Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Beltsville, MD
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N 39° 01.549 W 076° 55.401
18S E 333507 N 4321401
A large agricultural research center that was originally built by the WPA and later CCC.
Waymark Code: WM17AJY
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2023
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), also known as the National Agricultural Research Center, is a unit of the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. It is located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, with sections within the Beltsville census-designated place. The BARC is named for Henry A. Wallace, former United States vice president and secretary of agriculture. BARC houses the Abraham Lincoln Building of the National Agricultural Library.
Among its research programs are Air Quality; Animal Health; Crop Production; Crop Protection and Quarantine; Food Animal Production; Food Safety; Global Change; Human Nutrition; Integrated Farming Systems; Manure and Byproduct Utilization; Methyl Bromide Alternatives; Plant Biological and Molecular Processes; Plant Diseases; Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics, and Genetic Improvement; Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products; Rangeland, Pasture, and Forages; Soil Resource Management; Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology; and Water Quality and Management."
Address:
0300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705
Website: [Web Link]
Main Field of Science: Agricultural sciences
Sector: Government
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