1. U.S. Dept. Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Rob Griesbach Technology Transfer Coordinator Beltsville Area

2. Nutrition, Food Safety/ Quality Animal Production & Protection Crop Production & Protection Natural Resources & Sustainable Agricultural Systems ARS National Research Programs

5. ~2300 Permanent Full-Time Scientists ~100 Locations

6. Science In Your Shopping Cart Beltsville Turkey DEET Seedless grapes Shrinkproof wool Roma tomatoes Poultry nutrition New Guinea Impatiens Dehydrated potatoes Concentrated frozen orange juice Perma-press fabrics Lactose-free Milk Glenn Dale azaleas Super-absorbents for diapers Leather tanning

7. Robotics

8. Genomic Research

9. Automated Systems

10. BioProducts

11. Feathers Plastic Pots Walt Schmidt Environmental Management & Byproduct Utilization Lab Beltsville, MD

12. Starch Cutlery & Plates Bill Orts Western Regional Research Center Albany, CA,

13. George Inglett Biopolymers Research Lab Peoria, IL  hulls of oats, soybeans, peas & rice  bran from corn or wheat Z-Trim natural dietary fiber fat replacer

14. Remote Sensing

15. Jack Morgan Crops Research Lab Fort Collins, CO Very-Large Scale Aerial Photography to Monitor Watersheds

16. Paul Pinter U.S. Water Conservation Lab Phoenix, AZ Satellite imagery & crop modeling to predict yield

17. $200 Million Economic loss leafy spurge. Developed a new remote sensing method for detection and is developing software that predicts its occurrence. Remote sensing Invasive species

18. Greg McCarty Hydrology & Remote Sensing Lab. Beltsville, MD

19. The AgScanner™ System Agricultural remote sensing Low-cost UAV-based Ray Hunt Hydrology & Remote Sensing Lab Beltsville, MD

20. 38% BARC researchers agreements MD companies and institutions 96 BARC agreements MD companies and institutions. Involve all but 2 congressional districts $4.5 M Funds received from MD companies and institutions for cooperative research BARC MD Partners

21. $6 M BARC funds used in agreements with MD companies and institutions $1 M Funds given to MD companies for contract research $569 T Cooperative research funds given to University of MD BARC MD Partners

23. David Nicholson - PWA 510-559-5641 David.Nicholson@ars.usda.gov Bryan Kaphammer - NPA / SPA 970-229-5528 Bryan.Kaphammer@.ars.usda.gov Renee Wagner - MWA 309-681-6565 Renee.Wagner@ars.usda.gov Vic Chavez- NAA 215-233-6610 Vic.Chavez@ars.usda.gov Thomas Valco- Cotton Technology 662-686-5255 CTTEC@ars.usda.gov Don Nordlund- SAA / MSA 706-546-3496 Don.Nordlund@.ars.usda.gov Rob Griesbach - BA 301-504-6421 Robert.Griesbach@ars.usda.gov