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Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Apricot
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
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Clothing and textiles, general
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
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 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
Weather
item A Coordinated Network for the Improvement of HLB Research and Extension Outputs
item Accelerating IoT and Big Data Analytics to Drive Climate Smart and Precision Agriculture Systems
item Accounting for Stem Water Capacitance in Earth Systems and Hydrologic Models
item Achieving Low N2O and CH4 Missions in Non-Flooded Rice Through Effective N Management Tools
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network – Initial Equipment Needs
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network – Initial Equipment Needs – Kimberly
item Adaptation Strategies for Livestock Grazing in a Changing Climate
item Assessing and Enabling Agroecosystem Sustainability of Southeastern U.S. Suptropical Humid Grassland and Shrub Landscapes
item Assessing Multiple Benefits of Silcate Rock Dust Applications in Paddy Rice Under AWD Irrigation
item Baseline Methane Data and Mitigation Measures: Field and Modeling Approaches
item Climate Change Mitigation Outreach and Education: California Climate Hub
item Climate Informed Reforestation Guidance, Resources, Workshops and Extension
item Climate States and Climate Changes Observed and Projected in the Mississippi Embayment Aquifer Region from 1981 to 2060
item Climate-adaptive Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Establishment of Diverse CRP Plantings in Drylands
item Climate-informed decisions for natural and working lands
item Co-Developing Precision Rangeland Management Approaches in the Context of Variable Precipitation and Disturbance
item Collect Timely Information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from On-farm Storage Irrigation Reservoirs in the Lower Mississippi River Basin in Arkansas
item Colorado South Platte River Basin CEAP - Establishment of Monitoring and Modeling Foundation
item Conservation Practices for Attaining Integrated Environment-Smart Cropping in Irrigated Row Crops
item Contributing to a UAS/UAV Fleet Management System and Imagery Data Management System with USDA-ARS and Partnerships for Data Innovations (PDI)
item Croplands Emissions - Midwest Area - Columbia, MO
item Data Solutions for Climate Smart and Resilient Agriculture
item Develop an Evapotranspiration-based Decision Support System for Climate-Resilient Sustainable Water Management Strategies for Mississippi Farms
item Developing a Global Ecosystem of IoT and Sensor Technology and Research to Augment the Partnerships for Data Innovations Tools
item Developing a Standardized and Integrated Living Agricultural Research Data System of Systems
item Developing a Standardized Semi-automated QA/QC Software System and Low-cost Sensor and Datalogging Technologies for a USDA-ARS Cloud Platform
item Developing Ecophysiological Components for Post-Fire Hydrologic Models
item Developing Precision Management Strategies to Enhance Productivity, Biodiversity, and Climate Resilience in Rangeland Social-ecological Systems
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 Digital Mapping and USDA Geospatial Assets Development
item Economic Analysis Support for Water Use Data Related to the Arkansas Groundwater Initiative
item Enteric Methane Monitoring - Midwest Area Madison WI
item Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Drill Seeded Rice with Soil Amendments using DNDC Model
item Evaluating the Agricultural Ecosystems Services (AgES) Watershed Versus Other Models in Snow-dominated Systems
item Examining Sustainable Production Systems to Improve Water Resources in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Farm-level Conservation Strategies to Reduce Carbon Footprint and Improve Productivity in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Field Scale Assessment of Factors Controlling Corn and Soybean Production Efficiency
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) ARS Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - Jonesboro, AZ (Reba)
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) - (Jonesboro)
item FY23 Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Colorado South Platte River Establishment
item Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Agrohydrological Variability in the Water-limited Great Plains
item Geospatial Cooperation to Strengthen Technical Professional Development and Diversify Software Portfolio
item Geospatial Solutions and Training for Agricultural Researchers and Practitioners
item Graphical User Interface for Multi-Group Particle Swarm Optimization
item Grass-Cast: Decision Support to Enhance Ecosystem Services in Rangelands
item Helping to Conserve and Wisely use the Land, Water, Wildlife, and Related Natural Resources in the State of Arkansas
item Improved Establishment Techniques for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Pollinator Mixtures in Semi-Arid Regions of the Western U.S.
