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Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Baitfish (minnows and shiners)
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Butter
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Chinese tallow
Citrus, general/other
Clams and mussels
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Conifer forests of the North
Conifer forests of the South
Conifer forests of the West
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cranberry
Crawfish
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Cultured aquatic animals, general/other
Cut flowers, foliage, and greens
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Date
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Duck and goose, live animal
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggplant
Eggs
Endangered species
Experimental design and statistical methods
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Filbert
Finfish
Fish habitats
Flax
Florist crops, other
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
Fungi (includes yeast)
General Commodity
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Grapefruit
Grapes, other
Grasslands, other
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Ground covers
Guayule
Gums
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Ice cream
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Invertebrates, general/other
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Marketing, processing, and supply firms other than cooperatives
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Milk
Mint
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Narcotic plants
Nectarine
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Nonfarm structures and related facilities, including those used in
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other animals, general
Other beef cattle products
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other cultured finfish
Other dairy cattle products
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
Parks and urban green space
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Peas (dry)
Peas (fresh, fresh-processed)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Pineapple
Pinyon-juniper
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Protozoa
Raisin grapes
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Research on research management (not research management per se)
Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Rice
River basins
Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other
Rye
Salmon
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sensory evaluation/analysis methods (human senses)
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep and wool, general/other
Sheep, live animal
Shellfish
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
Structures, facilities, and equipment, general/other
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Taro
Tea
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Tilapia
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Trout
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc.
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
Wildlife habitats
Wine grapes
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Wood and wood products
Wool fiber
Perennial grasses, other
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network – Plains Area Cropland Emissions (Mandan)
item Behavioral and Genetic Approaches to Improved Detection and Mitigation of Arthropod Pests
item Can targeted biochar addition be used to promote precision restoration of sagebrush rangelands?
item Collaborative Food Production Systems Research
item Collaborative Food Production Systems Research
item Collaborative Food Production Systems Research Between ARS and University of Alaska - Fairbanks
item Collaborative Food Production Systems Research for Alaska - A Cooperative Agreement
item Continuing Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring, and Research
item Coordination, Data Collection, and Integration of Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Fluxes Using Tall Tower Instrumentation
item Croplands Emissions - Midwest Area - Urbana, IL
item Decarbonization of Corn Bioethanol via Renewable Fuel Gas Production from Byproducts
item Developing Remote Sensing and Image Processing Tools for North Dakota Agricultural and Rangeland Applications
item Development of a rangeland Resilience and Threats (rRAT) tool for US producers
item Development of a Rangeland Resilience and Threats (rRAT) Tool for US Producers
item Development of Rangeland Fractional Cover and Production Models
item Development of the Aeolian EROsion (AERO) Model and Landscape Data Commons
item Development of the Aeolian EROsion (AERO) Model and Landscape Data Commons
item EDIT Update
item Enhancing Photosynthesis for Agricultural Resiliency and Sustainability
item Fast Pyrolysis of Agricultural Wastes and Advanced Pretreatment of the Pyrolytic Aqueous Phase
item Fire Effects on Microbial Communities and Soil Health in Northern Great Plains Grasslands
item Genetic analysis of USDA-NRCS plant materials
item Improve Temporal and Spatial Coverage of National Conservation Activity Data
item Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests
item Improved Plant Genetic Resources and Methods to ensure Resilient and Productive Rangelands, Pastures, and Turf Landscapes
item Increasing Winter Hardiness in Orchardgrass
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Illinois
item Knowledge Systems and Tools to Increase the Resilience and Sustainability of Western Rangeland Agriculture
item Long-Term Agroecosystems Research (LTAR) Human Dimensions Data Collection and Assessment
item Maintaining and Improving the Rangeland Analysis Platform
item Marketable Products from Thermochemical Biorefineries
item Measuring Production on North American Rangelands
item Measuring Production on North American Rangelands
item Monitoring the Outcomes of Noble Ranch Management using a Holistic Performance Indicator System
item Monitoring Tools and Research in Support of Adaptive Management
item Monitoring Tools and Research in Support of Adaptive Management
item Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory and Area IV Soil Conservation Districts Research Farm Agreement
item Optimizing Nitrogen Relationships Using Epigenetic Informed Networks
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Support and Development
item Remediation and Conversion of Apple Snail Waste via Pyrolysis
item Repurposing Herbaceous Agricultural Feedstocks for Biochemical Conversion to Bio-Based Products
item Standardized Monitoring Implementation and Research
item Targeted Approaches to Marketable Agricultural-Based Products
item TEOSYNTE: Regulon Engineering
item Transdisciplinary Research that Improves the Productivity and Sustainability of Northern Great Plains Agroecosystems and the Well-Being of the Communities They Serve
item Wildlife, Soil, and Plant Monitoring and Technologies to Improve Agricultural Systems Management