Welcome to Scientific Discoveries
Scientific Discoveries features the latest research and innovation in agricultural science. The accomplishments on this site showcase ARS’s dedicated scientists finding groundbreaking and timely solutions to our country’s biggest agricultural challenges. From the farmer's field to the consumer's table, ARS is working hard to help farmers, ranchers, and suppliers provide our great nation with safe, abundant, and high-quality food and agricultural products.
This is a remarkable time for agricultural research, with new innovations and advanced scientific tools that are helping to solve agriculture’s biggest and most urgent challenges facing our farmers, growers, ranchers, and industry members.
Dive into Scientific Discoveries and learn about the latest innovations in agricultural research.
Latest Research Updates
ARS researchers are paving the way for the development of new methods to control house flies.
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ARS scientists in Lincoln, NE released new lines of common and durum wheat with resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (FHB).
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Featured Video: Growing Oilseeds on Marginal Land Pays Dividends for the Environment & Growers
Hot Topics
Animal Health
By using telomere-to-telomere assemblies, ARS scientists can better understand the biological and genomic basis for how animals differ.
Crops
ARS researchers have developed a new lettuce variety that’s packed with vitamins and minerals.
Food Safety
ARS scientists and research partners found that bacteria on grape leaves can remove smokey chemicals from charred wine grapes.
Protecting Our Resources
Pumping groundwater from local aquifers to irrigate crops has increased yields but is steadily reducing the supply of available water for future use.
Human Nutrition
ARS researchers showed that fish farmers could save on feed costs by substituting marine fishmeal with plant protein.
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