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- The Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory (NPARL) in Sidney, MT is
one of more than 120 Agricultural Research Service (ARS) facilities. ARS is the
in-house research agency for the United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), and
conducts research to solve agricultural problems of a high national priority.
The NPARL mission is to develop ecologically based strategies, technologies,
and products for the sustainable management of crops and rangeland, and natural
resource systems. Current research is focused on three main areas: biological
control of selected noxious weeds, insect pests and fungal pathogens; the
ecology and management of grasshoppers; and development of sustainable
irrigated and dryland agricultural production systems. In addition to providing
new knowledge, this research is catalyzing the development of improved
management practices for sustainable agricultural and rangeland production
systems in the Northern Great Plains.
Website: "http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/"
[Summary provided by the USDA.]
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