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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
Crawfish
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
Invertebrates, general/other
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
Remote sensing equipment and technology
item Accurate Estimation of Crop Transpiration in Orchards and Vineyards using UAV and Satellite Technologies
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network –Animal Housing Emissions - Ames, Iowa
item Advances in Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration for Agronomic Mgmt and Irrigation Scheduling for Mitigating the Impacts of Droughts and Heat Waves
item Advancing Precision Aerial Application for Sustainable Crop Production and Protection
item Agricultural Data Security to Enable Precision, Data-Driven Management
item App Validation for Water and Salinity Management of Arizona Farms
item Assessing Legacy P Fate on the Delmarva
item Assessing the Effects of Conservation Practices on Crop Yield, Water Quality, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S. Corn Belt
item Assessment of NRCS Wetland Easement Program Effects
item Calibration and Validation of In Situ Soil Moisture Sensors at Marena Oklahoma
item CEAP Wetlands Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Regional Study
item CEAP Wetlands Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Regional Study
item CEAP Wetlands Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Regional Study
item CEAP/Harmful Algal Blooms Buffer Evaluation and Legacy Nutrients
item Climate Change Adaptation Technical Assistance & Outreach in the Southwest
item Climate-Smart Cotton: Developing Precision Regenerative Practices & Market Opportunities for Addressing Climate Change in the US Cotton Belt
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 Continuing Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring, and Research
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1 (Beltsville)
item Crop Modeling Digital Twin Development through Remote Sensing and Machine Learning
item Data Partnership with PhenoCam Network to Process, Serve, and Archive LTAR Digital Camera Imagery and Derived Data Products
item Deep Learning Based High-Resolution Field Level Soil Moisture Mapper from UAVs
item Development of a Digital Twin Agricultural Modeling System
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Development of Rangeland Fractional Cover and Production Models
item Direct Seeded Guayule Performance and Selection Under Different Irrigation Management Practices
item Dynamic, Data-Driven, Sustainable, and Resilient Crop Production Systems for the U.S.
item Dynamic, Data-Driven, Sustainable, and Resilient Crop Production Systems for the U.S.
item Dynamic, Data-Driven, Sustainable, and Resilient Crop Production Systems for the U.S.
item ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS)
item EDIT Update
item Enhancements to the Database for Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment
item Enhancing Agricultural Management and Conservation Practices by Advancing Measurement Techniques and Improving Modeling Across Scales
item Enhancing Livestock Production from Rangelands in the Great Plains
item Enhancing the SWAT Model for Evapotranspiration Simulation
item Enhancing Winegrape Quality in Arid Regions by Water Stress Monitoring using Ground, Aerial, and Satellite Information
item Environmental Monitoring to Support Eco-Geomorphic Modeling and Atmospheric Prediction
item Environmental Risks and Benefits of Grass Buffer Strips Grown for Nutrient Conservation and Poultry Bedding Production on the Delmarva Peninsula
item Estimating Soybean Pollination Services from CRP and other Conservation Lands Assessment Project
item Evaluating Potential Miscanthus x Giganteas Spread on the Delmarva Peninsula
item Examining Cold-Season Processes Over Agricultural Lands Using Radar Data
item Experimental Evaluation of Drought and Grazing Duration on Grassland Productivity
item Field Scale Assessment of Factors Controlling Corn and Soybean Production Efficiency
item From Field to Watershed: Enhancing Water Quality and Management in Agroecosystems through Remote Sensing, Ground Measurements, and Integrative Modeling
item Functional Assessments for Wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Choptank River Watershed Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies on croplands
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project Choptank River Watershed Beltsville Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies on Croplands - Beltsville
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies on Croplands - Choptank River Watershed (Beltsville)
item Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from Beef Feedyard and Compost in the Upper Great Plains USMARC Clay Center, Nebraska
