Cooperative Agreement AP26PPQFO000C220
- This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on May 15, 2026, provides $142,412 in federal funding to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to conduct insecticide efficacy research targeting the pasture mealybug (Heliococcus summervillei). The primary deliverable is a comprehensive screening and evaluation of insecticides to determine their effectiveness and optimal application timing for use in pasture and hay production environments. The...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award Overview The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded $127,189 to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. This cooperative agreement funds intensive surveillance and early detection activities for exotic citrus arthropod pests, citrus diseases, and their vectors across five Texas Gulf Coast...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) received a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement 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) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. This award funds a comprehensive awareness campaign targeting high-risk areas in Texas, particularly along the Texas-Mexico border and at...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service on July 15, 2025, under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The agreement funds field-level surveillance activities focused on cotton seed bug detection across Texas counties identified as moderate to high risk for pest introduction. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received a $216,772 Cooperative Agreement 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), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The project will develop a national point-of-care (POC) use-case matrix for incident command systems to evaluate the appropriateness of POC diagnostic...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Texas A&M University-Kingsville received a $536,840 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2028. The award funds monitoring and survey activities designed to prevent the spread of plant pests in Texas citrus production regions, with particular focus on the Houston metropolitan area and Lower Rio Grande Valley. The services...
- Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded $127,189 to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service under a Cooperative Agreement effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027. The award funds a citrus disease surveillance and monitoring program designed to assess the incidence and distribution of economically significant citrus diseases in Southeast Texas. The awardee will conduct field sampling of citrus tissues and psyllids...
- Cooperative Agreement Summary Texas A&M University-Kingsville received a $536,840 cooperative agreement 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), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The award funds surveillance and early detection activities targeting exotic citrus arthropod pests, citrus diseases, and their vectors across Texas....
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded $575,720 to the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) effective January 1 through December 31, 2026, to conduct citrus pest surveillance and commercial nursery inspections across Texas. Under this cooperative agreement, TDA will deploy Citrus Health Response Program (CHRP) inspectors to monitor citrus propagative and retail nurseries in quarantined areas of the Gulf Coast and Lower Rio Grande...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $150,000 to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) for the 2026 Pasture Mealybug Survey Work Plan, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027. The primary deliverables include conducting visual delimiting surveys across all 64 Louisiana parishes to detect pasture mealybug (Heliococcus summervillei) prior to its...
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded $225,000 to the Texas Department of Agriculture through a Cooperative Agreement effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027. This award funds a coordinated survey program to detect and delimit the emerging pasture mealybug (Heliococcus summervillei) across Texas counties. The project deliverables include designing and implementing standardized sampling protocols, establishing diagnostic procedures, and conducting georeferenced data collection to determine the pest's presence or absence and identify potential new host plants. Field teams will collaborate with landowners and agricultural partners to facilitate site access, monitoring, and early detection activities, with real-time data collection provided to APHIS through field mapping systems. The primary products of this initiative are presence/absence distribution maps, host identification data, and educational materials for external stakeholders including ranchers, hay producers, pasture landowners, and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension educators and researchers. Upon project completion, APHIS will possess comprehensive situational awareness regarding pasture mealybug status and impacts, enabling informed decision-making for pest management and forage resource protection. The project directly supports livestock sustainability and the broader cattle and agricultural economy across Texas.Cooperative Agreement Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $225.0k | 6/29/26 |