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Improving Our Nation's Livestock
Supporting Our Nation's Health
Protecting Our Nation's Crops
Restoring Our Natural Resources
Turning Food Waste into Healthy Foods

Delivering Scientific Solutions to National and Global Agricultural Challenges

ARS National Program Areas

Improving

Our Nation's Livestock

Supporting

Our Nation's Health

Protecting

Our Nation's Crops

Restoring

Our Nation's National Resources

Discovering

Scientific Discoveries Abroad

What our Leaders Have to Say

Global leadership in agricultural discoveries through scientific excellence

ARS Administrator Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young discusses ARS's core values.

"Our core values are to support the nourishment and well-being of all people, sustain our nation’s agroecosystems and natural resources, and ensure the economic competitiveness and excellence of our agriculture." -- ARS Administrator Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young

ARS Associate Administrator Dr. Steven Kappes: Highlights the Diversity of ARS Projects and Initiatives

"We design long-range projects and big-picture initiatives to adjust and enhance agricultural practices, tools, and management for current and future production condition." -- ARS Associate Administrator Dr. Steven Kappes.

Explore our Discoveries

Take a look across the country to see what ARS scientists are doing to enrich our lives

Pacific West

Pacific West Area produces over 400 different types of crops.

Plains

Plains Area has the largest land holdings dedicated to range and livestock research in ARS.

Midwest

Midwest Area has a long history of developing new and improved food and non-food products.

Northeast

Northeast Area focuses on solving agricultural and human health problems of high national priority.

Southeast

Southeast Area plays a major role in improving productivity of major commodities.

ARS by the Numbers

Scientific Discoveries - FY2019

ARS by the Numbers is a snapshot of our funding, employees and locations, new licenses issued, and outreach events.

Scientific Discoveries Abroad

We're making discoveries all over the world.

ARS researchers have developed a method that could revolutionize surveillance of sand flies.

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Bringing Science to your Home and to the World

LabTech Brings Science from the Lab to the Home

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Natural Agricultural Library: Science at Your Fingertips

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ARS Prestigious Award Winners

Elizabeth Ainsworth

Was awarded the 2019 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences

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Heather Allen

Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

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Sara Lupton

Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

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Jo Anne Crouch

Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

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