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The Plains Area consists of 22 locations in 10 states.
 Criollo cattle are a focus of research at the Jornada Experimental Range in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
 Sorghum growing in a breeder's field in Lubbock, TX.
 Wheat harvest at the ARS Central Great Plains Research Station in Akron, Colorado.
 Line 1 Hereford cattle at ARS' Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Miles City, Montana.
 Texas Bluegrass seed being harvested at Woodward, Oklahoma for further evaluation and establishment studies.


Plains Area Offices
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 Fort Collins, Colorado
 Center for Agricultural Resources Research
                                                                Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research
                                                                Water Management and Systems Research
                                                                Rangeland Resources & Systems Research
                                                                Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research
 Manhattan, Kansas
 Center for Grain and Animal Health Research
                                                                Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research
                                                                Grain Quality and Structure Research
                                                                Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research
                                                                Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research
 Manhattan, Kansas (NBAF)
 Miles City, Montana
 Livestock and Range Research Laboratory
 Sidney, Montana
 Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory
                                                                Pest Management Research
                                                                Agricultural Systems Research
 Fargo, North Dakota
 Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center
                                                                Food Animal Metabolism Research
                                                                Cereal Crops Improvement Research
                                                                Small Grain and Food Crops Quality Research
                                                                Weed and Insect Biology Research
                                                                Sugarbeet Research
                                                                Sunflower Improvement Research
 Grand Forks, North Dakota
 Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
 Mandan, North Dakota
 Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory
 Clay Center, Nebraska
 U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
                                                                Genetics and Animal Breeding
                                                                Meat Safety and Quality
                                                                Livestock Bio-Systems
                                                                Nutrition, Growth and Physiology
                                                                Animal Health Genomics
 Lincoln, Nebraska
 Agroecosystem Management Research
                                                        Wheat, Sorghum and Forage Research
 Las Cruces, New Mexico
 Cotton Ginning Research
                                                        Range Management Research
 El Reno, Oklahoma
 Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center
                                                                Livestock, Forage and Pasture Management Research Unit
                                                                Agroclimate and Hydraulics Research Unit
                                                                Peanut and Small Grains Research Unit
 Brookings, South Dakota
 Integrated Cropping Systems Research
 Bushland, Texas
 Conservation and Production Research Laboratory
                                                                Soil and Water Management Research
                                                                Livestock Nutrient Management Research
 College Station, Texas
 Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center
                                                                Crop Germplasm Research
                                                                Food and Feed Safety Research
                                                                Aerial Application Technology Research
                                                                Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research
                                                        Responsive Agricultural Food Systems Research Unit
 Houston, Texas
 Children's Nutrition Research Center
 Kerrville, Texas
 Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory
                                                                Livestock Arthropod Pest Research Unit
                                                                Cattle Fever Tick Research Unit
                                                                Veterinary Pest Genetics Research Unit
 Lubbock, Texas
 Cropping Systems Research Laboratory
                                                                Cotton Production and Processing Research
                                                                Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research
                                                                Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research
                                                                Livestock Issues Research
 Temple, Texas
 Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory


Research Projects
				    More... Adapting Agricultural Production Systems and Soil and Water Conservation Practices to Climate Change and Variability in Southern Great Plains Advancing Technologies for Grain Trait Measurement and Storage Preservation Agricultural Management for Long-Term Sustainability and Soil Health


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