1986 Budget Explanatory Notes

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Excerpt from 1986 Budget Explanatory Notes: Agricultural Research ServiceManaging and conservin the Nation's soil and water resources for a stable and productive agriculture. Research is conducted to develop the technology for assessing and predicting long-term changes in the quantity and quality of soil, water, and air resources available to agriculture, to provide the technology needed for improving, protecting, and restoring the productive capacity of agricultural Soils, to develop improved water-management systems and practices to achieve effective and efficient use of water resources, and to develop subsystems and models that integrate the use of Soll, water, and air resources for optimum management of major land resource areas.Maintaining and increasing the productivity and Quality of crop plants. Research is conducted to roaden t e germp asm resources 0 p ants an beneficial organisms to ensure maximum genetic diversity for improved productivity, to select and modify germplasm of plants, beneficial organisms, and pests, to develop improved production practices for maintaining and increasing crop productivity and quality and for reducing costs, to discover principles and develop improved methods for reducing crop losses caused by weeds, diseases, insects, nematodes, and other pests, and to develop improved methods for integrating the crop and pest-management practices needed for higher and more stable levels of crop production.Increasing the productivity of animals and the Quality of animal products. Researc is conducted to increase t e genetic capacity 0 anima s or production, to improve the efficiency of reproduction and reproduction related biological processes, to improve animal nutrition and feed efficiency to increase productivity and product quality, to develop ways to prevent or control losses from diseases, parasites, and toxicants and other substances that limit animal performance and reduce the quality of animal products, to develop means for controlling insects, ticks, and mites that affect animals and man, and to devise means for improving and integrating procedures and facilities for production and transport of animals to increase productivity, reduce costs, and minimize stresses.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.