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ARS research provides valuable insight for ranchers and beef producers to deliver tender cuts of beef to consumers.

ARS researchers are developing a phone app for beekeepers to quickly and accurately identify honey bee diseases.

Female monarchs prefer some milkweed species over others.

ARS researchers are testing a new biocontrol agent against the vastly spreading flowering rush plant.

ARS researchers in East Lansing, MI in collaboration with Michigan State University, developed a new dual-arm harvesting robot to enhance fruit harvest efficiency and cost effectiveness. The new robot demonstrated up to a 34% improvement in harvesting efficiency, compared to the single-arm robot, with great potential for further performance enhancement.

Harvesting labor is the single largest cost in production of apples and other tree fruits. This new robot design provides a commercially viable solution to automated harvesting of apples, which is critical to the long-term sustainability and global competitiveness of the U.S. apple industry.

To help farmers continue growing the beloved food staple, ARS scientists explored how to breed potatoes resistant to two major diseases.

A team of researchers from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment in Ames, IA, is collaborating with the University of Illinois to protect this cherished fall crop from emerging threats and help farmers maintain production.

In this video, USDA researchers explain how early-life nutrition, physical activity, and research-backed strategies can help families and communities support childhood health from the start

ARS researchers are studying the great potential of the multifaceted grain Kernza

Nurse honey bees find optimal health with a balance of proteins and lipids

This video shares research from USDA scientists who are studying the connection between diet, gut health, and chronic abdominal pain in kids.

Researchers are learning more about snake venom and its effects on ants. These findings will help researchers study alternative tools that farmers and citizens can use to manage ant populations.

Native microbes provide the key to healthier pollinators and better harvests

ARS scientists develop monitoring system to support farmers in their effort to protect the Chesapeake Bay

Researchers team up to battle peanut smut before it reaches American farms

ARS researchers in Boise, ID, are studying prescribed fires in western juniper type landscapes to better understand how this land management tool affects the hydrology, habitat, and overall ecosystem of this land type.

ARS Researchers search for solutions to X-disease, devastating the U.S. sweet cherry industry.

Researchers investigate deadly parasites of beech trees.

ARS researchers have made a new discovery that could benefit the U.S. catfish industry.

ARS’s world class nutrition research is helping Americans live longer, healthier lives.

ARS researchers study the effectiveness of nematodes in reducing a major soybean foe.

Long-term project returns thriving cacao industry to Puerto Rico

ARS researchers found great value and benefits when intercropping oat with pea plants

Scientists discovered that bees and hoverflies collect pollen from centipedegrass flower heads.

Breadfruit is a popular fruit in the Caribbean and gaining interest worldwide.

ARS researchers are exploring food insecurity among Asian and Hispanic Americans.

ARS scientists are working with hemp plant seeds in an effort to unlock this plant's amazing nutritional benefits.

Disease-carrying pests cost the world billions.

Understanding what can affect genes may lead to more potent vaccines

Scientists are working with biochar materials to replace petroleum in products like tires.