Agricultural Research Service's contract dollars, traced to the source.
Agricultural Research Service · Department of Agriculture
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the USDA's in-house scientific research agency, running a national network of laboratories and research stations on crop, livestock, food-safety, and animal- & plant-disease problems. Its ~$0.35B in FY2025 contract obligations are dominated not by benchtop science but by design-build construction and modernization of those research campuses — the U.S. National Poultry Research Center in Athens, GA, the Agricultural Research Technology Center, and NBAF recommissioning — alongside operations & maintenance of regional research centers and facility security-guard services. Large A-E/construction firms (M.A. Mortenson, Merrick & Company) and O&M/guard contractors capture the top awards.
Contract obligations (latest complete FY)
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Contract obligations (in progress)
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Signal tier
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USAspending contract feed
What this monitor reads — and what it doesn't
This is the contract-signal tier: the live USAspending award feed for the Agricultural Research Service awarding sub-agency. It shows where ARS's procurement dollars go — obligations over time and the largest awards — not total budget authority, which also includes payroll, grants, and transfers. Figures reflect the contract (procurement) slice from USAspending prime-award data, not ARS's total budget authority or appropriations. The appropriation-level view lives on the Department of Agriculture monitor.