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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
Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general
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
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
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 Climate
item A Coordinated Network for the Improvement of HLB Research and Extension Outputs
item A Systematic Research Approach to Responsive Agriculture for the Advancement of Health
item A Systems Approach to Responsive Agriculture
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network – Plains Area Cropland Emissions (Mandan)
item Adaptation Strategies for Livestock Grazing in a Changing Climate
item Adapting Agricultural Production Systems and Soil and Water Conservation Practices to Climate Change and Variability in Southern Great Plains
item Advancing Climate Change Resilience in the Southwest United States
item Assessment and Monitoring Tools for Adaptive Management of Large Ranch Landscapes
item Climate Adaptation and Sustainability in Switchgrass: Exploring Plant-microbe-soil Interactions Across Continental Scale Environmental Gradients
item Climate Change Adaptation Technical Assistance & Outreach in the Southwest
item Climate Change Education for Teacher Professional Development
item Climate Change Education for Teachers and Students in the Southern Plains Climate Hub Region
item Climate Conversation with NRCS and Conservation Partnership Personnel
item Climate Conversations with Historically Underserved Farmers and Ranchers of Oklahoma
item Climate Extension in Arizona
item Climate Mitigation Outreach and Education
item Climate Mitigation Outreach and Education
item Climate Mitigation Outreach and Education - Fort Collins
item Climate Variability and Change in Central Oklahoma
item Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry
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 Collaborative Food Production Systems Research
item Collaborative Research in Atmospheric Characterization, Modeling and Sensing
item Continuing Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring, and Research
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 Partnership with PhenoCam Network to Process, Serve, and Archive LTAR Digital Camera Imagery and Derived Data Products
item Data Solutions for Climate Smart and Resilient Agriculture
item Determining Impacts of Soil Moisture and Weather Variability on CRP Emergence and Establishment
item Develop and Evaluate a Site-specific Climate Downscaling Tool for Climatic Impact Assessment
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 Precision Management Strategies to Enhance Productivity, Biodiversity, and Climate Resilience in Rangeland Social-ecological Systems
item Developing Southern Plains Region Management And Resiliency Tools for Agricultural Systems (SMART Ag Systems)
item Developing Strategies for Resilient and Sustainable Crop, Water, and Soil Management in Semi-Arid Environments
item Development of a Tool to Support Emergency Haying and Grazing Decisions on CRP lands
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Development of an Analogue Weather Forecast Using Machine Learning and K Nearest Neighbor Algorithms
item Digital Mapping and USDA Geospatial Assets Development
item Ecological Genomics in Switchgrass
item Effects of Grazing Land Management on Soil Organic Carbon in the United States: A Climate Hubs-LTAR Science Synthesis and Translation Collaboration
item Enhancements to the Database for Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment
item Enhancing Climate Literacy, Adaptation, and Mitigation among Working-land Managers and Partners in the Northern Plains
item Enhancing Climate-smart Disaster Relief in FSA programs: Non-stationarity at the Intersection of Normal Grazing Periods and US Drought Assessment
item Enhancing Climate-smart Disaster Relief in FSA Programs: Non-stationarity at the Intersection of Normal Grazing Periods and US Drought Assessment
item Enhancing Cropping System and Grassland Sustainability in the Texas Gulf Coast Region by Managing Systems for Productivity and Resilience
item Enhancing Knowledge of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Among Native Agricultural Producers and Other Working-Land Managers and Partners in Montana
item Enteric Methane Monitoring - Fort Collins, CO
item Environmental Monitoring to Support Eco-Geomorphic Modeling and Atmospheric Prediction
item Establishing a Soil Health Framework for Water-limited Regions
item Evaluation of Management Impacts on Water and Soil Quality using Distributed Hydrologic and Transport Models
item Expanding NRCS Climate Literacy and Leadership
item Expanding NRCS Climate Literacy and Leadership
item Expanding NRCS Climate Literacy and Leadership
item Experimental Evaluation of Drought and Grazing Duration on Grassland Productivity
item Feedbacks to Ecosystem Function and Production from Precipitation Variability and Prairie Dogs in the Thunder Basin Region of Wyoming
item Geospatial Cooperation to Strengthen Technical Professional Development and Diversify Software Portfolio
item Geospatial Solutions and Training for Agricultural Researchers and Practitioners
item Grass-cast and the Living Labs Framework: Creating a User-driven and Co-developed Product for Working Lands
item Grass-Cast: Decision Support to Enhance Ecosystem Services in Rangelands
item Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from Beef Feedyard and Compost in the Upper Great Plains USMARC Clay Center, Nebraska
item Identifying Drivers of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Semi-arid Agroecosystems
item Impacts of Variable Land Management and Climate on Water and Soil Resources
item Improved Establishment Techniques for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Pollinator Mixtures in Semi-Arid Regions of the Western U.S.
