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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 Rangelands and grasslands, general
item Accelerating IoT and Big Data Analytics to Drive Climate Smart and Precision Agriculture Systems
item Accelerating IoT and Big Data Analytics to Drive Climate Smart and Precision Agriculture Systems
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network – Plains Area Cropland Emissions (Mandan)
item Assessment and Monitoring Tools for Adaptive Management of Large Ranch Landscapes
item Biological Control and Habitat Restoration for Invasive Weed Management
item Burning and Mowing to Increase Utilization of Little Bluestem in Mixed-grass Rangelands
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-adaptive Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Establishment of Diverse CRP Plantings in Drylands - Miles City
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 Between ARS and University of Alaska - Fairbanks
item Collaborative Livestock Research Between ARS and NDSU-Hettinger Research Extension Center
item Collaborative Research in Atmospheric Characterization, Modeling and Sensing
item Colorado South Platte River Basin CEAP - Establishment of Monitoring and Modeling Foundation
item Continuing Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring, and Research
item Controlling Weeds and Cool-season Grass Competition to Improve Revegetation Outcomes on Mine Lands
item Data Partnership with PhenoCam Network to Process, Serve, and Archive LTAR Digital Camera Imagery and Derived Data Products
item Determining Impacts of Soil Moisture and Weather Variability on CRP Emergence and Establishment
item Developing Ecophysiological Components for Post-Fire Hydrologic Models
item Developing Remote Sensing and Image Processing Tools for North Dakota Agricultural and Rangeland Applications
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Development of an All-lands Wind Erosion Model
item Ecological Genomics in Switchgrass
item Enhancements to the Database for Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment
item Enhancing Cropping System and Grassland Sustainability in the Texas Gulf Coast Region by Managing Systems for Productivity and Resilience
item Environmental Monitoring to Support Eco-Geomorphic Modeling and Atmospheric Prediction
item Experimental Evaluation of Drought and Grazing Duration on Grassland Productivity
item Fire Effects in Greasewood-Saline Ecological Sites in Wyoming and Montana
item Forecasting, Outbreak Prevention, and Ecology of Grasshoppers and Other Rangeland and Crop Insects in the Great Plains
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 Artificial Intelligence for Spatiotemporal Modeling of Pest Insects
item Great Plains Indigenous Seeds and Plants Research
item Great Plains Indigenous Seeds and Plants Research with United Tribes Technical College
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 US
item Improvement and Maintenance of a Knowledge of a Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS)
item Improving Livestock Production through the Development of Precision Rangeland Management Technologies
item Improving Resiliency of Semi-Arid Agroecosystems and Watersheds to Change and Disturbance through Data-Driven Research, AI, and Integrated Models
item Increasing Water Productivity, Nutrient Efficiency and Soil Health in Rainfed Food Systems of Semi-Aris Southern Great Plains
item Influence of Plant Secondary Metabolites on Abiotic CO2 Efflux from Soils
item Integrated Grassland and Cropland Observation Systems for Multi-Scale Observations Agroecosystem Processes
item Integrated Research to Enhance Forage and Food Production from Southern Great Plains Agroecosystems
item Investigating the Impacts of Climate and Management Practices on Agroecosystems Using Remote Sensing and In-situ Observations
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 Livestock, Forage, and Pasture Management Research Unit, El Reno, Oklahoma, contribution to Enteric Methane Monitoring - Midwest Area
item Long-Term Agroecosystems Research (LTAR) Human Dimensions Data Collection and Assessment
item LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin
item Maintaining and Improving the Rangeland Analysis Platform
item Memorandum of Agreement by and Between US Dept of Agriculture and The General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Energy Division
item Modeling Mormon Cricket Centers of Endemism with Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Analysis of Spatiotemporal Distribution Data
item Monitoring Climatic Changes in Northwest Oklahoma
item Monitoring Tools and Research in Support of Adaptive Management
item Nutrient Limitation and Disturbance in C4 Grasslands
item Organomineral Fertilizers: A Sustainable Fertility Option for Farmers?
item Precision Range and Livestock Management on Western Rangelands
item Precision Technologies and Management for Northern Plains Rangeland
item Rangeland Analysis Platform Support and Development
item Rangeland Monitoring and Data Analyses Using the AIM Strategy
item Rangeland Resilience Following Wildfire: Opportunities For Grazing?
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Recycling Nutrients for Robust Agricultural Supply Chains
item Remote Sensing and Spatial Simulation of Agricultural Watersheds
item Reseeding Downy Brome-infested Fields and Controlling Downy Brome on New Reclamation
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 Seed Multiplication to Support Indigenous Seed Sovereignty
item Software and Database Development Related to Forage and Animal Production Systems
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 Technology Development for Sustainable Land Management, Monitoring and Research
item The 4 Directions Projections
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 Using Landscape Features, Plot Measurements, and Remote Sensing Data to Improve Predictions of Fuels Treatment Longevity in the Colorado Front Range
item Using Quantitative Approaches to Developing Ecological Sites
item Wind Erosion Tools and the Landscape Data Commons