Laboratory Information:
ARS - Northern Plains Area
2150 Centre Avenue, Building D
Suite 300, Room 3053
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=54-00-00-00
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Business/Business.htm?modecode=54-00-00-00
Agency/Department: Dept. of Agriculture
Region: Mid-Continent
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Dr. Bryan Kaphammer
Phone: 970-492-7028
Fax: 970-492-7023
Email: bryan.kaphammer@ars.usda.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The ARS - Northern Plains Area office is
located in Fort Collins, Colo. The Northern Plains Area consists of eight
states: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana.
Mission of the Laboratory:
ARS conducts research to develop and transfer
solutions to agricultural problems of high national priority and
provide information access and dissemination to ensure high-quality, safe food, and other agricultural
products;
assess the nutritional needs of Americans; sustain a competitive agricultural economy; enhance the natural
resource base and the environment; and provide economic opportunities for rural citizens, communities,
and
society as a whole. Area scientists are nationally and internationally recognized leaders whose research
programs addresses the entire Agency's mission and all of it goals. We implement the Agency's national
programs and assure they are coordinated with similar research in the Agency and in universities, other
federal
agencies, public entities, and private and international sector institutions. We provide administrative,
technical and
budget coordination for the Research Units located throughout the Area.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement (Memorandum of Understanding)
- Trust Fund and Reimbursable Agreements
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Material Transfer Agreements
- Patents and Licensing
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Air Quality
- Animal health
- Soil Resource Management
- Veterinary, Medical and Urban Entomology
- Water Resource Management
- Food Animal Production
- Food Safety, (animal and plant products)
- Global Change
- Human Nutrition
- Crop Production
- Crop Protection & Quarantine
- Plant Biological and Molecular Processes
- Plant Diseases
- Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement
- Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products
- Rangeland, Pasture, and Forages
