Midwest Area : USDA ARS

Midwest Area : USDA ARS Research : USDA ARS Photo Carousel Links ARS researcher Sabrina Ruis in Ames, IA, is comparing organic and conventional farming practices to compare how soil is affected long-term. Read more here An ARS scientist at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, IL, has been able to transform lactose from dairy waste into polyurethane and other bioplastic polymers with wide-ranging potential applications in industry and consumer products. Read more here Researchers at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, IL, and at the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, IA, are working to use chemically modified tunicamycin, called TunR2, to battle Johne's Disease. Read more here For pioneering studies on Influenza A Viruses in swine, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Amy L. Baker is the agency's Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the Year for 2024. Read more here Growing more crops does not necessarily lead to greater profit, according to farmers and the researchers who help them. To make production more profitable, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) researchers in Peoria, IL, are working to identify new business opportunities by creating new products from existing crops. Read more here Midwest Area Research Locations Expand All Collapse All Ames, Iowa Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Plant Introduction Research National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment Soil, Water & Air Resources Research Agroecosystems Management Research National Animal Disease Center Food Safety and Enteric Pathogens Research Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Virus and Prion Research Peoria, Illinois National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Bioenergy Research Bio-oils Research Crop Bioprotection Research Functional Foods Research Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Plant Polymer Research Renewable Product Technology Research Urbana, Illinois Soybean/maize Germplasm, Pathology, and Genetics Research Global Change and Photosynthesis Research West Lafayette, Indiana Crop Production and Pest Control Research National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory Livestock Behavior Research Bowling Green, Kentucky Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Lexington, Kentucky Forage-animal Production Research East Lansing, Michigan Sugarbeet and Bean Research Morris, Minnesota Soil Management Research St. Paul, Minnesota Cereal Disease Lab Plant Science Research Soil and Water Management Research Columbia, Missouri Biological Control of Insects Research Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Plant Genetics Research Columbus, Ohio Soil Drainage Research Wooster, Ohio Application Technology Research Corn, Soybean and Wheat Quality Research Madison, Wisconsin Cereal Crops Research Vegetable Crops Research U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center Cell Wall Biology and Utilization Research Dairy Forage Research Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research Welcome to the Midwest Area Midwest Technology Transfer News ARS Vacancies at USAJOBS Check out the Columbia, MO, location on YouTube! Phone: (309) 681-6602 USDA, ARS, MIDWEST AREA 1815 NORTH UNIVERSITY STREET Peoria, IL 61604