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Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Apricot
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
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
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
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
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
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Ground covers
Guayule
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Herbs and spices
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Kenaf
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
Lesquerella
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
Mixed conifer-broadleaf forests
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 Pollinators
Other poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
Paper and pulp derived products
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
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
Tung
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
Watersheds and river basins, general
item Achieving Low N2O and CH4 Missions in Non-Flooded Rice Through Effective N Management Tools
item Advancing On-farm and Experiment Station Research to Manage Herbicide Resistant Weeds in the Pacific Northwest
item Advancing Soil Health and Agricultural Performance to Promote Sustainable Intensification and Resilience of Northwest Dryland Cropping Systems
item Agricultural Water, Land Retirement, and Habitat on the Pacific Flyway: A Non-market Value Assessment
item Agroecosystem Sustainability in Upper Mississippi River Basin: Crop, Soil, and Water Resources
item AI Innovations for UAS-Based Biomass Estimation and Regional Extrapolations in the Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain
item AmeriFlux Management Project Core Site - Walnut Gulch/Santa Rita
item Analyses and Tools for Sonar-Derived Data of River Flow and River Bottom Geomorphology
item Analyses of USDA Flood Control Reservoir Sedimentation
item Application of a Watershed Model to Assess Groundwater Sustainability Under Changing Climatic and Management Scenarios
item Assess Agricultural Conservation Practices to Reduce Nutrient Losses
item Assessing Conservation Practice Impacts on Reducing Soil Loss from Ephemeral Gullies within CEAP Watersheds
item Assessing the Fate of Metal Oxide Associated Contaminants During Managed Aquifer Recharge
item Assessing Water Quality Trends in the TFCC Irrigation Project
item Assessment of Conservation Practice Impacts on Water and Sediment Loads Using Enhanced USDA Field and Watershed Management Planning Technology
item Assessments of the Influence of Cryptic E. coli on Current Water Quality Monitoring and Management
item Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment (AGWA) tool
item Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment (AGWA) Tool
item Autonomous Irrigation of Cover-Crop-Production Systems Reduces Pollutant Loss from Farm Fields, Transport of Agrochemicals in Streams, and Aquifer
item Biological Control in Integrated Weed Management of Invasive Weeds from Europe, Asia, and Africa
item CEAP Watershed Assessment Study and National Soil Survey Center Joint Project: Improvement and testing of the NRCS Soil Vulnerability Index
item CEAP-Grazing Lands Remote Sensing of Woody Vegetation
item Characterization of Existing Soil Conservation Practices Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning
item Climate States and Climate Changes Observed and Projected in the Mississippi Embayment Aquifer Region from 1981 to 2060
item Climate-informed Assessment of Water Availability and Adaptive Management for Cropping Systems in the Fort Cobb Reservoir Experimental Watershed
item Collaborative Critical Zone Experimentation
item Consequences of Uniformly Managing Irrigated Fields with Variable Soil Depths
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands), AMU
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands), CSWQ
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) 2020 - ARS Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands)
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project - 2022, 2023
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1 (University Park)
item Contribution of Legacy Phosphorus to Watershed Outcomes, Phase 1 & 2
item Database of Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Stream System Morphologic Attributes
item Decision Support Tools to Address Sustainable Water Management Issues in the Mississippi Delta
item Determining Subsurface Hydraulic Properties and Water Content Using Geophysical Methods and Limited Soil/Sediment Datasets
item Development of a Carbon Dynamics Model for Predicting GHG Emission and Sequestration in Croplands
item Development of Best Management Practices and Technologies to Optimize Water Use in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Development of Best Management Practices, Tools, and Technologies to Optimize Water Use Efficiency and Improve Water Distribution in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Development of Enhanced Tools and Management Strategies to Support Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Water Quality
item Dissemination and Risk of Anthropogenically Induced Antibiotic Resistance in the Agricultural Environment
item Ecohydrology of Sustainable Mountainous Rangeland Ecosystems
item Ecological Forest Management Snow Monitoring Demonstration Site
item Economic Analysis Support for Water Use Data Related to the Arkansas Groundwater Initiative
item Elements: Agricultural Cyber-infrastructure Support for Field and Grid Modeling, and Runtime Decision-making
item Enhancing Agricultural Management and Conservation Practices by Advancing Measurement Techniques and Improving Modeling Across Scales
item Enhancing Long-Term Agroecosystem Sustainability of Water and Soil Resource Through Science and Technology
item Enhancing Long-Term Agroecosystem Sustainability of Water and Soil Resources Through Science and Technology
