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ARS researchers are providing pest management solutions for peach tree growers.

"Yield Editor" provides more reliable yield maps so farmers can customize operations to maximize yield.

ARS is helping soybean farmers in North Carolina by introducing artificial intelligence to their tool kits.

Using leftover ingredients in meals can add nutrition and prevent waste.

This Earth Day, find inspiration to curb food loss and waste with tips that have stood the test of time. 

The 17-year periodical cicada known as Brood X will appear in mid-May.

From the start, USDA researchers have helped with fruit and vegetable growers meet their biggest challenges.

ARS researchers are focusing on perennial warm season grasses for bioenergy.

The National Agricultural Library’s exhibit “How Did We Can” gives us an appreciation of how canning evolved.

ARS scientists examining how nutrients from agricultural lands can affect the water quality of watersheds.

ARS scientists are part of a team working to develop new methods to accelerate selective breeding of oysters.

ARS scientists at the Great Basin Rangeland Research Laboratory in Reno, Nevada are researching wildfire mitigation.

Researchers are working to develop a processing method to economically dry and mill spent grain into flour.

Now is a good time to take a virtual trip to the U.S. National Arboretum.

Developing superior new pear rootstocks is a research priority at the National Clonal Germplasm Repository.

ARS is helping farmers correct and analyze their yield data more efficiently and effectively.

ARS helped a small company to develop a healthy new snack food made from groats.

ARS is at the forefront of cutting-edge research to improve quality of life for people with peanut allergy.

The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility is a world-class science facility.

The National Agricultural Library Special Collections houses thousands of treasures that are irreplaceable.

Researchers found a way to preserve purple sweetpotatoes’ beneficial anthocyanin levels during processing.

An ARS researcher has developed a way to turn unwanted chicken feathers into biodegradable plastics.

ARS has helped numerous small businesses, such as Ripple Foods, turn ideas into products for the consumer.

ARS is leading a nationwide effort to improve and expand the use of cover crops in agriculture.

ARS scientists are looking to alternative grains as a key to making foods both healthy and tasty.

New plant contains twice the amount of artemisinin used to manufacture therapies against malaria.

An ARS scientist in the Pacific Northwest has joined the hunt for the infamous Asian giant hornet.

ARS research focuses on safe reuse of wastewater for irrigation and groundwater recharge.

ARS researchers are working to understand the impact of a changing climate on bee health.

One of the most aggressive invasive weeds in the southeastern United States may have met its match.

Many ornamental trees and shrubs found throughout the U.S. were developed by the U.S. National Arboretum.

Trap controls Asian citrus psyllids in citrus trees growing in residential and commercial landscapes.

ARS researchers are helping prevent the spread of citrus pathogens.

The LandPKS mobile app can also be used to identify soil and monitor vegetation in suburban yards.

Specially trained canines may be used to detect citrus greening in orchards.

Apple orchards today can produce about 10 times more than they did 100 years ago, thanks to ARS.

ARS’s Office of International Research Engagement and Cooperation commemorates its 20th anniversary.

Alligator weed works its way into Northern California. ARS researchers are seeking biocontrol agents.

In addition to brewing, Kernza can be used in many products as a substitute for traditional wheat.

ARS scientist borrows genetics approach to predict impact of changing climate conditions on crops.

ARS has launched a sweeping new initiative known as the Salmonella Grand Challenge.

New techniques use radiation to eliminate dangerous mosquitoes.

ARS researchers look to improve diagnostics tests and vaccines for this devastating disease.

ARS researchers are working on eradicating the cattle fever tick.

Scientists discover new variant of bacteria that causes pinkeye. 

Scientists are using a special camera to look into the eyes of each cow being processed through a feedlot.

No cure yet, but treatment options for devastating ailment may be on the way.

Scientists repurpose natural chemicals to kill disease-carrying insects.

ARS joins research project to help organisms survive a drier world.

Small herbivores consider restoration seedlings a delicacy.