In June 2008, National Program Leaders from the Office of National Programs briefed the ARS Administrator’s Council on the current status of several areas of high-priority, on-going research initiatives.  Clicking on the individual titles below will link you to the video of those presentations. 

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• Citrus Greening - Rick Bennett
• Global Crop Diversity Trust - Peter Bretting
• Global Rust Initiative - Kay Simmons
• Grape Genotyping - Sally Schneider
• Maize Genetics - Kay Simmons
• Soybean Genomics - Perry Cregan

During that same meeting, Economic Research Service Administrators Kitty Smith and Robbin Shoemaker spoke about Global Food Security and those agricultural factors that could be researched by ARS.  Their presentation is also available for viewing at the link below.

• ERS Global Food Security - Kitty Smith and Robbin Shoemaker