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Agricultural and Industrial Byproducts (NP #214)
	ANIMAL AND MANURE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (Appropriated)
	EVALUATION OF LIPID SOURCE AND LIPID OXIDATION ON ENERGY DIGESTIBILITY AND GUT BARRIER FUNCTION (Reimbursable)
	IMPROVING NUTRIENT UTILIZATION AND FEED EFFICIENCY THROUGH RESEARCH AND EXTENSION TO ENHANCE PIG INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY COMPETITIVENESS (Reimbursable)
	VALIDATION OF DIGESTIBLE AND METABOLIZABLE ENERGY PREDICTION EQUATIONS, AND DETERMINATION OF NET ENERGY OF CORN DDGS SOURCES VARYING... (Reimbursable)
	DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF COLLECTION METHOD ON NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY AND BALANCE IN GROWING PIGS, AND DETERMINE IF THE METHOD . . . (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	Validation of Digestible and Metabolizable Energy Prediction Equations, and Determination of Net Energy of Corn DDGS Sources Varying... (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	ENERGY UTILIZATION OF OIL EXTRACTED-DRIED DISTILLERS GRAINS WITH SOLUBLES (OE-DDGS) IN SWINE AND POULTRY (Trust)
	EVALUATION OF LIPID SOURCE AND LIPID OXIDATION ON DIGESTIBILITY AND GUT BARRIER FUNCTION (Trust)
Agricultural System Competitiveness and Sustainability (NP #216)
	ECOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF CORN, WITH EMPHASIS ON CORN BORERS, ROOTWORMS, AND CUTWORMS (Appropriated)
	ENHANCED MIDWESTERN CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (Appropriated)
	MANAGING AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY IN FIELDS AND WATERSHEDS: NEW PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES (Appropriated)
	ASSESSING INTERPLANT MOVEMENT OF EUROPEAN CORN BORERS (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMIC TOOLS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER POPULATION DYNAMICS (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	A NOVEL METHOD TO DETECT AND ASSAY GENETIC VARIATION IN LEPIDOPTERA (Reimbursable)
	ASSESSING THE RISK OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC MAIZE (Reimbursable)
	CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT CROPLANDS WATERSHEDS STUDIES - UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN/GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS (2012) (Reimbursable)
	CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT CROPLANDS WATERSHEDS STUDIES - UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN/GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS (2012) (Reimbursable)
	DETERMINING MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF BIOMASS WITH MIXTURE OF PRAIRIE SPECIES (Reimbursable)
	EFFECT OF COVER CROPS, SOIL AMENDMENTS, AND REDUCED TILLAGE ON CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND SOIL HEALTH IN A LONG-TERM ORGANIC VEGETABLE SYSTEM (Reimbursable)
	ENHANCING FARMLAND WATER QUALITY & AVAILABILITY THROUGH SOIL-BUILDING CROP ROTATIONS & ORGANIC PRACTICES (Reimbursable)
	GENOMIC RESOURCES TO ACCELERATE WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM RESEARCH (Reimbursable)
	MONITORING EDGE-OF-FIELD SURFACE-WATER RUNOFF: A THREE-STATE PILOT PROJECT TO PROMOTE AND EVALUATE AN INEXPENSIVE AND RELIABLE GAUGE (Reimbursable)
	NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DISSECTION OF COMPLEX PHENOTYPIC TRAITS IN LEPIDOPTERA (Reimbursable)
	RISK OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC CORN (Reimbursable)
	THE USE OF DATA MINING TO GENERATE A SOIL DYNAMIC PROPERTY (DSP) DATABASE (Reimbursable)
	WINTER RYE COVER CROP EFFECT ON CORN SEEDLING PATHOGENS (Reimbursable)
	DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURAL RESOURCE DATABASES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	GENERATION OF SIRRL GENETIC MARKERS FOR EUROPEAN CORN BORER, WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM, AND A TORTRICID PEST OF PRAIRIE CORD GRASS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM SNP MARKER VALIDATION AND GENOTYPING (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	BLENDED REFUGE VERSUS BLOCK REFUGE (Trust)
	EVALUATE EUROPEAN CORN BORER INJURY AND PRODUCTION FROM OPTIMUM ACREMAX 2 (Trust)
	EVALUATING NON-BT REFUGE NEEDS FOR THE CORN BELT: EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER RESISTANCE ALLELES AND MULTIPLE-TOXIN BT HYBRIDS (Trust)
	EVALUATING NON-TARGET EFFECTS OF ROOTWORM MAIZE (CRY34/35AB1) ON CARABID BEETLES (Trust)
	FLUID FERTILIZER’S ROLE IN SUSTAINING SOILS USED FOR BIO-ENERGY FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION (Trust)
	THE TARGETED SEQUENCING OF BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME (BAC) CLONES FROM WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (Trust)