item Ground-based Evapotranspiration Observations in Support of Remote Sensing-based ET toolkit for Improved Irrigation Management in Vineyards
item Improve Temporal and Spatial Coverage of National Conservation Activity Data
item Improve Temporal and Spatial Coverage of National Conservation Activity Data
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 Agricultural Consumptive use Estimates within the Lower CO River Basin using Satellite-Derived Determinations of Crop Growth Stage Lengths
item Improving Agricultural Consumptive use Estimates within the Lower Colorado River
item Improving Water Management for Arid Irrigated Agroecosystems
item Improving, Evaluating and Extending High Resolution Cropland Carbon Monitoring System (CCMS)
item Knowledge Systems and Tools to Increase the Resilience and Sustainablity of Western Rangeland Agriculture
item Land Health Assessment and Visualization Tools
item Land Management and Monitoring Apps Development
item LANDSCAPE MONITORING
item Low-Cost Infrared Thermometer for Agricultural Applications
item Low-Cost Real-Time Greenhouse Gas Emission Sensor Development
item LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin
item Maintaining and Improving the Rangeland Analysis Platform
item Measurement of Methane Emissions Across a Wetlands Alteration Gradient
item Measuring and Modeling Pollutants in Agricultural Systems and Landscapes
item Measuring, Modeling, and Mitigating Pollutants in Agroecosystems and Surrounding Landscapes
item Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: An Investigation of Rangeland and Pasture Soil Health and its Drivers
item Modeling Watershed Processes for Assessing Ecosystem Services Provided by Restored Wetlands
item Monitoring Tools and Research in Support of Adaptive Management
item Novel Commercial Farm-field Network to Quantify Emissions and Carbon Storage from Agricultural Bio-energy Feedstock Production
item On-Farm Application of Crop and Soil Models in the Grower's Fields for Crop Management and Input Optimization
item Optimizing On-Farm Nutrient Cycling, Capture, and Removal Associated with Cultivation of the Perennial Grass Crop Miscanthus x giganteus
item Outreach and Communication for the Rangeland Analysis Platform
item Quantifying Life Cycle Impacts of Agricultural Systems with Winter Cover Crops
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Support and Development
item Rangeland Monitoring and Data Analyses Using the AIM Strategy
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Remote Detection and Functional Assessments for Wetlands
item Remote Detection and Functional Assessments for Wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item Root-Zone Soil Moisture Using P-band Observations
item Satellite and sUAS-based Irrigation Management Technologies for Arizona Crop Production
item Science and Technologies for the Sustainable Management of 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 Sensors, Technology, and Data Security to Enable Precision, Data-Driven Management
item Standardized Monitoring Implementation and Research
item Strategies for Controlling Miscanthus x Giganteas and Evaluating Potential Spread on the Delmarva Peninsula
item Strategies for Sustaining Multi-functional Rangelands
item Streamlining the Use of Monitoring Data in Multiple Resource Decision Making
item Sub-field crop yield prediction using satellite remote sensing and machine learning
item Sustainability of Groundwater and Irrigated Agriculture in the Western United States Under a Changing Climate
item Sustainable and Resilient Crop Production Systems Based on the Quantification and Modeling of Genetic, Environment, and Management Factors
item Sustainable Management of Manure Nutrients and Environmental Contaminants from Beef and Swine Production Facilities
item Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring and Research
item The 4 Directions Projections
item The Mid-Atlantic Wetland Conservation Effects Assessment Project
item U.S. Department of State Temporary Detail for Jeffrey Herrick
item USDA Forum on Artificial Intelligence in Federal Research in Collaboration with Texas A&M University
item Using MESA as a Tool to Elucidate Wetland N Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes
item Using Quantitative Approaches to Developing Ecological Sites
item Using SMAP Soil Moisture Products to Improve Streamflow Forecasting in Ungauged Basins
item Utilizing Sustainable Remediation Technologies to Reduce Bioavailability and Transport of Chlorinated Organic Compounds
item Water and Light Use Efficiency of Native Grasses in a Silvopasture System
item Water Use, Growth, and Yield of Cotton and Guayule under Gravity Drip Irrigation
item Watershed Legacy N – Source Determination and Influencing Factor Assessment
item Wind Erosion Tools and the Landscape Data Commons