U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service

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USDA-ARS Studies Cover Crops Nationwide

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

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Drink Your Peas, Please!

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

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Turning Feathers into Flower Pots

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

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Purple Sweetpotatoes for Thanksgiving and More

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

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Veterans Find a New Mission in Farming

ARS is part of a program to help military veterans explore careers in agriculture.

Opening a Window to an Unseen World

Images from the ARS Electron and Confocal Microscopy Unit have scientific photography awards.

ARS Monitoring Water Quality Using Drones

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

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