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See how ARS researchers are using insects to reduce the presence of Arundo, a fast-growing invasive grass.

A site in the middle of Missouri provides critical agricultural research on the national scale.

ARS researchers are downscaling climate data to improve modeling techniques.

A new workshop unites practice with research on the beneficial effects of fire.

New uses for leftover agricultural products promise more revenue and less waste.

Before you know it, you might be fueling your car from a tree or bale of hay.

Advanced research and technology could squeeze every drop from feedstocks.

Small herbivores consider restoration seedlings a delicacy.

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

New online tool helps California farmers reduce the risks of climate change.

ARS scientists explain how farmers can use nitrogen while both saving money and protecting the planet.

ARS scientists chart course of water management.

ARS is working with researchers in Ireland to reduce excess phosphorus from fertilizer leaching into lakes and rivers.

A decade ago, ARS began a project to photograph the effectiveness of an ancient erosion-control technique.

ARS soil scientist Hal Collins is studying the impacts of retaining carbon in soil.

An ARS team is studying the effects of biochar on poor-quality or significantly degraded land.