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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.

Clicking on a subject of investigation will list the research projects within that  subject of investigation.
Subjects of Investigation
Air
Atmosphere, general/other
Barley
Beef cattle, live animal
Carrot
Climate
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Dairy cattle, live animal
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Poultry, general/other
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Sheep, live animal
Soil
Soil and land, general
Soybean
Sunflower
Swine, live animal
The farm as an enterprise
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Wetland and riparian systems
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Research Projects within Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
item Assessing the Effects of Conservation Practices on Crop Yield, Water Quality, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S. Corn Belt
item Development of a Pan Genome MaizeMine, a Flexible Data Warehouse and Analysis System for Exploring the Maize Pan Genome
item Field Scale Assessment of Factors Controlling Corn and Soybean Production Efficiency
item Getting to the ROOT of the Corn Yield Drag Following Cover Crops: A Cereal Rye Residue Manipulation Experiment
item Improved Management of Nutrients, Water, Agrochemicals, and Energy to Enhance Agriculture System Sustainability
item Legume Information System and Network - a Legume Bioinformatics Resource
item MaizeGDB - Database and Computational Resources for Maize Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding Research
item Managing Nutrient, Carbon, and Water Fluxes to Provide Sustainable and Resilient Cropping Systems for Midwestern Landscapes
item Novel Commercial Farm-field Network to Quantify Emissions and Carbon Storage from Agricultural Bio-energy Feedstock Production
item Novel Manure Management Technologies: Reducing Odors, Producing Slow-release Fertilizers, and Providing Ecosystem Services
item RCN: Reimagining a Sustainable Data Network to Accelerate Agricultural Research and Discovery
item SoyBase and the Legume Information System - Information Infrastructure and Research for Legume Crop Improvement
item Tools and Resources to Explore Maize Multi-omics Data
item Water and Light Use Efficiency of Native Grasses in a Silvopasture System