National Agricultural Research Center

National Agricultural Research Center Type: Research and Development Agencies Parent organization: Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture Employees: 1400 Executive: Director Budget: Address: 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705 Website: https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/beltsville-md-barc/ Creation Legislation: Part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 Wikipedia: National Agricultural Research Center

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Mission The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center aims to develop and disseminate scientific knowledge to enhance agricultural productivity, sustainability, food safety, and nutrition. It conducts research in areas such as crop and animal production, environmental conservation, and human nutrition to benefit both agriculture and public health.

Services Crop Production Research; Animal Health; Food Safety; Plant Genetic Resources; Human Nutrition

Regulations

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.

Research programs

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
• Water Quality and Management

Trivia

The center's Harvest for the Hungry program donates about 75,000 pounds (34 metric tons) of fruits and vegetables each year for distribution to local charities, in conjunction with volunteers from the community who do much of the labor of harvesting.

Each February, BARC hosts the Washington's Birthday Marathon, the eighth oldest marathon in the United States.

During the tornado outbreak of September 24, 2001, the BARC facilities sustained extensive damage as the result of an F3 tornado.

The center is also referenced in local folklore as the creation place of the Goatman, claiming that Goatman was once a scientist who worked at the center before an experiment on goats backfired and mutated the scientist into a half man, half goat creature who aggressively attacks cars in the vicinity of Beltsville.

See also

• Beltsville Small White

External links

• Agricultural Research Service Northeast Area
• Template:EBird hotspot
• The Beltsville Small White: A Heritage Turkey (A digital exhibit containing information about the Small White and BARC)