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Research Projects Subjects of Investigation at this Location

Each ARS research project has related subjects of investigation.  Listed below are the subjects of investigation currently conducted at this location.

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Subjects of Investigation
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Biological Cell Systems
Canola
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Coffee
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Dairy cattle, live animal
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Fertilizers
Finfish
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
General Commodity
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lentil
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Marine shrimp
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Other animals, general
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other swine products
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peanut
Peas (dry)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Rice
River basins
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Sugar beet
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Research Projects within Weather
item Accounting for Stem Water Capacitance in Earth Systems and Hydrologic Models
item Adaptation Strategies for Livestock Grazing in a Changing Climate
item Climate-adaptive Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Establishment of Diverse CRP Plantings in Drylands
item Co-Developing Precision Rangeland Management Approaches in the Context of Variable Precipitation and Disturbance
item Colorado South Platte River Basin CEAP - Establishment of Monitoring and Modeling Foundation
item Contributing to a UAS/UAV Fleet Management System and Imagery Data Management System with USDA-ARS and Partnerships for Data Innovations (PDI)
item Data Solutions for Climate Smart and Resilient Agriculture
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 Evaluating the Agricultural Ecosystems Services (AgES) Watershed Versus Other Models in Snow-dominated Systems
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 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 Resiliency of Semi-Arid Agroecosystems and Watersheds to Change and Disturbance through Data-Driven Research, AI, and Integrated Models
item Interagency Cooperation to Support IRA GHG Quantification, Section 21002(a)(2) - Action Area #3, Data Management, Infrastructure, and Capacity
item Interagency Cooperation to Support OCIO-EGMO Geospatial Data Communities Hub
item Interagency Cooperation to Support USDA-ARS Digital/Geospatial Solutions
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 Partnerships for Data Innovations and Data Solutions to Support Ecosystem Modeling
item Rangeland Modeling: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Livestock Grazer and Ecosystem Interactions
item Soil Water Holding Capacity in Long-Term Compost Study
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 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 WEPS Workplan 2024 With NRCS
item Wind Erosion Prediction Tool for Conservation Planning