Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS)
ARS enjoys deep-historic roots as the principal in-house research agency of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Federally-supported agricultural research dates back to the 1862 Organic Act, which established what is now the USDA. The Organic Act charged the then-Commissioner of Agriculture “To acquire and preserve… all information he can obtain by means of books and correspondences, and by …
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- Industry
- Crop protection, Veterinary
- Topics
- Biopesticides & biocontrol
- Role
- Research / RTO — “…[5]. Key assets include the National Agricultural Library and the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility [2][7…”
- Parent / group
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Why it is bioeconomy
- The Agricultural Research Service is the principal in-house scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, focusing on agricultural research including crop protection, biocontrol, and breeding.
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- 2026-04 Latest status: The agency is undergoing a major organizational restructuring that includes the decommissioning of its Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) and the relocation of research programs and staff to various locations across the country. ↗ ↗ ↗
- 2026-10-05 The USDA's largest and oldest lab is set to close : NPRThe NPR report warns that the USDA’s flagship Agricultural Research Service (ARS) lab, its largest and oldest facility, is poised to close this week. Scientists say the closure could threaten U.S. agricultural research and potentially impact the nation’s food …
- 2026-05-27 USDA Opens State-of-the-Art Livestock Insects Research Laboratory to Combat Livestock PestsThe article highlights that the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the USDA’s chief in-house scientific research agency, focused on solving agricultural problems through innovative research. It emphasizes ARS-administered programs (e.g., the new Livestock …
- 2026-09-24 ARS Advances Screwworm Control With AI-Powered ModelingThe Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) is using predictive modeling and AI to detect and manage New World screwworm outbreaks, guiding surveillance, resource allocation, and sterile insect release programs to proactively control and eradicate the pest.
- 2026-09-29 SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industryThe Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) is developing the Digital Agricultural Systems Hub (DASH), a national, open-source digital platform that uses computer vision and AI to enable precision agriculture, by building large training datasets, models, and …
- 2026-10-05 AgriLife Research Develops Nation’s First Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Clone | Farms.comThe article does not mention USDA-ARS; it reports that Texas A&M AgriLife Research developed the nation’s first infectious clone of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, enabling faster research into virus-resistant peppers and tomatoes. If you’re asking about USDA-ARS …
- 2026-09-23 Genome Assembly of Rice Stink Bug Offers New Data-Informed Tool in Fight Against Costly Pest | Arkansas News | University of ArkansasThis article does not mention the Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) at all. It focuses on the University of Arkansas’ genome sequencing of the rice stink bug and its implications for pest biology and insecticide resistance.
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