Northern Plains Area

| Colorado | Kansas | Montana | Nebraska | North Dakota | South Dakota | Utah | Wyoming |

 

The following research locations are located in the Northern Plains Area:


COLORADO

Akron -
    Central Great Plains Research Station comprises: 
            Central Plains Resources Management Research Unit

Fort Collins -
    Great Plains Systems Research Unit

            GP Farm Information System
    Sugarbeet Research Unit

    Rangeland Resources Research Unit
    Water Management Research Unit 
    Soil-Plant-Nutrient Research Unit
    National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation
comprises:
            Plant Germplasm Research Unit

            Seed Viability and Storage Research Unit

            National Animal Germplasm Program


KANSAS

Manhattan -
 

    Grain Marketing and Production Research Center comprises:  
         Biological Research Unit
         Engineering Research Unit
         Grain Quality & Structure Research Unit
         Plant Science & Entomology Research Unit
         Wind Erosion Research Unit 


MONTANA

Miles City -

    Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory comprises:
          Livestock and Range Research Unit

Sidney -
    Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory comprises:
          Pest Management and Agricultural Systems Research Unit


NEBRASKA

Clay Center -

    Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center comprises:
            Nutrition Research Unit
            Reproduction Research Unit
            Biological Engineering Research Unit
            Production Systems Research Unit
            Meats Research Unit
            Genetics and Breeding Research Unit
            Animal Health Systems Research Unit

Lincoln -
    Soil and Water Conservation Research Unit
    Wheat, Sorghum and Forage Research Unit
    Midwest Livestock Insects Research Unit
    Location Support 


NORTH DAKOTA

Fargo -

    Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center comprises:
          Biosciences Research Laboratory comprises:
                Animal Metabolism-Agricultural Chemicals Research Unit
                Plant Science Research Unit  
                Insect Genetics and Biochemistry Unit  
           Northern Crop Science Laboratory comprises:
                Sunflower Research Unit
                 Sugarbeet and Potato Research Unit
                 Cereal Crops Research Unit
                Hard Red Spring and Durum Wheat Quality Laboratory 

Grand Forks -
 
    Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center comprises:
            Office of the Center Director Staff
                 Mineral Nutrient Functions Research Unit
                     Research Staff
                 Mineral Nutrient Requirements Research Unit
                     Research Staff
                 Location Support Staff

Mandan -
  
    Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory comprises:
            Natural Resource Research Management Unit


SOUTH DAKOTA

Brookings -

    Northern Grain Insects Research Laboratory comprises:
          Crop & Entomology Research Unit


UTAH

Logan -
 
    Forage and Range Research Laboratory
    Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management and Systematics Research Unit 
    Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory
    Location Support


WYOMING

Cheyenne -  

   High Plains Grasslands Research Station
    Rangeland Resources Research Unit

Laramie -

   Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory comprises:
          Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit


Area Director: Will Blackburn
USDA ARS NPA
2150 Centre Ave, Bldg D, Suite 300
Fort Collins, CO 80526
(970) 492-7000 - fax (970) 492-7065
E-mail:
Will.Blackburn@ars.usda.gov


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