The north dakota department of agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops assisting producers with research and…

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture will receive $3,309,650.39 under a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (CFDA 10.170) for the period of September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2025.

The funding will support 15 sub-awards to North Dakota State University and two sub-awards to the National Agricultural Genotyping Center totaling $3,309,650.39. Projects under the sub-awards include research and development related to specialty crops such as screening for disease resistance in pea and chickpea varieties; evaluating new cultivars of berries, herbs and woody ornamentals; optimizing fungicide use for managing foliar diseases in field peas and potatoes; and identifying dry bean germplasm resistant to soybean cyst nematode. The grant will also support international export expansion of North Dakota specialty crops.

The north dakota department of agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops expanding avail