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Agave
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
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
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
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)
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
Air
item 1890 Fellowship Research Regarding Enteric Methane Production by Cattle
item Acquisition of Ecological Measurements in the Central Mississippi River Basin LTAR Site
item Advanced UAS/UAV Application and Data Management Systems and Bioinformatics Tools Integrate GxExM Data for Precision Agricultural Management
item Advancement of UAS/UAV Application Systems
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 Advancing the State of Soil Information on U.S. Tribal Lands for Improved Food Security
item Agricultural Systems Research on Tribal Lands
item Air Quality Associated with Agricultural Operations (SDL)
item Antibiotic Resistance Gene Quantification from Modern and Historical Soils
item Antimicrobial Resistance in Surface Waters: Pilot Environmental Monitoring Effort
item Assessing Long-term Agronomic and Soil-health Impacts of Land-applied Dairy Cattle Manure
item Assessment and Monitoring Tools for Adaptive Management of Large Ranch Landscapes
item Assessment of the Effectiveness of Conservation Practices to Decrease Ammonia Emissions From Open Lot Cattle Operations
item Assessments of the Influence of Cryptic E. coli on Current Water Quality Monitoring and Management
item CEAP Watershed Assessment Study and National Soil Survey Center Joint Project: Improvement and testing of the NRCS Soil Vulnerability Index
item Chemical Composition of PM-10 and Gas Emitted from Cattle Livestock Operations
item Climate Change Adaptation Technical Assistance & Outreach in the Southwest
item Closing the Yield Gap of Cotton, Corn, and Soybean in the Humid Southeast with More Sustainable Cropping Systems
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 Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight and Research between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and ARS-Lincoln
item Collaborative Research in Atmospheric Characterization, Modeling and Sensing
item Continuing a General Framework for Cooperation for Research on Crop and Soil Science Projects
item Coupling Human and Machine Knowledge to Optimize Tribal Food Systems
item Coupling Human and Machine Knowledge to Optimize Tribal Food Systems - University of Arizona
item Data Partnership with PhenoCam Network to Process, Serve, and Archive LTAR Digital Camera Imagery and Derived Data Products
item Developing Best Management Practices for Poultry Litter to Improve Agronomic Value and Reduce Air, Soil and Water Pollution
item Developing Cover Crop Germplasm for Biological Nitrification Inhibition
item Developing Resilient Irrigated Cropping Systems in Concentrated Dairy Production Areas of the Semi-arid West
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item EDIT Connection
item EDIT Connection
item Effective Reduction of Ammonia in Poultry Facilities
item Engineering Poultry Litter Biochar to Capture Phosphorus to Improve Soil Phosphorus Management and Protect Water Quality
item Enhance the Agronomic, Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Production Systems
item Enhancing Agricultural Management and Conservation Practices by Advancing Measurement Techniques and Improving Modeling Across Scales
item Establish a General Framework for Cooperation for Research on University of Idaho Projects
item Experimental Evaluation of Drought and Grazing Duration on Grassland Productivity
item Field Scale Assessment of Factors Controlling Corn and Soybean Production Efficiency
item Fostering Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Landscapes by Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems (RESILIENCE CAP)
item Fostering Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Landscapes by Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems - Univ of TX in Arlington
item Harnessing the Bacterial Immune System to Understand AR Gene Exchange
item Headquarters Cooperative Programs - Natural Resources and Sustainable Agricultural Systems (NRSAS))
item High Performance Computing Related to Agricultural Research in Regard to Big Data, Geospatial Statistics, and Bioinformatics
item Impacts of Agricultural Adaptation on Water Resources in the Upper Rio Grande Basin: Assessment for the Basin Study
item Improved Management of Nutrients, Water, Agrochemicals, and Energy to Enhance Agriculture System Sustainability
item Improvement and Maintenance of a Knowledge of a Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS)
item Improving Emissions Estimates in Western Dairy Production Systems for Assessment of the Net Zero Initiative (NZI)
item Improving the Economic and Ecological Sustainability of US Crop Production through On-Farm Precision Experimentation
item Innovative Manure Treatment Technologies and Enhanced Soil Health for Agricultural Systems of the Southeastern Coastal Plain
item Integrating Field Experiments, Remote Sensing, and Modeling toward Improved Understanding and Quantification of Watershed Scale Carbon Cycling
item Land Management and Monitoring Apps Development
item Land Suitability Analysis for Olive and Maize Crop in Agroforestry System by Using Machine Learning Algorithms
item LandCART Development and Maintenance
item Linkages Between Crop Production Management and Sustainability in the Central Mississippi River Basin
item Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) for Dryland Cropping Systems of the Northwest
item LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin
item Managing Energy and Carbon Fluxes to Optimize Agroecosystem Productivity and Resilience
item Managing Manure as a Soil Resource for Improved Biosecurity, Nutrient Availability, and Soil Sustainability
item Managing Nutrients and Carbon to Optimize Agroecosystem Productivity and Resilience
item MOU between USDA/ARS, USDA/NIFA, and Dairy Management Inc.
item Northwest and Alaska Climate Science to Enable Climate-Smart Decision-Making
item Novel Commercial Farm-field Network to Quantify Emissions and Carbon Storage from Agricultural Bio-energy Feedstock Production
item NRATE: Nitrogen Research for Agriculture Transformation and Enhancement
item Plant-Soil-Water Nexus: Agricultural Systems Research on Tribal Lands
item Plant-Soil-Water Nexus: Agricultural Systems Research on Tribal Lands
item PNW Herbicide Resistant Weeds Intiative: Community Engagement and Integrated Management of Herbicide Resistant Weeds
item Quantifying Life Cycle Impacts of Agricultural Systems with Winter Cover Crops
item Rangeland Monitoring and Data Analyses Using the AIM Strategy
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Scaling Up Potential Antibiotic Resistant Gene Transport to Groundwater in Karst Geologies through Digital Tools
item Science and Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Rangeland Systems
item Science and Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Western 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 Strategies to Improve Anaerobic Digestion for Small to Medium-Sized Livestock Operations in the U.S.
item Strategies to Manage Feed Nutrients, Reduce Gas Emissions, and Promote Soil Health for Beef and Dairy Cattle Production Systems of the Southern Great Plains
item Streamlining the Use of Monitoring Data in Multiple Resource Decision Making
item Sustainable Management of Manure Nutrients and Environmental Contaminants from Beef and Swine Production Facilities
item Swine Carcass Staging Risk Mitigations Study
item Technology Development to Support Land Management, Monitoring and Research
item The 4 Directions Projections
item Tools and Analyses for Data-Supported Management
item U.S. Dairy Net Zero Initiative: Improving Dairy On-Farm Sustainability Through Improved Soil Health and Manure Management
item Umbrella Agreement Between USGS (LMG) and ARS (HRSL) to Cooperate on Conservation Practice Research
item Using Modeling to Develop Monitoring Strategy and Scheduling for Microbial Quality of Irrigation Water Sources
item Using Quantitative Approaches to Developing Ecological Sites
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 and Light Use Efficiency of Native Grasses in a Silvopasture System
item Weather Extremes, Conservation, Risk Management Nexus