- Welcome to the CottonDB Data Collection Site Located at the USDA ARS Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center (SPARC), College Station, TX CottonDB was constructed under a project sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and released to the National Agricultural Library (NAL) Agricultural Genome Information Server (AGIS) as a ...algodon.tamu.edu/htdocs-cotton/cottondb.html