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Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Annual grasses, other
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
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
item Activated Carbon Seed Technologies and Indaziflam Application to Simultaneously Control Exotic Annual Grasses and Establish Perennial Vegetation
item Adaptive Capacity and Ecosystem Service Provisioning on Intermountain Range Sheep Systems Under a Changing Climate
item Adaptive Management Research on Co-species Grazed Rangelands
item Advancing Standardized Monitoring on Rangelands
item Advancing Veterinary Care, Research and Education in Small-Ruminant Obstetrics and Health
item Agroecological Approach to Enhance U.S. Sheep Industry Viability and Rangeland Ecosystem Conservation
item AmeriFlux Management Project Core Site - Walnut Gulch/Santa Rita
item Assessing Linkages between Seed Bed Microenvironment and Browse-Species Establishment on Northern Region WMAs
item Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West
item Can targeted biochar addition be used to promote precision restoration of sagebrush rangelands?
item Carbon and Water Exchanges and Plant Phenology on Great Basin Rangelands
item CEAP-GL Rangeland Brush Estimation Tool (RaBET)- Year One
item Climate-adaptive Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Establishment of Diverse CRP Plantings in Drylands
item Co-Developing Criteria for White Bark Pine Friendly Ranching
item Co-developing criteria for white bark pine friendly ranching
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 Commenting on Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest plans
item Continuing Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring, and Research
item Crossbred Lamb Carcass Quality Evaluation
item Data Partnership with PhenoCam Network to Process, Serve, and Archive LTAR Digital Camera Imagery and Derived Data Products
item Developing Mitigation Strategies for Poisonous Plants in Livestock Production Systems
item Developing Practical Genetic Solutions for the Sheep Industry
item Developing Practical Livestock Grazing Management Solutions to Optimize Rangeland Biodiversity
item Developing Remote Technologies to Monitor and Manage Livestock Grazing
item Development and Maintenance of the Rangeland Analysis Platform
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 a Rangeland Resilience and Threats (rRAT) Tool for US Producers
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Development of Ecological Strategies for Invasive Plant Management and Rehabilitation of Western Rangelands
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 Disturbance Mitigation and Adaptive Restoration of Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems
item Disturbance Mitigation and Adaptive Restoration of Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems
item DNA Sequencing and Molecular Analysis of Forage, Range, and Turf Plants
item Documenting Scientific and Indigenous Histories of Plant Ecology
item Educational and Scientific Cooperation between Boise State University and the USDA Agricultural Research Service
item Educational and Scientific Cooperation between the University of Idaho and the USDA Agricultural Research Service
item Effects of Herbicide as a Fuel Reduction Treatment in the Mojave Desert
item Enhancing Rangeland Science Delivery in the Northern Great Basin
item Erosion Prediction and Land Health Assessment and Visualization Tools
item Fire Management Sheep Experiment Station
item Fuel Treatment Durability in Sagebrush Ecosystems in Current and Future Climates
item Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Monitoring in SageSTEP
item Genetics, Ecology, and Biological Control of Invasive Annual Grasses
item Herbicide as a Fuel Reduction Treatment in the Mojave Desert
item High-density Genotyping of Plants
item High-throughput Phenotyping and Genotypic Modeling of Intermediate Wheatgrass Forage and Seed Traits
item Hydrologic Impacts of Wildfire and Conservation Practices in Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems
item Hydrology and Erosion Dynamics Following Compost Applications on Annual Grassland
item Impacts of Disturbances, Management Practices, and Climate on Ecohydrology of Water-Limited Lands
item Improve Temporal and Spatial Coverage of National Conservation Activity Data
item Improved Plant Genetic Resources and Methods to ensure Resilient and Productive Rangelands, Pastures, and Turf Landscapes
item Improving the Collection and Accessibility of Potential Control Location Data for Successful Cross-jurisdictional Pre-fire Planning
item Increasing Winter Hardiness in Orchardgrass
item Integrated Management of South American Pests and Weeds
item Knowledge Systems and Tools to Increase the Resilience and Sustainability of Western Rangeland Agriculture
item Land Health Assessment and Visualization Tools
item Land Management and Monitoring Apps Development
item Land Potential-based Restoration Decision Support and Monitoring Design for Playas Valley, NM Holdings of Freeport Minerals Corporation
item Land Potential-Based Restoration Decision Support and Monitoring for Playas Valley, NM
item LANDSCAPE MONITORING
item Landscape Scale Rangeland Restoration via Seed Source Islands
item Linkages between Soil Chemistry and Cheatgrass Emergence Following Wildfire
item Linking Snow, Soil Moisture and Microclimate with Fuel Moisture: A Snowpack, Soil-moisture and Fuel-moisture Monitoring Network in Northern Arizona
item Livestock Grazing in Rangeland Management Systems
item LTAR-NEON Collaboration to Quantify Rangeland Vegetation Production - Phase 3
item LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin
item Maintaining and Improving the Rangeland Analysis Platform
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 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 New Remote Sensing Techniques for Ecosystem Water and Carbon Flux Estimation - Phase 2
item Operation of NOAA Mesonet Weather Monitoring Staion to Provide Critical Weather Data to Local NOAA Forecaters
item Optimizing Spatial Allocation of Restoration and Conservation Efforts Across the Sagebrush Biome
item Plant Community Composition and Production of Intermountain West Grazing Lands
item Precision Management Technologies for Rangeland Agricultural Systems
item Quantifying How Spatial and Temporal Effects of Invasive Plants on Fuel Structure and Fuel Moisture Influence Fire Regimes
item Quantitative Plant Phenotyping as a Tool for Yield Prediction and Improvement
item RaBET Development for Rangelands in the Western U.S.
item Range science outreach to strengthen ranching economies and rangeland ecosystem resilience on USDA lands in Idaho and the Intermountain West
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Growth and Data
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Support and Development
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Support and Development
item Rangeland Ecohydrology
item Rangeland Microsite Biogeochemisty
item Rangeland Monitoring through Artificial Intelligence Classification of Drone Imagery
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Remote Sensing Unique Species Identification
item Remote Sensing Unique Species Identification & Process Publication(s)
item Research Based Solutions to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poisonous Plants on Livestock and Wildlife
item Sagebrush Rangeland Conservation and Restoration
item Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project
item Science and Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Rangeland Systems
item Seasonal Forecasting Infrastructure Development
item Seed Enhancement Treatments to Alleviate Environmental Stress on Restoration Species
item Sheep Station Prescribed Burn Tebuthiuron Units
item Snowtography Informing Timber Production That Conserves Water for Farms, Ranches, and Rural Areas in the Upper Green River, Wyoming
item Socio-economic Assessment of Great Basin Livestock Production Systems
item Soil Erosion and Ecosystem Recovery After Wildfire Under a Changing Climate
item Soil, Water, Meadow and Rangeland Monitoring on the Desatoya Mountains Project
item Standardized Monitoring Implementation and Research
item Synthesis and Production of Natural Rubber and Biobased Products
item System-based Management and Rehabilitation of Rangelands
item Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring and Research
item Trajectories of Change: How Climate, Wildfire, and Management Drive Shrubland Ecosystem Transitions
item Trajectories of Ecosystem Change
item Transboundary Dust Hazards in the Chihuahuan Desert
item Treatment Durability
item Treatment Durability using LANDIS-II
item Understanding Ecological, Hydrological, and Erosion Processes in the Semiarid Southwest to Improve Watershed Management
item Using Quantitative Approaches to Developing Ecological Sites
item WinterTurf: A holistic approach to understanding the mechanisms and mitigating the effects of winter stress on turfgrasses in northern climates
item Workman Creek Snowtography