item Improvement and Maintenance of a Knowledge of a Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS)
item Integrated Cropland and Rangeland Drought Preparation for Enhanced Climate Resiliency in Utah
item Integrating Community Nutrition with Improved Pregnancy Outcomes
item Inventory of Forest Resources: Forest Management Resources in New Mexico and Arizona
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 LTAR Network Strategic Planning and Visioning
item LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin
item Maintaining and Improving the Rangeland Analysis Platform
item Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: An Investigation in Rangeland and Pasture Soil Health and Their Drivers - Fort Collins
item Monitoring and Evaluating Water Resources in Upper Washita River Basin
item Monitoring Tools and Research in Support of Adaptive Management
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 NRCS COMET-Planner Review of 2018 Farm Bill Conservation Programs in the Southern Plains to Determine Possible Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
item Nutrient Limitation and Disturbance in C4 Grasslands
item Operation of the ARS Micronet to Provide a Long-Term, High Spatial Resolution Climate Record for Study of Hydrologic and Agricultural Systems
item Program Development to Address Responsive Agriculture for the Advancement of Health
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Support and Development
item Rangeland Modeling in the Western Great Plains
item Rangeland Modeling: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Livestock Grazer and Ecosystem Interactions
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 REEU: Student Career in Agricultural Research, Learning, and Extension Training (SCARLET)
item Response to Nutrients, Disturbance, Drought, and Management Practice in C4 Grasslands
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 Stakeholder Development, Student Help, and Educational Opportunities Associated with the Southern Plains LTAR Network Site
item Strategies for Sustaining Multi-functional Rangelands
item Streamlining the Use of Monitoring Data in Multiple Resource Decision Making
item Support Climate-smart Decision Making on Diné Lands, USDA Southwest Climate Hub
item Supporting Career Pathways for Indigenous Agriculture
item Sustainable Management of Manure Nutrients and Environmental Contaminants from Beef and Swine Production Facilities
item Synthesis, Research & Outreach of Climate Change Mitigation Practices: A Research and Outreach Effort with Southern Plains Climate Hub & NRCS
item Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring and Research
item The 4 Directions Projections
item The Association Between the Conservation Reserve Program, Extreme Weather, Water Quality, and Economic Development in the Southern Plains
item The USDA ARS Climate Hubs - Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability by Impactful Development and Communication of Climate Smart Agricultural Research and Practices - El Reno, OK
item The USDA ARS Climate Hubs – Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability by Impactful Development and Communication of Climate Smart Agricultural Research and Practices - Fort Collins, CO
item The USDA ARS Climate Hubs – Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability by Impactful Development and Communication of Climate Smart Agricultural Research and Practices – Las Cruces, NM
item Transdisciplinary Research that Improves the Productivity and Sustainability of Northern Great Plains Agroecosystems and the Well-Being of the Communities They Serve
item U.S. Department of State Temporary Detail for Jeffrey Herrick
item Urban Forestry as a Strategy in the Heat Management Portfolio for a Resilient Nevada
item USDA Southwest Climate Hub Advancing Climate Informed Decision Making in Hawaii and USAPI
item USDA-ARS Science Communication & Outreach Specialist for Agriculture and Climate in the U.S. Southern Plains
item Using Quantitative Approaches to Developing Ecological Sites
item WEPS - Enhance Functionality, Integrate Data and Compatibility
item WEPS Workplan 2024 With NRCS
item Wind Erosion Tools and the Landscape Data Commons