Project Grant 20177002427324

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will receive $132,432 under a Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The award is part of the USDA's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025), which aims to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests. Under the two-year award beginning in April 2023,...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Wellfarm Veterinary Consultants, PLLC, a woman-owned small business in Roanoke, Virginia, under the Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336). The funding will be used to establish a new food animal ambulatory veterinary practice, Wellfarm Vets, and provide subsidized veterinary services over a 3-year period from September 2023 to August 2026. Specifically, the grant will...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $125,000 Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336) grant to Harrison Animal Hospital, LLC located in Weber City, Virginia. The grant funding will support the practice's efforts to provide veterinary care to livestock producers in Southwest Virginia, a shortage area lacking adequate food animal veterinary services. Key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year project grant...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $125,000 Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336) project grant to Louisa Veterinary Service, Inc., a food-animal exclusive ambulatory veterinary practice serving a rural shortage area in central Virginia. The grant funds will be used to purchase a more fuel-efficient practice vehicle and veterinary equipment, support continuing education for a newly added veterinarian, and invest in...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $104,951 from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) will provide monitoring and surveillance activities to improve livestock traceability in the state of West Virginia. The key activities include: Conducting education and outreach to livestock markets, shows, and events to promote proper tagging, traceability, and animal movement requirements....

The $152,393 Cooperative Agreement awarded 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 Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) aims to strengthen state and regional capacity for preparedness and response to livestock disease outbreaks. The funding supports a 3-day training course for state animal agricultural responders from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $393,133 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (doing business as Virginia Tech) to lead a multi-state collaborative education and training program under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The project aims to develop and deliver a hybrid training curriculum for small food processors to enhance their capabilities in producing safe food products, understanding...

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) received a $248,746 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture through the Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336). The project aims to address challenges faced by food animal veterinarians and livestock producers through three main objectives: Providing advanced production medicine training to recent graduate veterinarians via virtual sessions and in-person farm workshops, with...

This Project Grant award of $249,975.00 was provided by the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Veterinary Services Grant Program (CFDA 10.336) to the American Association of Bovine Practitioners. The funding will support the "Building Excellence in Rural Veterinary Practices" program, a new veterinary business management training initiative for early career veterinarians. Over 3 years, the program will provide direct training to 135...

This $393,323 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) supports the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) in conducting animal disease surveillance, laboratory testing, and public education activities. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: supporting VDACS animal...