item Evaluating Models of Radiation Transfer and Carbon-Water Exchange in Vineyard and Orchard Canopies
item Evaluation of an Innovative Mobile Phosphorus Removal Systems for Vermont CEAP and Priority HABs-affected Watersheds
item Examining Perennial Crop Physiology, Evapotranspiration, and Carbon Dynamics Using Surface-based Measurements and Proximal Remote Sensing Techniques
item Examining Sustainable Production Systems to Improve Water Resources in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Exploration for Natural Enemies of Invasive Species Originating from China and the Surrounding Areas
item Exploring Microbial Symbioses for Reduced CH4 Emissions in Irrigated Drill Seeded Rice
item Farm-level Conservation Strategies to Reduce Carbon Footprint and Improve Productivity in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Field-Scale SWAT+ Modeling to Support Regional Legacy P Model Development
item FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands)
item FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) - Oxford
item FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) - Oxford (WQ&ERU)
item FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) - Tifton
item FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands)
item FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), Agricultural Research Service Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands)
item FY 2020 Design and Evaluation of a Mobile Phosphorus Removal System for Vermont CEAP Watersheds
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - CSWQ
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (On Croplands) - Kimberly
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - NLAE
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - Tifton
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - University Park
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) El Reno, OK
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) ARS Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - Jonesboro, AZ (Reba)
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) ARS Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - Oxford, MS (Bingner)
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) ARS Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) -Oxford, MS (Lizotte)
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands)
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) - (Jonesboro)
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) - (WPPRU Oxford)
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) - (WQERU Oxford)
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - Tifton
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) El Reno
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands)/ University Park, PA
item FY 2022, 2023 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) Temple
item Groundwater and Soil Water Dynamics Modeling to Advance Erosion Prediction in Agricultural Fields
item Gulf of Mexico Program
item Helping to Conserve and Wisely use the Land, Water, Wildlife, and Related Natural Resources in the State of Arkansas
item High Throughput Phenotyping of Crops Using sUAS-borne Imagery
item High-Frequency In-Stream Nitrate Sensing to Advance Models and Inform Watershed Management
item Impact of Production Systems on Insect Pressure in the Mississippi Delta
item Impacts of Disturbances, Management Practices, and Climate on Ecohydrology of Water-Limited Lands
item Impacts of Long-Term Management on Surface and Subsurface Transport and Biogeochemical Fluxes within the Cook Agronomy Farm
item Impacts of Variable Land Management and Climate on Water and Soil Resources
item Improved Agroecosystem Efficiency and Sustainability in a Changing Environment
item Improving Irrigation Efficiencies and Sustainability in Woody Perennial Crops Specific to California
item Improving Modeling of the Agroecosystem in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Improving Nutrient and Sediment Loss Modeling through Field Validation in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Improving Water Productivity and Quality in Irrigated Landscapes of the Northwestern United States
item Improving Water Use Efficiency and Grain Yield of Furrow-Irrigated Rice
item Indicator Based Approach to Estimate Impact of Land-Use/Land Cover Change on Water Footprint Using Artificial Intelligent (AI) Methods
item Integrated Optimization Framework of California Water and Land Use
item Integrating Cover Crops, Tillage, and Irrigation Management to Enhance Crop Productivity and Profitability
item Integrating Field Experiments, Remote Sensing, and Modeling toward Improved Understanding and Quantification of Watershed Scale Carbon Cycling
item Life After the Flood: Disrupting Rice Farming by Integrating Automated, LoT-Irrigation Technologies into a Low-Water-Use Production System
item Linkages Between Crop Production Management and Sustainability in the Central Mississippi River Basin
item Linking Climate Change Impacts on Forest Health, Fire Risk, and Vegetation and Snow Dynamics in California
item Linking Dynamic Soil Erodibility to Soil Loss in the Agricultural Landscape
item Linking Ground Based and Remotely Sensed Stress Physiology of California Woody Perennial Crops
item Linking Measured Root Zone Dynamics to Atmospheric and Subsurface Fluxes
item Long Term Agroecosystem Research Network (LTAR) Croplands Common Experiment
item Long-Term Agro-Ecosystem Sustainability Research Common Experiment
item Long-term Dairy Manure Application, Cover Crop and Tillage Effects on Soil Physical Properties
item LTAR Upper Chesapeake Bay Conewago Watershed Monitoring Project
item LTAR-NEON Collaboration to Quantify Rangeland Vegetation Production - Phase 2
item Machine Learning for Unearthing Environmental Drivers of Soil Moisture Dynamics and Scaling to Hillslope and Remote Sensing Observations
item Managed Aquifer Recharge to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture
item Managing Water Resources to Foster the Sustainable Intensification of Agroecosystems in the Northeastern U.S.
