Cooperative Agreement 583AEU00031

The Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture from January 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. The award supports the 2022 Census of Agriculture Expanded Area Frame Enumeration under the Agricultural Statistics Reports program (CFDA 10.950). As part of its mission to provide timely agricultural statistics, NASS uses the results of the Census of Agriculture to construct sampling...

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 $425,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Economist will fund a study to assess the usefulness and limitations of current data reporting under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting program and propose modifications in light of structural changes in the fed cattle and beef markets. The study will evaluate how data are currently used by industry participants and consider revisions to Livestock Mandatory Reporting procedures to maintain relevance...

The National Agricultural Statistics Service awarded a $40 million cooperative agreement to The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, Inc. (NASDA) under the Census of Agriculture federal grant program (CFDA 10.951). The objective of the award is to develop a systematic approach for identifying loci to use for metagenomic studies that will characterize different formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum. NASDA will deliver this objective from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022....

This $369,491 cooperative agreement from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will provide information technology support for web applications that assist with plant pest risk analysis through December 31, 2022. Specifically, the North Carolina State University awardee will maintain the Global Pest and Disease Database and Pest Advisory Groups Database, develop an updated version of the former, and create a new pest database for export teams. These online...

This $1,175,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (CFDA 10.163 - Market Protection and Promotion) funds the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) to support the Pesticide Data Program (PDP). Under this award, CDFA will collect food samples within California, ship them to assigned laboratories, and conduct chemical analyses to detect pesticide residues, including parent compounds and metabolites. The laboratory...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Federal Grant Program "Market Protection and Promotion" (CFDA 10.163), provides $540,000.00 to the Texas Department of Agriculture to support the Pesticide Data Program (PDP). The key products and services to be delivered through this award include: 1) Collection of food samples, with a focus on those frequently consumed by infants and children, from within the...

This $239,920 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) supports monitoring and surveillance activities to ensure proper identification and documentation for livestock movements. The key objectives are to collect and store livestock electronic identification data in searchable databases, provide electronic ID devices to producers...

This cooperative agreement between the United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Economist and Colorado State University-Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory will provide $460,487 to improve national greenhouse gas emission estimates for agriculture and forestry. Under the Agricultural Market and Economic Research program (CFDA #10.290), the awardee will conduct tasks from September 29, 2021 through September 28, 2022 to further the agency's capacity to provide accurate...

Under this $115,954 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, North Carolina State University will develop algorithms and enhance ensemble models to map the distribution of agricultural pest hosts. Specifically, the university will create two new algorithms and ensemble mapping approaches, conduct case studies to evaluate their effectiveness, and produce outreach and training materials. Deliverables will include open-source...