Animal Health (NP #103)
	CONTROL, IMMUNOLOGY AND GENOMICS OF SPIROCHETE DISEASES (Appropriated)
	IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASE MECHANISMS AND CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR BACTERIAL RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS IN CATTLE (Appropriated)
	IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASE MECHANISMS AND DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED DIAGNOSTICS AND VACCINES FOR BRUCELLOSIS IN LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE (Appropriated)
	IDENTIFICATION OF HOST IMMUNE FACTORS AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR MASTITIS (Appropriated)
	IMMUNOLOGY AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR JOHNE'S DISEASE (Appropriated)
	INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL VIRAL DISEASES OF CATTLE (Appropriated)
	INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL VIRAL DISEASES OF SWINE (Appropriated)
	PREVENTION AND CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE AND WILDLIFE RESERVOIRS (Appropriated)
	STRATEGIES TO CONTROL AND PREVENT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN SWINE (Appropriated)
	TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES (Appropriated)
	INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	DETERMINATION OF CORRELATION BETWEEN SERUM ANTIBODIES AND PROTECTION AFFORDED BY VACCINATION AGAINST BVDV (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT BISON GENOME (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	ACTIVATION OF GAMMA DELTA T CELLS IN RESPONSE TO IMPORTANT BACTERIAL PATHOGENS (Reimbursable)
	ASSESSMENT OF HETEROCLITE-VECTORED CYTOKINES AS A MEANS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF MODIFIED LIVE PRRSV DIVA VACCINE PREPARATIONS (Reimbursable)
	BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS PERSISTENT INFECTION OF WHITE-TAILED DEER AND THEIR RISK TO DOMESTIC CATTLE (Reimbursable)
	COMPARISON OF PORCINE HIGH FEVER DISEASE ISOLATES OF PRRSV TO US ISOLATES FOR THEIR ABILITY TO CAUSE SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTION IN SWINE (Reimbursable)
	COMPARISON OF VIRULENCE OF BOVINE CORONA VIRUSES (Reimbursable)
	DEVELOPMENT OF ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CYTOKINE ASSAYS AS MARKERS OF INFECTION, TO MONITOR IMMUNE FUNCTION OR RESPONSES TO VACCINES (Reimbursable)
	IMMUNE FACTORS IN VACCINE-ENHANCED PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA DISEASE (Reimbursable)
	USDA SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM: COMPUTATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCES (Reimbursable)
	USDA SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM: IN VIVO PATHOGENESIS AND TRANSMISSION AND ASSOCIATED IN VITRO STUDIES (Reimbursable)
	ANTIGENIC RELATEDNESS OF INFLUENZA A VIRUSES AND USE OF ANTIGENIC CARTOGRAPHY IN VACCINE STRAIN SELECTION FOR SWINE (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF VACCINE CANDIDATES FOR MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORAL VACCINE VECTOR FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CYTOKINE ASSAYS AS DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS OF INFECTION, TO MONITOR IMMUNE FUNCTION TO VACCINATION (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CYTOKINE ASSAYS AS MARKERS OF INFECTION, TO MONITOR IMMUNE FUNCTION OR RESPONSES TO VACCINES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF NEW VACCINE PLATFORMS AND CONSTRUCTS FOR RESPIRATORY VIRUSES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	H1N1 INFLUENZA A VIRUS IN SWINE SUPPLEMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW WORLD HOBI-LIKE VIRUSES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	SEROLOGIC AND BACTERIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF BOVINE PAPILLARY DIGITAL DERMATITIS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	SEROLOGIC AND BACTERIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF BOVINE PAPILLOMATOUS DIGITAL DERMATITIS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	SIV EPITOPES AND GENETIC FACTORS THAT AFFECT SURVEILLANCE AND IMMUNITY ELICITED BY INFLUENZA VACCINES AGAINST EMERGING INFLUENZA STRAINS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CATTLE WITH THE E211K PRNP ALLELE TO BSE (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	USDA SWINE INFLUENZA A VIRUS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM RELATED RESEARCH (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	A NOVEL MULTIVALENT VECTORED VACCINE AGAINST BVDV (Trust)
	GENERATION OF BROAD SPECTRUM, HIGH TITER, CAPRINE POLYCLONAL ANTISERA AGAINST BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS (BVDV) (Trust)