item Improving Dryland Agricultural Crops, Practices, and Data Utilization
item Improving Modeling of the Agroecosystem in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Improving Our Understanding of the Impact of Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from tall tower installation in rice-Jonesboro-DWMRU
item Improving Our Understanding of the Impact of Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Major Mid-South Crops-Jonesboro-DWMRU
item Improving Our Understanding of the Impact of Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Major Mid-South Crops-Jonesboro-Univ. of California/Davis
item Improving Our Understanding of the Impact of Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Major Mid-South Crops-Jonesboro-University of Arkansas
item Improving Resiliency of Semi-Arid Agroecosystems and Watersheds to Change and Disturbance through Data-Driven Research, AI, and Integrated Models
item Improving Specialty Crop Resilience to Climate Change and Pests in the Midwest
item Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S.
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 Interagency Cooperation to Support OCIO-EGMO Geospatial Data Communities Hub
item Interagency Cooperation to Support USDA-ARS Digital/Geospatial Solutions
item Iowa State University Extension Climate Program
item Life After the Flood: Disrupting Rice Farming by Integrating Automated, LoT-Irrigation Technologies into a Low-Water-Use Production System
item Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network: Kellogg Biological Station LTAR Site
item Low-Cost Infrared Thermometer for Agricultural Applications
item LTAR Network Strategic Planning and Visioning
item Mapping of Soil Moisture with Mobile Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors
item Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: An Investigation in Rangeland and Pasture Soil Health and Their Drivers - Fort Collins
item National GHG Measurement, Monitoring and Data Innovations for Environmental and Sustainable Agricultural Systems
item National Measurement and Monitoring Innovations for Environmental and Sustainable Agricultural Systems
item On-Farm Application of Crop and Soil Models in the Grower's Fields for Crop Management and Input Optimization
item Optimizing Irrigation Water Use in the Arkansas Delta
item Optimizing the Management of Irrigated Cropping Systems in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Partnerships for Data Innovations and Data Solutions to Support Ecosystem Modeling
item Preserving Water Quantity and Quality for Agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Purdue University - Midwest Regional Climate Center, Agricultural Climatology Data and Tools
item Quantifying Agronomic and Sustainability Benefits of Silicate Rock Dust Applications to Drill-Seeded Rice
item Rangeland Modeling in the Western Great Plains
item Rangeland Modeling: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Livestock Grazer and Ecosystem Interactions
item Resilience of Integrated Weed Management Systems to Climate Variability in Midwest Crop Production Systems
item Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture in Arkansas and Beyond
item Soil Water Holding Capacity in Long-Term Compost Study
item Support for the Scaling of Climate Smart Agriculture for Arkansas and Beyond
item Sustainable and Resilient Crop Production Systems Based on the Quantification and Modeling of Genetic, Environment, and Management Factors
item Tall Tower Monitoring - Midwest Area Urbana, IL
item Techniques for Enhancing Pollinator CRP Plantings in Arid and Semi-arid Regions: Curtis Ranch agreement
item Techniques for Enhancing Pollinator CRP Plantings in Arid and Semi-arid Regions: John Wright Agreement
item The Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Fellowship (CAMF): Peer-to-Peer Learning for Farmers and Agricultural Advisors
item The USDA ARS Climate Hubs – Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability by Impactful Development and Communication of Climate Smart Agricultural Research and Practices – Ames, Iowa
item The USDA Climate Hubs – Supporting Natural and Working Lands Resilience by Co-Developing and Communicating Research-Informed Agro-Climate Practices
item Understanding Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Irrigated Row Crop Systems
item University of Minnesota Extension Climate for Tribal and Under - Resourced Farmers
item Using Landscape Features, Plot Measurements, and Remote Sensing Data to Improve Predictions of Fuels Treatment Longevity in the Colorado Front Range
item Using Landscape Features, Plot Measurements, and Remote Sensing Data to Improve Predictions of Fuels Treatment Longevity in the Colorado Front Range
item Water and Light Use Efficiency of Native Grasses in a Silvopasture System
item Water Management Strategies to Reduce C Footprint and Preserve High Productivity in Irrigated Rice Systems
item Water Quality at the Edge of Field and In-Stream in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Water Use, Yield and Global Warming Potential of Furrow-Irrigated Rice
item WEPS Workplan 2024 With NRCS
item Wind Erosion Prediction Tool for Conservation Planning