USDA Technology Transfer Program

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U.S. Dept. Agriculture Agricultural Research
Service
Rob Griesbach Technology Transfer
Coordinator Beltsville Area
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ARS National Research Programs

• Nutrition, Food Safety/ Quality
• Animal Production Protection
• Crop Production Protection
• Natural Resources Sustainable
• Agricultural Systems

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2300 Permanent Full-Time Scientists 100
Locations
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Science In Your Shopping Cart

• Beltsville Turkey
• DEET
• Seedless grapes
• Shrinkproof wool
• Roma tomatoes
• Poultry nutrition
• New Guinea Impatiens
• Dehydrated potatoes
• Concentrated frozen orange juice
• Perma-press fabrics
• Lactose-free Milk
• Glenn Dale azaleas
• Super-absorbents for diapers
• Leather tanning

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Robotics
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Genomic Research
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Automated Systems
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BioProducts
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Feathers Plastic Pots
Walt Schmidt Environmental Management Byproduct
Utilization Lab Beltsville, MD
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Starch Cutlery Plates
Bill Orts Western Regional Research Center
Albany, CA,
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Z-Trim natural dietary fiber fat replacer

• hulls of oats, soybeans, peas rice
• bran from corn or wheat

George Inglett Biopolymers Research Lab Peoria,
IL
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Remote Sensing
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Very-Large Scale Aerial Photography to Monitor
Watersheds
Jack Morgan Crops Research LabFort Collins, CO
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Satellite imagery crop modeling to predict
yield
Paul Pinter U.S. Water Conservation Lab Phoenix,
AZ
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Remote sensing Invasive species
200 Million Economic loss leafy spurge.
Developed a new remote sensing method for
detection and is developing software that
predicts its occurrence.
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Greg McCarty Hydrology Remote Sensing
Lab. Beltsville, MD
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• The AgScanner System
• Agricultural remote sensing
• Low-cost
• UAV-based

Ray Hunt Hydrology Remote Sensing
Lab Beltsville, MD
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BARC MD Partners
38 BARC researchers agreements MD companies
and institutions 96 BARC agreements MD
companies and institutions. Involve all but 2
congressional districts 4.5 M Funds
received from MD companies and institutions for
cooperative research
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BARC MD Partners
6 M BARC funds used in agreements with MD
companies and institutions 1 M Funds given to
MD companies for contract research 569 T
Cooperative research funds given to University of
MD
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David Nicholson - PWA 510-559-5641 David.Nicholson
_at_ars.usda.gov
Renee Wagner - MWA 309-681-6565 Renee.Wagner_at_ars.u
sda.gov
Vic Chavez- NAA 215-233-6610 Vic.Chavez_at_ars.usda.g
ov
Rob Griesbach - BA 301-504-6421 Robert.Griesbach_at_a
rs.usda.gov
Don Nordlund- SAA / MSA 706-546-3496 Don.Nordlund_at_
.ars.usda.gov
Bryan Kaphammer - NPA / SPA 970-229-5528 Bryan.Kap
hammer_at_.ars.usda.gov
Thomas Valco- Cotton Technology 662-686-5255 CTTEC
_at_ars.usda.gov