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List of LTAR-related newsLTAR Network Contribution at the 2023 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting
The LTAR Network oral presentation sessions during the 2023 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting:LTAR Contributed Oral 1-Water Quantity and QualityPresentation list: ...
LTAR in Missouri: Finding Sustainable Solutions
A site in the middle of Missouri provides critical agricultural research on the national scale. Discover what makes this project ...
Taking a Deep Dive into Climate Data
Our climate is ever-changing, and the stress these conditions are placing on our crops is tremendous. Drought, increasing rainfall, and ...
What Phoenix’s driest summer on record means for the future
This year’s monsoon season was the ultimate "non-soon" with less than a quarter inch of rain recorded at Phoenix Sky ...
Advances in soil erosion research: processes, measurement, and modeling – A Special Issue in Honor of Dr. Mark Nearing
Long-term sustainability of soils is one of the critical challenges facing humanity. Soil erosion is a natural landscape process, which ...
LTAR scientists gathered at ABS-UF for the LTAR Integrated Workshop
LTAR network scientists representing the Regionalization Project, Human Dimensions Working Group, Remote Sensing & GIS Working Group, and Communications Strategies ...
Water Vision 2050: USDA, ARS Scientists Chart Course of Water Management
As much water as there is in the world, only about one-half of 1% of it is drinkable. To illustrate, ...
LTAR mentioned in the 2023 Farm Bill
LTAR mentioned in the 2023 Farm Bill..."The LTAR network operates by coordinating research across sites to better understand how agroecosystems ...
LTAR at the 2022 AGU Fall Meeting
Many LTAR sites will be participating at the 2022 AGU Fall Meeting in Chicago, IL. The following is a list ...
Dr Kevin King presents on addressing water quality outcomes through nutrient and water management
In March 2022, NRCS released a Conservation Effects Assessment Project report that revealed national increases in subsurface nitrogen and soluble ...
ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center receives The Nature Conservancy’s 2022 Morris K. Udall Award for Outstanding Conservation Achievement
Way to go! We’re excited to share that the ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center is the recipient of The Nature ...
Water Wisdom: Farmers Must Prepare for a Drier Future. A conversation with Dr. Tsegaye
An Under the Microscope conversation with Dr. Teferi Tsegaye on how farmers must prepare for a drier future. Dr. Tsegaye ...
Recovering manure’s fertilizer value for a secure U.S. agriculture
Recent increases in fertilizer prices along with supply chain disruptions have resulted in grave challenges for agrifood production from field ...
2022 Herb Rothbart Outstanding Early Career Research Scientist goes to Sheri Spiegal
This year, the top award in this category, the Herbert L. Rothbart Outstanding Early Career Research Scientist, goes to Sheri ...
A New Snowtography Handbook Puts Water Data into the Hands of Small Farmers and Ranchers
A new handbook, Snowtography: Snowpack & Soil Moisture Monitoring aims to put snowmelt and soil moisture data directly into the ...
Solving the Biggest Agricultural Challenges Through Data Innovation
ARS partnered with technology leaders, academia, and USDA to create the Partnership for Data Innovation to focus on addressing the ...
2021 ARS Discoveries Announcement: Research addressing important agroecosystem problems at 7 LTAR sites was recognized
Central Plains Experimental Range Ranchers have traditionally moved their cattle from the rangeland to feedlots in October in order to ...
Study Takes “Seasonal Pulse” of Plant Productivity
Getting a fix on the timing of seasonal plant events like fruiting or leaf senescence could get easier to do, ...
Climate change, feeding the world and the Long-Term Agroecosystems Research Network
Now more than ever, farmers and ranchers are going to need the tools and strategies necessary to deal with the ...
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.