**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** OVER FIFTY U.S. STATES AND TERRITORIES PREVIOUSLY HAD OR CURRENTLY HAVE PUBLIC VARIETY TESTING PROGRAMS TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE OF NEW VARIETIES OF REGIONALLY IMPACTFUL FIELD AND HORTICULTURAL CROPS. THESE VARIETY TESTING PROGRAMS ARE RENOWNED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FOR PROVIDING UNBIASED INFORMATION TO FARMERS, AGRICULTURE PROFESSIONALS, EXTENSION EDUCATORS AND THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY ABOUT AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF VARIETIES IN LOCAL CONDITIONS. CROP VARIETY CULTIVAR PERFORMANCE DATA ARE AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO MULTIPLE FIELD CROP INDUSTRIES AND REPRESENT A CONSIDERABLE HISTORICAL INVESTMENT. WHILE SUMMARIES OF INDIVIDUAL TRIALS CONDUCTED BY THESE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE IN ANNUAL REPORTS FOR ANYONE WITH INTERNET ACCESS, COMPARING OR COMBINING DATA ACROSS YEARS OR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IS CHALLENGING. FURTHERMORE, THE FULL VERSION OF DATA SETS FROM PREVIOUS FIELD TRIALS ARE AT RISK OF PERMANENT LOSS AS PROGRAM MANAGERS RETIRE OR RELOCATE. DATA ORGANIZATION IS A CRITICAL PART OF FULLY UTILIZING AND LEVERAGING DATA SETS FOR FARMER DECISION MAKING AND MEETING RESEARCH AIMS. THE GOAL OF OUR PROJECT IS TO ORGANIZE VARIETY TESTING DATA FROM IDAHO, OREGON AND WASHINGTON PUBLIC VARIETY TESTING PROGRAMS INTO A DATA HUB TO ENABLE ACCESS BY FARMERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. THIS REGION HOSTS ROBUST VARIETY TESTING PROGRAMS FOR WHEAT, BARLEY, CHICKPEAS, DRY PEAS, LENTILS AND CANOLA, WHICH ARE ALL CROPS COMMONLY GROWN IN THIS REGION AND FORM A CORNERSTONE OF U.S. SMALL GRAINS PRODUCTION.OUR METHODS ARE TO FIRST COLLECT AND CURATE THE DATA SETS FOR INCLUSIONS IN A DATABASE. WE WILL CORRECT ERRORS, MERGE DATA SETS, AND ESTABLISH CROP-SPECIFIC STANDARDIZED TEMPLATES FOR REPORTING VARIETY TRIALS. WE WILL ESTABLISH WEB-BASED TOOLS TO BROWSE, QUERY AND DOWNLOAD TRIAL DATA BOTH INTERACTIVELY AND THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE. WE WILL ALSO BUILD STATISTICAL TOOLS FOR SINGLE TRIAL AND MULTI-TRIAL ANALYSIS, PREDICTION OF VARIETAL PERFORMANCE IN NEW LOCATIONS, AND QUANTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON CROP PERFORMANCE. THIS DATA HUB WILL PROTECT DATA INTEGRITY, ENSURE HIGH-QUALITY HISTORICAL CROP PERFORMANCE DATA IS WIDELY AVAILABLE, AND FACILITATE NOVEL RESEARCH THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HISTORICAL CROP PERFORMANCE DATA. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS DATA HUB, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES, CAN SERVE AS EXAMPLE TO OTHER VARIETY TESTING PROGRAMS. ULTIMATELY, THIS VARIETY TESTING DATA HUB IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS BY PROVIDING AN ADVANCED TOOL FOR AIDING FARMER DECISION MAKING AND ENABLE DOWNSTREAM RESEARCH APPLICATIONS ACROSS A BROAD ARRAY OF DISCIPLINES.