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ARS scientists play an essential role in bringing products to your grocery store shelves. 

The seeds of a purple-flowered annual known as cuphea could be the source of another insect repellent.

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

ARS researchers play a role in enhancing the quality of the hops and barley needed to produce beer.

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

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

A 1925 film of USDA plant explorers David Fairchild and Palemon Dorsett's collecting trip has been found.

Clip taken from the 1925 silent film “Agricultural Explorations in Ceylon, Sumatra and Java.”

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