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ARS Research FO FOUNDATION FO FOR A A GROWI WING F FUTUR URE A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 1

USDA R Research, Education, and Economics cs ( (REE) EE) Dr. Sonny Perdue USDA Secretary Mission on A Area Dr. Scott Hutchins REE Deputy Under Secretary A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 2

Agricultural Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young Acting Chief Scientist, USDA Resear arch S Service Administrator, Agricultural Research Service Dr. Steven Kappes Dr. Simon Liu Associate Administrator Associate Administrator National Programs Research Operations A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 3

USDA’s s Principal I Intramural S Scien entific R Resea search A Agenc ency • 90 locations and 4 overseas laboratories • 2,000 Ph.D. scientists • Around 700 research projects • 8,000 employees A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 4

ARS P Program Di Distribution NAL & Other 4% Food Safety & Nutrition 18% Crops 36% Environmental Stewardship 18% Product Quality 9% Livestock 16% A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 5

AR ARS Na National P Programs Natural Reso sources es a and nd mal Prod oduction ction Anima Nut utrit itio ion, F , Food d Crop op Pr Prod oduction ion Sus ustaina inable le Agricul ultur ural and P nd Protectio ion and Prot otecti ction on Safety a and nd Qua uality Syst stems Human Nutrition Food Animal Plant Genetic Resources, Soil and Air Production Genomics and Food Safety (animal Genetic Improvement Water Availability and Animal Health and plant products) Watershed Management Plant Diseases Product Quality and New Aquaculture Grass, Forage, and Uses Crop Protection and Rangeland Agroecosystems Veterinary, Quarantine Medical, and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Urban Entomology Crop Production Research A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 6

FY 2019 Y 2019 A ARS B Bud udget ϕ $1.3 billion for salaries and expenses ϕ $100.5 million increase ϕ $381 million for facilities in Pullman, Washington Raleigh, North Carolina Geneva, New York Auburn, Alabama Madison, Wisconsin Tifton, Georgia; and University Park, Pennsylvania A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 7

ϕ ϕ ϕ Hops Salmonella Alfalfa ϕ ϕ ϕ Human nutrition Shellfish genetics Chronic wasting disease ϕ ϕ ϕ Industrial hemp Small grains genomics Citrus germplasm ϕ ϕ ϕ LTAR Sudden oak death Coffee germplasm ϕ ϕ ϕ Marine aquaculture seedstock Sugar beets Cotton ginning ϕ ϕ ϕ Oats Sugarcane Cranberry and blueberry ϕ ϕ ϕ Postharvest dairy The Pollinator Center Feed enhancement ϕ ϕ ϕ Poultry Warmwater aquaculture Food systems ϕ ϕ ϕ Pulse Crop Initiative Wheat and sorghum Fruit fly and exotic pest control ϕ ϕ ϕ Resilient drylands Whitefly Greenhouse technology ϕ High-performance computing A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 8

New, fundamental knowledge for solutions to the INNOVATION: problems facing American agriculture A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 9

ARS and Da Data Managem emen ent Combine linked with GPS to track soil samples and crop yields A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 10

ARS a and t the N Nati tion onal A Agricultu tural L Library A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 11

ARS a and Ger Germplasm sm B Banks National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation cold storage vault, Fort Collins, Colorado A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 12

ARS a at W Work rk white-eye fruit fly mutants created by ARS using CRISPR A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 13

ARS a and Climate C e Change e Re Research A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 14

2018 Information and Technology Transfer • Peer-reviewed articles published 4571 • New Patents Filed 108 • New Germplasm Releases 57 • Total Active CRADAs 189 Testing the ability of poultry litter- based activated chars to adsorb metals from water. A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 15

2018 Student and Outreach Data • Students working with ARS ~ 2400 • Postdocs working with ARS over 500 • ARS Scientists serving as Student Advisors 580 • ARS Scientists serving as Adjunct Professors or in other appointments 465 • Students participating in Outreach Event over 93,000 UMES students measure arsenic levels in water samples from Princess Anne, Maryland A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 16

Global leadership in agricultural discoveries through scientific excellence. A GRICULTURAL R ESEARCH S ERVICE 17