Cooperative Agreement AP26PPQFO000C467
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $203,196 Cooperative Agreement to the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services on September 15, 2024. The primary objective of this 12-month award under CFDA 10.025 (Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care) is to conduct a survey for the Tomato Leafminer (Phthorimaea absoluta) and Old World Bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), which are both designated as high-impact...
- Cooperative Agreement Summary The Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Florida (FDACS) received a $203,196 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 15, 2025 through September 14, 2026. The primary deliverable is a comprehensive statewide survey targeting two high-impact Category 1 exotic pests—tomato...
- This $1,321,864 Cooperative Agreement awarded on September 26, 2025 by 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 grant program (CFDA 10.025) supports survey and inspection efforts, partnership development, and outreach activities focused on high-risk pathways for the movement of exotic agricultural pests in Florida. Key activities to be performed include enhanced inspections at...
- The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded $1.342 million to the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services under Cooperative Agreement AP26PPQFO000C473 on September 26, 2026, through the Plant Protection and Quarantine program. The award funds survey and inspection activities to detect exotic plant pests at high-risk entry points and pathways in Florida, including agricultural interdiction stations in North Florida, import centers,...
- The Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Florida was awarded a $139,181 Cooperative Agreement from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (CFDA 10.025) grant program. The purpose of this 12-month award is to develop and test a non-sticky, "dry" trap for monitoring the quarantine pest, tomato leaf miner (Phthorimaea absoluta; Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), as an alternative to the currently...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded the Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Florida a $1 million cooperative agreement on June 1, 2026, to enhance the state's fruit fly detection program. The recipient will conduct fruit fly trapping and surveillance activities targeting economically important species including Mediterranean fruit fly, Oriental fruit fly, and Mexican fruit fly across Florida. The project scope includes servicing...
- The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded the California Department of Food and Agriculture $100,000 on July 1, 2026, as a Cooperative Agreement to conduct a survey detecting four invasive solanaceous crop pests in California. The survey targets tomato leaf miner (Phthorimaea absoluta), false codling moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta), pale cyst nematode (Globodera pallida), and tomato brown rugose fruit virus (Tobamovirus). The recipient will deploy 200 traps...
- The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support fruit fly detection services in Florida. The Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program aims to protect U.S. agriculture from economically...
- The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $145,000 cooperative agreement to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from September 15, 2021 to September 14, 2022 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support the Old World Boll Weevil Survey Project to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests. Specifically, the...
- The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $239,305 cooperative agreement to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022 for pest detection activities under the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program. The award supports the PEST DETECTION INITIATIVE - CAPS COMBINED SURVEY to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests, as outlined in the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services a cooperative agreement valued at $222,910 on September 15, 2026, to conduct statewide exotic pest surveys under the agency's plant health mission. The recipient will deploy 220 pheromone traps and conduct visual surveys across 120 individual site locations throughout Florida to detect tomato leafminer (Phthorimea absoluta) and old world bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), both Category 1 high-impact pests on the 2026 Objective Prioritization of Exotic Pests model. The survey will also target false codling moth, cotton cutworm, tomato fruit borer, silver Y moth, golden twin spot moth, and potato psyllid across suitable host material including beans, tomatoes, corn, and cotton. Monitoring will continue at previously positive locations in Manatee County related to the 2015 old world bollworm incident to confirm no established population has developed. Detection of these pests would enable potential eradication or containment efforts, prevent spread beyond Florida, increase grower awareness, and protect agricultural production across Florida and the United States. The period of performance runs from September 15, 2026, through September 14, 2027, with all work performed in Florida.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $222.9k | 7/23/26 |