It is the mission of the Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit to: Anticipate needs, develop knowledge, and provide technological solutions to optimize agricultural production systems, at the sub-field to watershed scale, for both economic and environmental sustainability.
Solving Tricky Fertilizer Challenges
Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research in the Central Mississippi River Basin
Assessing impacts of climate smart agriculture with measurements of carbon and water fluxes.
Please visit our YouTube channel for a look at the world’s need for clean natural resources and an introduction to the Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit (USDA-ARS).
CSWQR Research Insights from 2023
Fact Sheets:
Mark Twain/Salt River and Goodwater Creek Watersheds
Central Mississippi River Basin
