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The New Jersey Department of Agriculture received a cooperative agreement award of $104,701 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). The award, effective June 27, 2025 through June 26, 2026, funds the State Survey Coordinator (SSC) position and a vehicle to support statewide pest surveillance activities. The SSC will develop and oversee pest surveillance throughout New Jersey, conducting surveys as outlined in the New Jersey Crop Assessment Program (CAPS) Combined Survey Work Plan and serving as a contributing member of the New Jersey and Philadelphia Risk Assessment Committees to provide information to federal and state partners including the Commodity Booster Program (CBP), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), and Sentient Insect Tracking Committee (SITC).

The award deliverables focus on collecting presence and absence data for agriculturally significant plant pests and diseases to facilitate trade, protect natural resources, and enable early detection and response. The SSC will conduct outreach efforts to educate stakeholders and citizens on pest identification, contributing to early detection of harmful pests and diseases. The intended beneficiaries include the New Jersey nursery industry, potato producers, and soybean producers, who will benefit from early detection capabilities that control pest spread, prevent economic losses, and protect agricultural trade.

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What activities will the recipient carry out for each award? Pest surveys will be conducted throughout the state as outlined in the NJ caps combined survey work plan. Pest surveys will be conducted throughout the state the SSC serves as a contributing member of the new jersey and philadelphia risk assessment committees and provides pertinent information to the numerous members which include but are not limited to CBP, FWS, fsis, and sitc. Deliverables and expected outcomes: what are the goals of the award and what evidence is required from the recipient? This might be research results, completion of a study or survey work, a completed report, etc. Collecting presence or absence data of agriculturally significant plant pests and diseases in NJ can help facilitate trade and protect natural resources through early detection and response. Outreach efforts performed by the SSC can help educate stakeholders and citizens on what to look for further contributing to the early detection of potential harmful pests and diseases. Intended beneficiary(IES): who will benefit from this beyond the recipient? This could be a community or other group of stakeholders. The new jersey nursey industry, farmers producing potatoes, and soybean producers would benefit from this type of survey. Early detection can control or slow the spread of exotic pests and potentially prevent damage that would cause economic loss and negatively impact trade. Citizens of the community can also benefit as many of these pests can cause damage to plant species that are commonly planted in the landscape. Subrecipient activities, if known or specified at the time of award: will the award result in subawards? If yes, then who are the subawardees and how does the subaward support the prime award? There are no subrecipients in this award.