	OPTIMIZATION OF POLYCLONAL BASED ELISA DETECTION OF PERSISTENT INFECTION (Trust)
	TRANSCRIPTOMICS OF THE IMMUNE CELL RESPONSE TO A BACTERIAL INFECTION IN THE MAMMARY GLAND (Trust)
	H1N1 INFLUENZA A VIRUS IN SWINE SUPPLEMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM (Other)
Climate Change, Soils, and Emissions (NP #212)
	APPLICATION OF LIDAR TECHNOLOGY FOR MEASUREMENT OF EMISSION AND DISPERSION FROM AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS (General Cooperative Agreement)
	CONTRIBUTION OF WOODY VEGETATION TO ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT OF SOILS UNDER FOREST PLANTATIONS-ASSESSMENT FOR BIOENERGY PRODUCTION (General Cooperative Agreement)
	Great Plains Agroforestry: Evaluation of Bioenergy Feedstock and Carbon Sequestration as Potential Long-term Revenue Streams to Diversify... (General Cooperative Agreement)
	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGMIP PROGRAM FOR SOUTH ASIA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (General Cooperative Agreement)
	ENHANCED MIDWESTERN CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (Appropriated)
	MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS TO REDUCE ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS AND INCREASE RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE (Appropriated)
	MANAGING AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY IN FIELDS AND WATERSHEDS: NEW PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES (Appropriated)
	SOIL MANAGEMENT FOR ENHANCED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION (Appropriated)
	ACCUMULATION OF NITROGEN-BONDED AROMATICS IN RICE-CROPPING AND ZERO-TILLAGE SOILS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE BIOENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL HYDROTREATED RENEWABLE JET (HRJ) FUEL FROM REDESIGNED OILSEED FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY CHAINS (Reimbursable)
	AGRICULTURAL SOIL EROSION AND CARBON CYCLE OBSERVATIONS: GAPS THREATEN CLIMATE MITIGATION POLICIES (Reimbursable)
	AIR QUALITY IMPACTS OF DAIRY FACILITIES IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA (Reimbursable)
	CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT (CEAP 2011)-ARS BENCHMARK WATERSHED STUDIES (Reimbursable)
	CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT CROPLANDS WATERSHEDS STUDIES - UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN/GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS (2012) (Reimbursable)
	CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT CROPLANDS WATERSHEDS STUDIES - UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN/GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS (2012) (Reimbursable)
	EMISSION INVENTORIES OF PARTICULATE MATTER, AMMONIA, GREENHOUSE GASES, AND VOCS FROM CATTLE FEEDLOTS (Reimbursable)
	Great Plains Agroforestry: Evaluation of Bioenergy Feedstock and Carbon Sequestration as Potential Long-Term Revenue Streams to Diversity... (Reimbursable)
	MONITORING EDGE-OF-FIELD SURFACE-WATER RUNOFF: A THREE-STATE PILOT PROJECT TO PROMOTE AND EVALUATE AN INEXPENSIVE AND RELIABLE GAUGE (Reimbursable)
	REGIONAL CORN STOVER REMOVAL IMPACT STUDY - AMES (II) (Reimbursable)
	SEPARATING COMPONENTS OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN VINEYARD WATER MANAGEMENT (Reimbursable)
	SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BIOENERGY FOR THE CENTRAL USA (Reimbursable)
	Swine diet formulation and its effect on deep pit foaming (Reimbursable)
	THE USE OF DATA MINING TO GENERATE A SOIL DYNAMIC PROPERTY (DSP) DATABASE (Reimbursable)
	WINTER RYE COVER CROP EFFECT ON CORN SEEDLING PATHOGENS (Reimbursable)
	DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURAL RESOURCE DATABASES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURAL RESOURCE DATABASES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURAL RESOURCE DATABASES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT OF PARTICULATES AND GASES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	EVALUATION OF SPRAY DRIFT AND INTERCEPTION BY BIOBUFFERS USING MICROMETEOROLOGICAL AND LIDAR TECHNIQUES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGING CLIMATE ON FOOD SECURITY THROUGH GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL MODELS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	FIELD SCALE ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS CONTROLLING CORN AND SOYBEAN PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF IMPROVED MANAGEMENT ON CORN-SOYBEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (Trust)
	FIELD EVALUATION OF A HUMIC PRODUCT FOR CONTINUOUS CORN PRODUCTION (Trust)
