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The ARS Bee Research Lab maintains a Pollinator Garden as an educational tool.

A mobile system removes phosphorus from manure offering flexibility in using nutrient to fertilize crops.

An ARS scientist developed monoclonal antibodies that screen for botulinum toxin.

The Agricultural Research Services strikes gold with a new potato variety.

Cute as Can Bee! Learn more ARS honey bee research.

ARS is part of a program to help military veterans explore careers in agriculture.

The ARS National Peanut Research Laboratory celebrates 50 years of research on the popular legume.

The ARS Three Sisters Project plants the seeds of agricultural science careers.

Researchers train the next generation for the science of upheaval.

ARS transforms a soil compound into an ally against disease.

This year marks the Agricultural Research Service's 70th anniversary.

Researchers search for solutions to a deadly livestock virus that hides in plain sight.

ARS vaccine helps to defend rare bird from avian influenza.

ARS works with foreign scientists to prevent overseas diseases from spreading to the United States.

Researchers study the pathways of plant disease – and more – through the air.

Researcher develops technique to turn dairy waste products into bioplastic.

ARS researchers tap into the fungi’s potential to ease many farm-to-fork maladies

LTAR research provides a greater understanding of the complexity of agroecosystem landscapes.

Smokey Bear celebrates his 75th birthday this week. Learn more.

A USDA lab is using ancient grains to create foods with added health benefits.

Giant salivnia damages aquatic ecosystems by outgrowing and replacing native plants.
 

By tapping into the vibrational signals they use as mating calls.

A newly developed rotating cross-arm trellis and cane-training system helps blackberry growers. 

How a robot may show us why soils are disappearing.

Hunting for natural enemies of the red imported fire ant is paying off.

The Library will host a public edit-a-thon on September 20 in Beltsville, MD

Farmers markets are an important link between local farms and communities.

Plum pox virus—a serious disease capable of devastating stone fruits—has been eliminated in the U.S.

ARS scientists are looking for ways to keep strawberries mold free without fungicides.

The USDA-ARS Sugarcane Field Station, in Canal Point, FL, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.

ARS laboratory houses the world’s largest collection of genetic resources gathered under one roof.

Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service play a vital role in protecting our environment.

The National Agricultural Library has an online exhibit about the U.S. Victory Garden program.

ARS scientists are studying carbon sequestration.

USDA’s Caribbean Climate Hub has worked overtime to help Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands recover.

ARS launches its first-ever Hackathon against the most challenging agricultural issues.

ARS researchers are working to fight the spread of Lyme disease through the control of deer ticks. 

The ARS Culture Collection safeguards important microbial resources from around the world.

Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Administrator of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service, introduces a new platform, Tellus, for sharing ARS success stories and more.

For groundbreaking work on addressing feeding the world in the face of global climate change.

ARS continues to deliver scientific solutions to national and global agricultural challenges.

There’s surprising news about a pest that’s the main culprit in global honey bee colony losses.

ARS scientists are using drones to sample irrigation ponds for E. coli. 

Each year, ARS researchers evaluate about 6,000 samples of malting barley.

Growing companion plants with crops creates a “push-pull” effect on pests.

ARS scientists developed a nonwoven cotton gauze that quickly stanches bleeding and promotes healing.
 

A massive collection of scientific cultures is part of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service.

ARS scientists in Beltsville, Maryland are working to improve turkey production.

Learn more about molecular biologist Lisa Ainsworth's work on crop responses to global atmospheric change.

ARS scientists are trying to ensure a sustainable future for cranberries.