Animal Production
- animal protection and health
- aquaculture
- feed/forage
- feed additives
- feed formulation
- feed management
- feed rations
- free-range
- genetics
- grazing management
- grazing - continuous
- grazing - multispecies
- grazing - rotational
- herbal medicines
- heritage breeds
- homeopathy
- housing
- implants
- inoculants
- livestock breeding
- manure management
- meat processing
- meat processing facilities
- meat product quality/safety
- mineral supplements
- parasite control
- pasture renovation
- pasture fertility
- preventive practices
- probiotics
- processing regulations
- range improvement
- rangeland/pasture management
- stocking rate
- stockpiled forages
- therapeutics
- vaccines
- watering systems
- winter forage
- other
Crop Production
- agroforestry
- application rate management
- alley cropping
- beekeeping
- biological inoculants
- catch crops
- conservation tillage
- continuous cropping
- contour farming
- cover crops
- crop improvement and selection
- cropping systems
- crop rotation
- double cropping
- drainage systems
- drought tolerance
- fallow
- fertigation
- fertilizers
- foliar feeding
- food processing
- food processing facilities/community kitchens
- food product quality/safety
- forest farming
- forestry
- forest/woodlot management
- grafting
- greenhouses
- high tunnels or hoop houses
- intercropping
- irrigation
- low tunnels
- multiple cropping
- municipal wastes
- no-till
- nurseries
- nutrient cycling
- nutrient management
- organic fertilizers
- plant breeding and genetics
- pollination
- pollinator habitat
- pollinator health
- postharvest treatment
- relay cropping
- ridge tillage
- row covers (for season extension)
- season extension types and construction
- seed saving
- shade cloth
- silvopasture
- strip tillage
- stubble mulching
- tissue analysis
- terraces
- varieties and cultivars
- water management
- water storage
- windbreaks
- winter storage
- zone till
- other
Education and Training
- decision support system
- demonstration
- display
- extension
- farmer to farmer
- focus group
- mentoring
- networking
- on-farm/ranch research
- participatory research
- study circle
- technical assistance
- workshop
- youth education
- other
Energy
- anaerobic digestion
- biodiesel
- bioenergy and biofuels
- biofuel feedstocks
- byproduct utilization
- energy conservation/efficiency
- energy use
- geothermal
- renewable energy
- solar energy
- wind power
- other
Farm Business Management
- agricultural finance
- agritourism
- apprentice/intern training
- budgets/cost and returns
- business planning
- community-supported agriculture
- cooperatives
- e-commerce
- farm-to-institution
- farm-to-restaurant
- farmers' markets/farm stands
- farm succession
- feasibility study
- financial management
- grant making
- labor/employment
- land access
- market study
- marketing management
- new enterprise development
- risk management
- value added
- whole farm planning
- other
Natural Resources/Environment
- afforestation
- biodiversity
- carbon sequestration
- drift/runoff buffers
- grass waterways
- habitat enhancement
- hedgerows
- hedges - grass
- hedges - woody
- indicators
- riparian buffers
- riverbank protection
- soil stabilization
- strip cropping
- wetlands
- wildlife
- other
Pest Management
- allelopathy
- biofumigation
- biological control
- biorational pesticides
- botanical pesticides
- chemical control
- competition
- compost extracts
- cultivation
- cultural control
- disease vectors
- economic threshold
- eradication
- field monitoring/scouting
- flame
- genetic resistance
- integrated pest management
- mating disruption
- mulches - general
- mulches - killed
- mulches - living
- mulching - vegetative
- mulching - plastic
- physical control
- precision herbicide use
- prevention
- row covers (for pests)
- sanitation
- smother crops
- soil solarization
- trap crops
- traps
- weather monitoring
- weed ecology
- weeder geese/poultry
- other
Production Systems
- agroecosystems
- aquaponics
- dryland farming
- holistic management
- hydroponics
- integrated crop and livestock systems
- organic agriculture
- organic certification
- permaculture
- transitioning to organic
- other
Soil Management
- composting
- earthworms
- green manures
- nutrient mineralization
- organic matter
- soil analysis
- soil chemistry
- soil microbiology
- soil physics
- soil quality/health
- toxic status mitigation
- other
Sustainable Communities
- analysis of personal/family life
- community development
- community planning
- community services
- employment opportunities
- ethnic differences/cultural and demographic change
- food hubs
- infrastructure analysis
- leadership development
- local and regional food systems
- new business opportunities
- partnerships
- public participation
- public policy
- quality of life
- social capital
- social networks
- social psychological indicators
- sustainability measures
- urban agriculture
- urban/rural integration
- values-based supply chains
- other