Project Grant 14DG11052021207

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Resources Conservation Service under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) provides $330,000 to Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship Inc. (DGA) to employ grazing specialists who will deploy the Paddocktrac software and assist dairy producers in Wisconsin in measuring and monitoring their pastures. The goal is to support the adoption of sustainable grazing practices and climate-smart agriculture...

The University of Puerto Rico, Estacion Experimental Agricola (Agricultural Experiment Station Division) has been awarded a $434,043.05 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.924). The purpose of this award is to develop a component cost database, visual model, and econometric model that estimates compensation schedules based on updated data and scenarios that adjust for...

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) was awarded a $229,177 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to implement the Emergency Forest Restoration Program in Louisiana from September 2021 through June 2025. Under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678), LDAF will promote and enable the long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Louisiana to sustain forest values and uses. Specifically, LDAF...

The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) received a $250,000 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG, CFDA 20.287) on August 7, 2025. This award funds the Portland Traffic Signal Pilot Project, a systems operations initiative designed to pilot advanced traffic signal management and operations capabilities. The project will extend through December 31, 2029, enabling MaineDOT to implement and evaluate...

This 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) provides $2,277,000 in funding to the University of California, Davis to support the Foundation Plant Services (FPS) Clean Plant Specialty Crop Program. The primary objective is to develop, maintain, and distribute high-quality, pathogen-tested propagation material for grapevines,...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $420,796 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678). The grant will support the Michigan Forest Stewardship Program from July 2021 through September 2023. The Forest Stewardship Program aims to promote long-term management of non-federal forest lands to maintain their environmental, economic, and social values. Specifically, the Michigan DNR will use this funding to enable...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $320,000 Project Grant under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on April 15, 2024. This grant supports the DNR's "Increasing Seedling Inventory by Improving Efficiencies" project, which aims to promote the long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Illinois to sustain their multiple environmental, economic, and...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $523,600 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the Wisconsin Forest Stewardship: Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowner Engagement program. Funded from July 10, 2021 through June 30, 2024 under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA #10.678), the project aims to promote long-term management of non-federal forest lands in Wisconsin to ensure the continued provision of environmental, economic, and...

This federal Project Grant award of $120,348.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service's Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), supports the Southern Tier Health Care System, Inc. (STHCS) in delivering substance use disorder-related educational services to rural communities in New York. The funding will enable STHCS, a non-profit organization, to utilize telecommunications technologies to remotely provide substance...

This $300,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service will support data collection efforts under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Specifically, the University of Tennessee will collect a subset of important soil health indicator properties from the NRCS Soil Health Technical Note for the DSP4SH data collection effort between September 2022 and August 2025. As a voluntary program, the EQIP promotes agricultural production,...