Timeline

Timeline of important publications and events since the inception of the LTAR Network

LTAR Network Timeline

2022

LTAR Annual Conference at R. J. Cook Agronomy Farm (CAF)

Location: Pullman, WA

2021

LTAR Annual Conference (Virtually) At Lower Mississippi River Basin (LMRB)

Location: Virtually at Oxford, MS

2020

LTAR Annual Conference (virtually) at Kellogg Biological Station

Location: Virtually at Hickory Corners, MI

2019

LTAR Annual Conference at Platte River/High Plains Aquifer

Location: Lincoln, NE

2018

LTAR Annual Conference at Southern Plains

Location: El Reno, OK

2016

LTAR Annual Conference at the Archbold Biological Station

Location: Ona, FL

2015

LTAR Annual Conference at the Lower Chesapeake Bay

2014

LTAR Annual Conference at the Central Plains Experiment Station

2012

LTAR Annual Conference in Estes Park, CO

2012

2nd RFI (Request for Information)

2nd RFI resulting in the selection of Archbold-University of Florida, Eastern Corn Belt, Great Basin, Michigan State University WK Kellogg Biological Station, Lower Chesapeake Bay, Lower Mississippi River Basin, Platte River-High Plains Aquifer, Texas Gulf Research Partnership.

2011

1st RFI (Request for Information)

RFI resulting in the initial selection of Central Plains Experimental Station, Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed, Jornada Experimental Range, Little River Experimental Watershed, Little Washita River/Fort Cobb Reservoir Experimental Watersheds, Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, R.J. Cook Agronomy Farm, Upper Chesapeake Bay Experimental Watersheds, Upper Mississippi River Basin Experimental Watersheds, Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed as LTAR sites.

2011

Walbridge and Shafer paper describing start of LTAR

2008

Robertson et al. paper describing need for an LTAR

ABOUT LTAR

 

The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Long-Term Agroecosystem Research network consists of 18 Federal and university agricultural research sites with an average of over 50 years of history. The goal of this research network is to ensure sustained crop and livestock production and ecosystem services from agroecosystems, and to forecast and verify the effects of environmental trends, public policies, and emerging technologies.