Listed below are the Annual Reports for currently active projects directly assigned to this National Program.

Project Annual Reports from National Program 101 Agroecological Approach to Enhance U.S. Sheep Industry Viability and Rangeland Ecosystem Conservation Range Sheep Production Efficiency Research Dubois, ID Annual Reports available: 2022 2023 National Animal Germplasm Program Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research Fort Collins, CO Annual Reports available: 2022 2023 Identifying and Mitigating Factors that Limit Beef Production Efficiency Range and Livestock Research Miles City, MT Annual Reports available: 2023 Genomes to Phenomes in Beef Cattle Research U.s. Meat Animal Research Center: Genetics and Animal Breeding Research Clay Center, NE Annual Reports available: 2023 Multi-Dimension Phenotyping to Enhance Prediction of Performance in Swine U.s. Meat Animal Research Center: Genetics and Animal Breeding Research Clay Center, NE Annual Reports available: 2023 Approaches for Improving and Measuring Red Meat Quality and Composition U.s. Meat Animal Research Center: Meat Safety & Quality Research Clay Center, NE Annual Reports available: 2023 Applying Nutritional Strategies to Improve Early Embryonic Development and Progeny Performance in Beef Cows U.s. Meat Animal Research Center: Livestock Bio-systems Research Clay Center, NE Annual Reports available: 2023 Discovery of Novel Traits to Improve Efficiency and Sustainability of Different Sheep Production Systems U.s. Meat Animal Research Center: Livestock Bio-systems Research Clay Center, NE Annual Reports available: 2023 Improving Lifetime Productivity in Swine using Systems Biology and Precision Management Approaches U.s. Meat Animal Research Center: Livestock Bio-systems Research Clay Center, NE Annual Reports available: 2023 Optimizing Nutrient Management and Efficiency of Beef Cattle and Swine U.s. Meat Animal Research Center: Nutrition, Growth and Physiology Research Clay Center, NE Annual Reports available: 2023 Enhancing Beef Cattle Production and Finishing Systems in the Southern Great Plains Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center (ocparc): Livestock, Forage and Pasture Management Resaerch El Reno, OK Annual Reports available: 2022 2023 Environmental and Management Influences on Animal Productivity and Well-Being Phenotypes Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Livestock Issues Research Lubbock, TX Annual Reports available: 2023 Optimizing Welfare for Food Producing Animals Livestock Behavior Research West Lafayette, IN Annual Reports available: 2022 2023 Physiological, Microbiological, and Nutritional Mechanisms to Maintain Animal Productivity in the Absence of Antibiotics National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment: Agroecosystems Management Research Ames, IA Annual Reports available: 2022 2023 The Roles of Forage and Phytochemicals at the Plant-Microbe-Animal Nexus for Sustainable Ruminant Forage-animal Production Research Lexington, KY Annual Reports available: 2023 Validate Causative Mutations in Agriculturally-Important Vertebrates Plant Genetics Research Columbia, MO Annual Reports available: 2023 Developing Strategies to Improve Dairy Cow Performance and Nutrient Use Efficiency with Nutrition, Genetics, and Microbiology U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Cell Wall Biology and Utilization Research Madison, WI Annual Reports available: 2023 Forage and Feed Characteristics on Performance, Feed Efficiency, Environmental Impact, and Farm Nutrient Cycling of Dairy Production Systems U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research Madison, WI Annual Reports available: 2023 Enhancing Genetic Resistance and Vaccinal Response to Control Marek's Disease, Infectious Laryngotracheitis, and Infectious Bursal Disease in Chicken U.s. National Poultry Research Center: Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research Athens, GA Annual Reports available: 2023 Integration of Small Ruminant Production into Orchard Enterprises to Improve Economic and Ecological Sustainability Fruit and Nut Research Byron, GA Annual Reports available: 2023 Improving Sustainability and Resiliency in Commercial Broiler Production Poultry Research Mississippi State, MS Annual Reports available: 2023 Reducing the Impact of Subclinical Enteric Infections on Performance and Gastrointestinal Function of Broilers Poultry Research Mississippi State, MS Annual Reports available: 2023 Biophotonics - Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit Stoneville, MS Annual Reports available: 2023 Accelerating Genetic Improvement of Ruminants Through Enhanced Genome Assembly, Annotation, and Selection Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory Beltsville, MD Annual Reports available: 2023 Improving Dairy Cow Feed Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability Using Genomics and Novel Technologies to Identify Physiological Contributions and Adaptations Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory Beltsville, MD Annual Reports available: 2023 Increasing Accuracy of Genomic Prediction, Developing Algorithms, Selecting Markers, and Evaluating New Traits to Improve Dairy Cattle Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory Beltsville, MD Annual Reports available: 2023 Alternatives to Antibiotics: Developing Novel Strategies to Improve Production Efficiency in Swine Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Animal Biosciences & Biotechnology Laboratory Beltsville, MD Annual Reports available: 2023 Development of New Technologies and Methods to Enhance the Fertility, Utilization, and Long-Term Storage of Poultry and Swine Germplasm Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Animal Biosciences & Biotechnology Laboratory Beltsville, MD Annual Reports available: 2023 Nutritional Strategies to Improve Production Efficiencies in Broiler Chickens Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Animal Biosciences & Biotechnology Laboratory Beltsville, MD Annual Reports available: 2023