Northeast Area : USDA ARS Research : USDA ARS Photo Carousel Links BARC West campus houses the administration building for NEA and BARC offices as well as laboratories, greenhouses and environmental facilities. A wide variety of research projects are conducted including fruit and vegetable improvement, cropping systems, plant disease agents, insect pests, genomics, environmental studies and human nutrition. The Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit (PSWMRU, University Park, PA) operates Mahantango Creek Experimental Watershed, as an outdoor laboratory to study agricultural management and hydrologic processes. Sorting Atlantic salmon at the National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center: Franklin, ME.  Research addresses genetic improvement, growth and development, health, and sustainable production systems for Atlantic salmon and for cold water marine finfish species. Appalachian Fruit Research Station in Kearneysville West Virginia,  home of Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection. Traditional breeding and biotechnology strategies are used to improve the quality, productivity and disease resistance of apple, pear and stone fruits. Since completion by the CCC in 1937, the Log Lodge has served a variety of functions including CCC recreation, USDA VIP luncheons (Khrushev 1959, Eisenhower, etc), Presidential card games (Roosevelt), Center cafeteria, BARC Visitor Center and ARS National Visitor Center.  Since 2014, the lodge has been used for meetings and conferences. Dairy area of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) In Beltsville MD (circa 1980) .  Projects at the dairy facility include feeding studies, breeding, increasing milk production, waste management and bovine diseases. The 7000 acre farm also has laboratories studying poultry, bees, goats and pigs. Northeast Area Research Locations Expand All Collapse All Washington, D.C. National Arboretum Floral and Nursery Plants Research Public Horticulture and Engagement Unit Newark, Delaware Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit Boston, Massachusetts Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center On Aging Beltsville, Maryland (BHNRC) Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center Food Components and Health Laboratory Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory Food Surveys Research Group Methods and Application of Food Composition Laboratory Food for Health of People and the Environment Lab Beltsville, Maryland (BARC) Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory Environmental Microbial & Food Safety Laboratory Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory Animal Biosciences & Biotechnology Laboratory Bee Research Laboratory National Germplasm Resources Laboratory Invasive Insect Biocontrol & Behavior Laboratory Genetic Improvement for Fruits & Vegetables Laboratory Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory Soybean Genomics & Improvement Laboratory Systematic Entomology Laboratory Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory Food Quality Laboratory Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory Frederick, Maryland Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Orono, Maine New England Center for Sustained Soil and Water Health National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center Geneva, New York Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PGRU) Grape Genetics Research Unit (GGRU) Ithaca, New York Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research University Park, Pennsylvania Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania Eastern Regional Research Center Characterization and Interventions for Foodborne Pathogens Microbial and Chemical Food Safety Dairy and Functional Foods Research Sustainable Biofuels and Co-products Research Kearneysville, West Virginia Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement, and Protection Leetown, West Virginia Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture Research Burlington, Vermont Food Systems Research Unit Research Projects More... Accelerating Blueberry and Cranberry Improvement by Exploiting Germplasm Resources and Multi-omics Technologies Accelerating Genetic Improvement of Ruminants Through Enhanced Genome Assembly, Annotation, and Selection Advanced Methods for Predictive Modeling of Bacterial Growth and Survival in Foods Office of the Area Director Current Environmental Assessments Northeast Area Summer Research Employment Program 10300 Baltimore Avenue BLDG. 003, RM. 223, BARC-WEST Beltsville, MD 20705