Pacific West

Pacific West species on USA map

The Pacific West ARS region includes Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. This area includes the following species that are part of Breeding Insight: alfalfa, blackberry, blueberry, coffee, grape, hop, lettuce, NA Atlantic salmon, oat, potato, rainbow trout, raspberry, red clover/cover crops, strawberry and sugar beet.

All species and programs included in Breeding Insight are nominated and approved by the USDA-ARS Office of National Programs.

Discover more about the breeding programs for each of these species and their role in U.S. agriculture.

Pacific West     Pilot Phase

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Pacific West     Southeast

Coffee (Coming soon)

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coffee plant

Northeast     Pacific West

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Salmon (coming soon)

Northeast     Pacific West

Pacific West     Phase 3

Link to Red clover/cover crops image and post

Pacific West     Phase 3

potato harvest

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rainbow trout

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A field of oats for research

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Ripened berries of the USDA cultivar ‘Cordial’, harvested at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland.

Sugar beet (Coming soon)

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