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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
Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Canola
Carrot
Climate
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Durum wheat
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Finfish
Fish habitats
Florist crops, other
Forage legumes, other
Fungi (includes yeast)
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Ground covers
Guayule
Gums
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hemp
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Lentil
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other dairy cattle products
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Peas (dry)
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry, general/other
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Rice
Rye
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Soybean
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
The farm as an enterprise
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wood and wood products
Research Projects within Dairy cattle, live animal
item Accelerating Bovine Tuberculosis Control in Developing Countries
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network – Initial Equipment Needs (Madison, WI)
item Alfalfa-Grass Mixtures: Evaluating Trade-Offs in Forage Quality, Productivity, and Field Carbon Balance
item Alternatives to Antibiotics: Neonatal Immunomodulation to Improve Disease Resilience in Food Animals - ISU
item Annotation and Analysis of the Alfalfa Genome
item Assessing the Potential Transmissibility of Bovine and Cervid Prions with a Human Prion Protein-based Model
item Assessment of Biochar- Chronic Wasting Disease Interactions and the Feasibility of Using Biochar to Reduce Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease
item Catalyzing a Billion Dollar Cover Crop Seed Industry - Madison
item Characterizing Formula-fed Veal and Dairy Beef Calf Welfare through Audits and Industry Engagement
item Characterizing Formula-fed Veal and Dairy Beef Calf Welfare Through Audits and Industry Engagement
item Comprehensive Soil Health: Conservation & Remediation Practices for Urban Agriculture
item Computational Analysis of Host, Bacteria, and Microbiome for Development of Strategies to Enhance Health and Food Safety
item Continued Development of an Immunological Toolkit and Profile for Bottlenose Dolphins
item Croplands Emissions - Midwest Area - Madison, WI
item Determine relationships between stress-load and calf behavior in precision livestock farming
item Developing Farmer Decision Support Tools to Manage Alfalfa Winterkill
item Developing Strategies to Improve Dairy Cow Performance and Nutrient Use Efficiency with Nutrition, Genetics, and Microbiology
item Developing Sustainable Forage and Cover Crop Systems for Dairy Farms
item Development and Testing of Mycobacterium Avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis Diva Vaccines in Dairy Cattle
item Development of Improved Diagnostic and Control Strategies for Brucellosis in Livestock and Wildlife
item Development of Vaccines for HPAI in Cattle Related to HPAI Virus in Food Products (Cattle Studies)
item Development of Vaccines for HPAI in Pigs Related to HPAI Virus in Food Products (HPAI Tissue Distribution)
item Development of Wireless Sensors for Detecting Misfolded Prion Proteins and Rumen pH of Deer
item Diagnostic and Mitigation Strategies to Control Tuberculosis in Cattle and Wildlife
item Diversifying Ecosystem Services in Dairy Forage Systems
item Elucidating the Pathobiology and Transmission of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
item Enhancing On-Farm Demonstration and Outreach Efforts for Alfalfa and Dual Purpose Cover Cropping Systems
item Enhancing On-Farm Demonstration and Outreach Efforts for Alfalfa and Dual Purpose Cover Cropping Systems
item Evaluating Alfalfa Bred for Intercropping in a Corn Alfalfa Intercropping System
item Evaluating Genotype by Environment Interactions in Intermediate Wheatgrass for Forage and Grain Production in Dairy Forage Systems
item Evaluation of Methane Reduction Potential and Forage Quality on Conventional and Low-lignin Variants of Alfalfa and Corn Silage
item Evaluation of Nitrous Oxide Emissions, Carbon Balance, and Profitability of Dairy Forage Systems Along a Gradient of Cropping System Diversity...
item Expanding Regional Grainshed Asset Mapping and Resource Development
item Expanding Resiliency and Utility of Alfalfa in Agroecosystems
item Experimental Infections of Elk With SARS-CoV-2
item Financial Health Workshop Series for BIPOC Farmers and Landowners
item Forage and Feed Characteristics on Performance, Feed Efficiency, Environmental Impact, and Farm Nutrient Cycling of Dairy Production Systems
item Forage and Fiber Utilization in Dairy Cow Diets
item Forage Applications for Hairy Vetch and Cereal Rye Research
item Fostering Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Landscapes by Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems
item Generation of a Transposon Mutant Library of Mycoplasma Mycoides Subspecies Mycoides
item Genomic and Mitigation Strategies to Control Mastitis
item Genotyping Red Clover for Seed Production
item Host-pathogen Interactions and Control Strategies for Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens in Cattle
item Host-pathogen Interactions and Control Strategies for Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens in Cattle
item Host-pathogen Interactions and Control Strategies for Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens in Cattle
item Identification of Antigens and Host Innate Immune Responses for Control of Johne's Disease
item Identifying and Developing Strategies to Enhance Sustainability and Efficiency in Dairy Forage Production Systems
item Increasing Alfalfa Persistence Using a Novel Field-Scale Genomic Breeding Strategy
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Minnesota
item Integrating Genomic, Nutritional, and Microbial Strategies to Mitigate Enteric Methane Emissions From Dairy Cattle
item Intervention Strategies for Spirochete Diseases
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Viral Respiratory Pathogens of Ruminants
item Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Limit Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Antimicrobial Resistance Transmission in Food Animals
item Laboratory assessment of biochar efficacy for remediating soil contamination with chronic wasting disease prions
item Machinery Traffic Impacts on the Alfalfa-Corn Intercropping System
item Managing Alfalfa for Climate Smart Agriculture (DFRU)
item Measuring and Monitoring Environmental Variables that Impact Agroecosystem Resilience
item Modeling and Synthesis for the Pasture Ecological Vulnerability Index
item Modeling Pest Predation Services Associated with Land Use Change in Agricultural Landscapes
item Native American Soil Health Collaborative: Strengthening Soil Health Efforts among Indigenous Communities
item Optimizing Welfare for Food Producing Animals
item Outreach and Promotion of Regenerative Grazing Practices to Support Soil Health and Economic Resilience
item PARTNERSHIP: Characterizing formula-fed veal and dairy beef calf welfare through audits and industry engagement
item PARTNERSHIP: Decision Support Tool for Precision Management of Alfalfa for Yield and Quality Improvement
item Producer Engagement in the Development of a FarmLab Research Program
item SARS-CoV-2 White-tailed Deer Infection Dynamics and Antibody Persistence
item SARS-CoV-2 White-tailed Deer Infection Dynamics and Antibody Persistence
item Severe acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Research Priorities
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating the Social, Economic, Policy, and Biophysical Drivers and Barriers to Greater Use of Soil Health Practices
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating Use of Soil Health Practices
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating Ways to Increase the Use of Soil Health Practices
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating Ways to Increase the Use of Soil Health Practices
item Soil Health Collaborative: Nutrient and Pest Management Program Outreach
item Soil Health Collaborative: Nutrient and Pest Management Program Outreach-Year 4
item Strategic Integration of Perennials in Annual Crop Production Systems
item Using Metatranscriptomics to Investigate the Liver and Blood Microbiome in the Young Calf and Mid-lactation Cows with Feed-induced Acidosis
item Utility of Mechanical Processing to Decouple Alfalfa Yield from Digestibility