agricultural research service

Montana, Regional Roundup, Western Region

Montana lab recognized by USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service recently celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Miles City, Montana Read More

The USDA-ARS Experiment Lake Dam in Woodward has been redesigned to include a new spillway design to maintain base flow and limit overflow during a flood. The spillway design is based on standardized guidance developed by ARS scientists at the Agroclimate and Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Hunt, USDA-ARS Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center, Agroclimate and Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit)
Land, Ranchland, Water

Dedication marks modernization of USDA experimental dam

New facility planned for the National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture. (Drawing courtesy of HDR.)
Crops, Forage Crops, Grain Sorghum, Other Crops, Wheat

Groundbreaking notes start of Nebraska precision ag research center



Tomato plants are prolific, their fruit can be canned, cooked or eaten fresh, and they are a source of vitamin C, making tomatoes the most popular plant in home gardens. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Health benefits of tomatoes

corn field (Photo: iStock - zhengzaishuru)

Genetic sleuthing reveals new weakness in corn’s herbicide armor

(Photo courtesy Timolina on Freepik.)

High-quality potatoes available year-round

Frost covered weed along a fenceline. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Study: Repeated glyphosate accelerates weed resistance  

Wheat. (Photo by Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife.)

K-State researchers lower gluten content, maintain dough quality in bread wheat 

Field of milo that is almost ready to harvest. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Sorghum Checkoff board and staff—what do we do?  

Updated plant hardiness map from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map revealed

Two pigs walking. (Photo by Natalie Sleichter.)

Researchers confirm 6 unique strains of African swine fever virus