USDA Agricultural Research Service, Application Technology Research Unit

The??Agricultural Research Service (ARS)??is the??U.S. Department of Agriculture's??chief??scientific in-house research agency. Our job is finding solutions to agricultural problems that affect Americans every day from field to table. Here are??a few numbers to illustrate the scope of our organization:

• 660 research projects within??15 National Programs ??
• 2,000??scientists and post docs ??
• 6,000 other employees ??
• 90+??research locations, including overseas laboratories
• $1.4 billion fiscal year??budget