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Agricultural Research Service Research Lab. Morris, MN

ARS-USDA Natural Resources Conservation Research

Research Triangle University of Minnesota, Morris West Central Research & Outreach Center

The Land Resources-USA

1800s Great American Desert Garden of Eden ! 1930s Recently Bread Basket ! Monoculture

Land Management – Resource for Future Generations

The Challenges Cropping System Short Growing Season Weather Extremes Large Intra- & Inter-annual Variation Soils Large Spatial Variation Erosion Cool Wet soils FUEL FEED FOOD Economics SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Research Program Mission Cropping Systems Land/soil Management Global Climate Change Crops Bio-energy Crops Bio-energy Crops Diversify: Crops Cropping Systems Management Options Diversify: Crops Cropping Systems Management Options

Growth chamber to on-farm Basic to applied

Soil Carbon Cycling- Environmental Protection

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