Cooperative Agreement 1225A5268

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) awarded a $101,062.50 Cooperative Agreement under the Transportation Services program (CFDA 10.167) to The Agriculture Transportation Coalition Inc. The award, dated July 31, 2024, supports the organization in conducting agricultural shipper workshops to help keep U.S. agricultural exports competitive in the global marketplace. The workshops are designed to provide agricultural shippers a full understanding of federal...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), supports the complete transition of the United States Swine Health Improvement Plan (U.S. SHIP) from pilot cooperators at Iowa State University (ISU) to USDA's Swine Health Team. The $150,000 award, effective June 16, 2025 through September 30, 2025, will facilitate...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $300,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) under the United States Marine Highway Grants program (CFDA 20.816). The purpose of the award is to provide an update to a report entitled "Economic Contribution of the US Tugboat Towboat and Barge Industry" that was released in June 2021. The update will evaluate the industry's economic impacts, including business revenue, taxes paid, GDP...

This $398,321 Project Grant awarded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) aims to prevent rural crashes involving vehicles carrying agricultural workers and/or reduce their severity. The key activities funded through this 2-year award include: Characterizing crashes involving agricultural workers to improve the quality of crash data for these events....

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), provides $138,168 to Texas A&M AgriLife Research to evaluate the effects of hypoxia, temperature, and dose rate on the efficiency of electron beam (eBeam) irradiation against insect pests. The research activities include: (1) evaluating the effect of eBeam on the fruit fly...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $374,998 Cooperative Agreement to Arizona State University (ASU) to provide the National Organic Program (NOP), organic stakeholders, and the general public with reliable, high-quality data and reporting on the impact and successes of ongoing USDA organic technical assistance programs. Under this 1-year CFDA 10.163 Market Protection and Promotion grant, ASU will develop and implement a data governance plan,...

This Project Grant award of $543,247.31 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The grant aims to support the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food systems. The key activities and expected outcomes of the project include: creating videos to demonstrate freight and logistics services available to local and regional producers, conducting outreach to...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), provides $149,704.00 to the University of Florida to develop an automated fruit fly trap for use in the Puerto Rico Systems Approach for mangoes exported to the European Union. The project will involve training an image recognition algorithm to be used...

This $247,879 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) under the Wholesale Farmers and Alternative Market Development Program (CFDA 10.164) will employ a mixed methods study to understand the distinct technical assistance needs of Black, Hispanic, and Tribal producers for accessing wholesale markets. The project will review existing curricula, training materials, and outreach activities focused on areas like market access,...

This $540,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Market Protection and Promotion program (CFDA 10.163) funds the Texas Department of Agriculture's work in support of the Pesticide Data Program (PDP). Under this award, the Texas Department of Agriculture will: Collect food samples within the state, focusing on those most frequently consumed by infants and children, and ship the samples to assigned laboratories per the...