Precision Dryland Farming
item Enhancements to the Database for Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment
item Environmental Monitoring to Support Eco-Geomorphic Modeling and Atmospheric Prediction
item Experimental Evaluation of Drought and Grazing Duration on Grassland Productivity
item Great Plains Indigenous Seeds and Plants Research
item Great Plains Indigenous Seeds and Plants Research with United Tribes Technical College
item Improvement and Maintenance of a Knowledge of a Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS)
item Improving Soil Quality and Productivity of Eroded Crop Land Using Animal Beef Manure
item Integrating Community Nutrition with Improved Pregnancy Outcomes
item Knowledge Systems and Tools to Increase the Resilience and Sustainablity of Western Rangeland Agriculture
item Land Health Assessment and Visualization Tools
item Land Management and Monitoring Apps Development
item LANDSCAPE MONITORING
item Long-Term Agroecosystems Research (LTAR) Human Dimensions Data Collection and Assessment
item Long-term Oil Seed Production Influence Soil Quality and Carbon Content in Dryland Cropping System
item Long-term Tillage Influence Soil Nutrient Dynamics and Soil Quality in Dryland Cropping System
item Long-term Tillage Influence Soil Quality and Carbon Cycling in Dryland Cropping System
item LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin
item Natural Carbon Sinks in Grass and Cropland
item Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory and Area IV Soil Conservation Districts Research Farm Agreement
item Program Development to Address Responsive Agriculture for the Advancement of Health
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Support and Development
item Rangeland Monitoring and Data Analyses Using the AIM Strategy
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Science and Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Rangeland Systems
item Science and Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Rangeland Systems
item Scientific Support and Partnership for BLM Renewable Resource Programs in NM
item Scientific Support and Partnership for BLM Renewable Resources Programs in New Mexico
item Seed Multiplication to Support Indigenous Seed Sovereignty
item Strategies for Sustaining Multi-functional Rangelands
item Streamlining the Use of Monitoring Data in Multiple Resource Decision Making
item Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring and Research
item The 4 Directions Projections
item Transdisciplinary Research that Improves the Productivity and Sustainability of Northern Great Plains Agroecosystems and the Well-Being of the Communities They Serve
item U.S. Department of State Temporary Detail for Jeffrey Herrick
item Using Quantitative Approaches to Developing Ecological Sites
item Wind Erosion Tools and the Landscape Data Commons