Formula Grant 96373601

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310) totaling $749,045 is designed to comprehensively assess the long-term (10-15 year) impacts of early- and late-terminated cover crops on soil organic carbon pools and soil health indicators within the soil profile to at least 1 meter depth. The project will leverage two existing 10-year experiments in...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation provides $491,803 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to explore using soil color as a low-cost tool for simultaneously monitoring soil organic matter amount and physicochemical characteristics. The project aims to support sustainable agriculture practices and natural resource conservation...

This $980,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides funding to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a precision sensing technology called PlantMap3D. The goal is to assist soybean farmers in the use of cover crops as part of an integrated weed management program. The PlantMap3D system will be deployed in five major...

This $10 million project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA #10.310) will support the development of a cover crop seed industry through research, education, and outreach activities led by the University of Missouri from April 2023 through March 2028. Key deliverables include expanding breeding efforts to develop new cover crop varieties adapted to different regions; establishing...

This $150,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) supports Geovisual Technologies Inc. in increasing the adoption of nutrient and irrigation management practices for central coast vegetable production. The funding will enable Geovisual Technologies to leverage its expertise in remote sensing, AI, and precision agriculture to provide research, development, and...

This project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, totaling $649,955, will examine ways to enhance the impact of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) on climate change mitigation through synergizing CRP and potential carbon credit payments for carbon dioxide sequestration. Specifically, the awardee Auburn University will first quantify changes in greenhouse gas...

This four-year, $1.6 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support research into the climate mitigation and adaptation potential of cover crops in Midwestern U.S. agroecosystems. Led by Indiana University, the project aims to examine social, environmental, and economic factors governing the adoption and effectiveness of cover crops as a natural climate solution through intensive field studies, remote sensing, producer interviews and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,952,324.26 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) supports a project titled "SOIL CARBON IDEA: INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND ACCESS IN HIGHLY DIVERSE CROPPING SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST US." The prime awardee, Michigan State University, will conduct research and outreach to promote sustainable agriculture practices and soil conservation in the Northeast U.S. Key activities...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants (CBG) Program supports research and educational capacity building at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), a historically Black land-grant institution. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: (1) installation of paired in-situ mesocosms in forest and cultivated...

This $500,000 Project Grant award under the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program (CFDA 47.083) supports research at Alabama State University (ASU) to study the impact of cover crop species richness on soil ecosystem properties. The goal is to investigate how cover crops can enhance soil health by improving soil structure, fertility, organic matter, and moisture retention. The project will integrate discovery-based learning, model soil system experiments, and...