	FIELD EVALUATION OF A MICRONIZED HUMIC PRODUCT FOR ENHANCED CORN GROWTH AND GRAIN PRODUCTION IN CENTRAL IOWA (Trust)
	MEASUREMENT OF SPRAY DRIFT USING A COMBINATION OF LIDAR AND MICROMETEOROLOGICAL METHODS (Trust)
	RIGHT PRACTICE, RIGHT PLACE: DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF A CONSERVATION PLANNING TOOLKIT AND IMPROVED INCENTIVE STRATEGIES… (Trust)
Crop Protection & Quarantine (NP #304)
	ECOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF CORN, WITH EMPHASIS ON CORN BORERS, ROOTWORMS, AND CUTWORMS (Appropriated)
	ASSESSING INTERPLANT MOVEMENT OF EUROPEAN CORN BORERS (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMIC TOOLS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER POPULATION DYNAMICS (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	A NOVEL METHOD TO DETECT AND ASSAY GENETIC VARIATION IN LEPIDOPTERA (Reimbursable)
	ASSESSING THE RISK OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC MAIZE (Reimbursable)
	GENOMIC RESOURCES TO ACCELERATE WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM RESEARCH (Reimbursable)
	NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DISSECTION OF COMPLEX PHENOTYPIC TRAITS IN LEPIDOPTERA (Reimbursable)
	RISK OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC CORN (Reimbursable)
	GENERATION OF SIRRL GENETIC MARKERS FOR EUROPEAN CORN BORER, WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM, AND A TORTRICID PEST OF PRAIRIE CORD GRASS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM SNP MARKER VALIDATION AND GENOTYPING (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	BLENDED REFUGE VERSUS BLOCK REFUGE (Trust)
	EVALUATE EUROPEAN CORN BORER INJURY AND PRODUCTION FROM OPTIMUM ACREMAX 2 (Trust)
	EVALUATING NON-BT REFUGE NEEDS FOR THE CORN BELT: EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER RESISTANCE ALLELES AND MULTIPLE-TOXIN BT HYBRIDS (Trust)
	EVALUATING NON-TARGET EFFECTS OF ROOTWORM MAIZE (CRY34/35AB1) ON CARABID BEETLES (Trust)
	THE TARGETED SEQUENCING OF BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME (BAC) CLONES FROM WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (Trust)
Food Animal Production (NP #101)
	ANIMAL AND MANURE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (Appropriated)
	IDENTIFICATION OF HOST IMMUNE FACTORS AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR MASTITIS (Appropriated)
	INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL VIRAL DISEASES OF SWINE (Appropriated)
	INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	ASSESSMENT OF HETEROCLITE-VECTORED CYTOKINES AS A MEANS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF MODIFIED LIVE PRRSV DIVA VACCINE PREPARATIONS (Reimbursable)
	IMMUNE FACTORS IN VACCINE-ENHANCED PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA DISEASE (Reimbursable)
	IMPROVING NUTRIENT UTILIZATION AND FEED EFFICIENCY THROUGH RESEARCH AND EXTENSION TO ENHANCE PIG INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY COMPETITIVENESS (Reimbursable)
	USDA SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM: COMPUTATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCES (Reimbursable)
	USDA SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM: IN VIVO PATHOGENESIS AND TRANSMISSION AND ASSOCIATED IN VITRO STUDIES (Reimbursable)
	VALIDATION OF DIGESTIBLE AND METABOLIZABLE ENERGY PREDICTION EQUATIONS, AND DETERMINATION OF NET ENERGY OF CORN DDGS SOURCES VARYING... (Reimbursable)
	DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF COLLECTION METHOD ON NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY AND BALANCE IN GROWING PIGS, AND DETERMINE IF THE METHOD . . . (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	USDA SWINE INFLUENZA A VIRUS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM RELATED RESEARCH (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	Validation of Digestible and Metabolizable Energy Prediction Equations, and Determination of Net Energy of Corn DDGS Sources Varying... (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	ENERGY UTILIZATION OF OIL EXTRACTED-DRIED DISTILLERS GRAINS WITH SOLUBLES (OE-DDGS) IN SWINE AND POULTRY (Trust)
Food Safety, (animal and plant products) (NP #108)
	ANIMAL AND MANURE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (Appropriated)
	ANIMAL INTESTINAL MICROBIOMES, FOODBORNE PATHOGENS, AND ANTIMICROBIALS (Appropriated)
	MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF SALMONELLA VIRULENCE, ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, AND HOST RESPONSE (Appropriated)
	PREVENTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PERSISTENT COLONIZATION BY E. COLI O157:H7 AND OTHER SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING E. COLI (STEC) IN CATTLE (Appropriated)
	MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: PROMOTE ANIMAL HEALTH INITIATIVES WITH IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (Memorandum of Understanding)
	IMPROVING NUTRIENT UTILIZATION AND FEED EFFICIENCY THROUGH RESEARCH AND EXTENSION TO ENHANCE PIG INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY COMPETITIVENESS (Reimbursable)
	VALIDATION OF DIGESTIBLE AND METABOLIZABLE ENERGY PREDICTION EQUATIONS, AND DETERMINATION OF NET ENERGY OF CORN DDGS SOURCES VARYING... (Reimbursable)
	DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF COLLECTION METHOD ON NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY AND BALANCE IN GROWING PIGS, AND DETERMINE IF THE METHOD . . . (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	Validation of Digestible and Metabolizable Energy Prediction Equations, and Determination of Net Energy of Corn DDGS Sources Varying... (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	ENERGY UTILIZATION OF OIL EXTRACTED-DRIED DISTILLERS GRAINS WITH SOLUBLES (OE-DDGS) IN SWINE AND POULTRY (Trust)
Manure and Byproduct Utilization (NP #206)
	DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT OF PARTICULATES AND GASES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
	STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: BREEDING FOR THE EASTERN & SOUTHWEST USA (General Cooperative Agreement)
	STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: BREEDING FOR THE NORTHEAST (General Cooperative Agreement)
	STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS:QUALITY ANALYSIS (General Cooperative Agreement)
	BREEDING HIGH-QUALITY CORN FOR LOW-INPUT AND ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEMS (Appropriated)
	CURATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOYBEAN BREEDER'S TOOLBOX AND ITS INTEGRATION WITH OTHER PLANT GENOME DATABASES (Appropriated)
	Disease Resistance Signaling in Cereal Crops (Appropriated)
	FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SOYBEAN AND OTHER LEGUMES (Appropriated)
	FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF CEREAL DISEASE DEFENSE (Appropriated)
	GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTION RESPONSE IN MAIZE POPULATIONS (Appropriated)
	GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT OF MAIZE PROJECT (GEM) (Appropriated)
	IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT GENETIC MECHANISMS THAT INFLUENCE INSECT-POLLINATOR PREFERENCE (Appropriated)
	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (Appropriated)
	THE MAIZE GENETICS AND GENOMICS DATABASE (Appropriated)
	ACCELERATED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROTREATED RENEWABLE JET FUEL (HRJ) FROM REDESIGNED OILSEED FEEDSTOCKS SUPPLY CHAINS (Reimbursable)
	ANALYSIS OF CLINAL VARIATION IN MAIZE: IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDYING CROP ADAPTATION (Reimbursable)
	CHARACTERIZING AND IMPROVING RESISTANCE TO BROWN STEM ROT (Reimbursable)
	DEVELOPING AND TESTING MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR IRON DEFICIENCY CHLOROSIS (Reimbursable)
	GENOMICS TO ACCELERATE THE ANNUAL RATE OF SOYBEAN GENETIC YIELD IMPROVEMENT (Reimbursable)
	STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE ORGANIC FARMERS' ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS (Reimbursable)
	DEVELOPING HIGH QUALITY CORN FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMERS IN THE NORTHERN CORN BELT (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF SPECIALTY STARCH GERMPLASM UTILIZING GEM BIODIVERSITY TO OPTIMIZE GRAIN QUALITY, COMPOSITION, AND YIELD (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR THE GA1 LOCUS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF GEM LINE STARCH TO IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND BIO-FUEL PRODUCTION (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF MAIZE INBREDS, HYBRIDS & ENHANCED GEM BREEDING POPULATIONS FOR SUPERIOR SILAGE, BIOFEEDSTOCK YIELD & COMPOSITIONAL ATTRIBUTES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOCOLS FOR EFFICIENT SOYBEAN AND LEGUME TRANSFORMATION USING ENGINEERED VIRAL VECTORS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	ENGAGING FARMERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF CORN VARIETIES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	EVALUATION OF GRAIN AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS SPP.) FOR BIOMASS CHARACTERS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	EVALUATION OF THLASPI AND CAMELINA ACCESSIONS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING FOR ASIAN SOYBEAN RUST AND PHYTOPHTHORA (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH FOR SOYBEAN IMPROVEMENT USING GENETICS AND GENOMICS - DELAWARE (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH FOR SOYBEAN IMPROVEMENT USING GENETICS AND GENOMICS - GEORGIA (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH FOR SOYBEAN IMPROVEMENT USING GENETICS AND GENOMICS - GEORGIA (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH FOR SOYBEAN IMPROVEMENT USING GENETICS AND GENOMICS - ILLINOIS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH FOR SOYBEAN IMPROVEMENT USING GENETICS AND GENOMICS - MISSOURIGS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH FOR SOYBEAN IMPROVEMENT USING GENETICS AND GENOMICS - MISSOURIHN (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	IDENTIFICATION OF BREEDER MOLECULAR SIGNATURES - IOWA STATE (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	IMPROVING AND CHARACTERIZING RESISTANCE TO BROWN STEM ROT (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	LEGUME INFORMATION SYSTEM - A LEGUME BIOINFORMATICS RESOURCE (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: BREEDING FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: OUTREACH (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: STRESS NURSERIES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	USE OF GEM GERMPLASM FOR EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DROUGHT TOLERANCE, CORN EARWORM (CEW) RESISTANCE, AND LOW AFLATOXIN LEVEL GRAIN CORN (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Soil Resource Management (NP #202)
	ACCUMULATION OF NITROGEN-BONDED AROMATICS IN RICE-CROPPING AND ZERO-TILLAGE SOILS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	EFFECT OF COVER CROPS, SOIL AMENDMENTS, AND REDUCED TILLAGE ON CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND SOIL HEALTH IN A LONG-TERM ORGANIC VEGETABLE SYSTEM (Reimbursable)
	ENHANCING FARMLAND WATER QUALITY & AVAILABILITY THROUGH SOIL-BUILDING CROP ROTATIONS & ORGANIC PRACTICES (Reimbursable)
	EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGING CLIMATE ON FOOD SECURITY THROUGH GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL MODELS (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	FLUID FERTILIZER’S ROLE IN SUSTAINING SOILS USED FOR BIO-ENERGY FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION (Trust)
Water Availability and Water Management (NP #211)
	MANAGING AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY IN FIELDS AND WATERSHEDS: NEW PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES (Appropriated)
	SOIL MANAGEMENT FOR ENHANCED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION (Appropriated)
	ACCUMULATION OF NITROGEN-BONDED AROMATICS IN RICE-CROPPING AND ZERO-TILLAGE SOILS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE BIOENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
	CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT (CEAP 2011) (Reimbursable)
	CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT CROPLANDS WATERSHEDS STUDIES - UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN/GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS (2012) (Reimbursable)
	CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT CROPLANDS WATERSHEDS STUDIES - UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN/GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS (2012) (Reimbursable)
	DETERMINING MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF BIOMASS WITH MIXTURE OF PRAIRIE SPECIES (Reimbursable)
	DEVELOPMENT OF A GIS-BASED RUSLE2 INTERFACE TEMPLATE FOR USE WITH IOWA’S LIDAR DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA (Reimbursable)
	MONITORING EDGE-OF-FIELD SURFACE-WATER RUNOFF: A THREE-STATE PILOT PROJECT TO PROMOTE AND EVALUATE AN INEXPENSIVE AND RELIABLE GAUGE (Reimbursable)
	REGIONAL CORN STOVER REMOVAL IMPACT STUDY - AMES (II) (Reimbursable)
	SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BIOENERGY FOR THE CENTRAL USA (Reimbursable)
	DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURAL RESOURCE DATABASES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURAL RESOURCE DATABASES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURAL RESOURCE DATABASES (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	DEVELOPMENT OF A GIS-BASED RUSLE2 INTERFACE TEMPLATE FOR USE WITH IOWA'S LIDAR DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	REDUCING NITRATE LOSSES FROM AGRICULTURAL FIELDS WITH SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE (Specific Cooperative Agreement)
	ASSEMBLY OF SPATIAL DATABASES TO FACILITATE WATERSHED-SCALE CONSERVATION PLANNING TOOLS (Trust)
	FIELD EVALUATION OF A HUMIC PRODUCT FOR CONTINUOUS CORN PRODUCTION (Trust)
	FIELD EVALUATION OF A MICRONIZED HUMIC PRODUCT FOR ENHANCED CORN GROWTH AND GRAIN PRODUCTION IN CENTRAL IOWA (Trust)

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