item Manokin River Watershed Urea Monitoring Project
item Mapping Irrigation Methods using Artificial Intelligence
item Measurement and Modeling of Groundwater Recharge in Agroecosystems
item Modeling and Synthesis for the Pasture Ecological Vulnerability Index
item Modeling the Contribution of Legacy Phosphorus to Watershed Outcomes in Mahantango Creek
item Monitoring and Evaluating Water Resources in Upper Washita River Basin
item New Remote Sensing Techniques for Ecosystem Water and Carbon Flux Estimation
item New Remote Sensing Techniques for Ecosystem Water and Carbon Flux Estimation - Phase 2
item Nonequilibrium Processes Influencing Contaminant Fate During Managed Aquifer Recharge
item Northwest and Alaska Climate Science to Enable Climate-Smart Decision-Making
item Operation and Development of iSnobal model for Kings River
item Optimizing Irrigation Water Use in the Arkansas Delta
item Optimizing the Management of Irrigated Cropping Systems in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item PNW Herbicide Resistant Weeds Intiative: Community Engagement and Integrated Management of Herbicide Resistant Weeds
item Preserving Water Quantity and Quality for Agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Pretreatment Technologies for Managed Aquifer Recharge to Mitigate Clogging and to Remove Contaminants
item Quantifying Life Cycle Impacts of Agricultural Systems with Winter Cover Crops
item Quantifying Water Quantity and Quality at the Cook Agronomy Farm Long Term Agroecosystem Research Location
item RaBET Development for Rangelands in the Western U.S.
item Remote Sensing Unique Species Identification & Process Publication(s)
item Rethinking California’s Managed Aquifer Recharge Beyond Flat Terrains: A Multi-Method Assessment of Hillslope Processes
item RUSLE2 c~Climate Database Updates
item RUSLE2 Execution Parameters Database Updates
item Science and Technologies for Improving Soil and Water Resources in Agricultural Watersheds
item Shifting the Balance of Water Resources and Interacting Agroecosystem Services Toward Sustainable Outcomes in Watersheds of the Southern Coastal Plain
item Skutumpah Terrace Sagebrush Steppe Enhancement Hydrology/Erosion Study
item Snow Water Supply Forecasting
item Support and Enhancement of CEAP Databases
item Sustainable Intensification in Agricultural Watersheds through Optimized Management and Technology
item Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture
item Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (CA)
item Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (NACA)
item Technical Analysis of Grazingland National Resource Field Inventory Data
item Transport of Nitrogen from Groundwater to Former Cranberry Bogs Along the Coonamessett River
item Umbrella Agreement Between USGS (LMG) and ARS (HRSL) to Cooperate on Conservation Practice Research
item UMES Stormwater Management Research Facility: Investigating Nutrient and Sediment Reduction for Poultry House Facilities
item Understanding Ecological, Hydrological, and Erosion Processes in the Semiarid Southwest to Improve Watershed Management
item Understanding Water-Plant Interactions in Cranberry Farms
item Using Phytoremediation and Other Ecosystem Services to Address Emerging Contaminants in Agroecosystems
item Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles for Application of Fertilizers to Cranberry Bogs in Massachusetts
item Utilizing Sustainable Remediation Technologies to Reduce Bioavailability and Transport of Chlorinated Organic Compounds
item Water and Energy Balance Measurements in the Central Mississippi River Basin LTAR
item Water Management Strategies to Reduce C Footprint and Preserve High Productivity in Irrigated Rice Systems
item Water Use, Yield and Global Warming Potential of Furrow-Irrigated Rice
item Watershed Legacy Sediment Assessment
item Watershed Modeling to Improve Conservation Planning Approaches
item Workman Creek Snowtography