Project Grant 20223841437915

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Institute of Food Production and Sustainability (CFDA 10.212 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program) will develop a plant-by-plant, precision fertilization capability for cool season vegetable crops. The $600,000 award to Geovisual Technologies Inc. aims to increase harvest yields while reducing overall fertilizer application through innovative precision targeting...

The University of Missouri System received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant, titled "Precision Agricultural Mechanics Mentors (PAMM)", aims to catalyze the adoption of smart farm technologies by equipping and empowering female secondary agricultural mechanics teachers to teach precision agriculture mechanics curriculum in their local schools. The...

Latitude-Ag, LLC has received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The purpose of the research is to validate Latitude-Ag's aftermarket add-on technology that can enable more precise chemical application in standard field spray systems. The research will test a prototype to determine if it...

This $749,999.00 Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture's Capacity Building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (CFDA 10.326) program aims to advance precision agriculture in the Southern Great Plains region. The project, led by Texas Tech University System, will develop a new course focused on unmanned aerial systems (UAS) applications in precision agriculture, and provide cohort training activities to equip the next generation of agricultural professionals with the...

This federal Project Grant award for $601,248, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, aims to develop an automated soil moisture monitoring system for precision agriculture. The key products and services to be delivered include: Design, simulation, and characterization of passive soil moisture sensing coils that can measure soil moisture without requiring a power source. Development of machine...

This Project Grant award of $300,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports a research and extension project led by North Carolina State University. The project aims to: a) demonstrate and evaluate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for frost-seeding and timely seeding of forages, b) evaluate the effects of bale grazing on frost-seeding and nutrient distribution, and c) provide training on the use of electric...

This Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support a planning effort by Mississippi State University to establish a research consortium and improve research infrastructure for autonomous agricultural technologies in Mississippi. The project aims to facilitate the development of faculty and students in engineering, agricultural, computer science, and agronomic disciplines to research and develop autonomous...

This $760,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program. The overall goal is to grow precision engineering systems and technologies for near real-time monitoring of muscadine grape vineyards and water management. The project will pilot the FAMU Center for Viticulture and Small Fruit Research as a testbed to deploy these advanced engineering technologies,...

This $601,241 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (AFRI program, CFDA 10.310) to Brigham Young University aims to develop a system that provides farmers with detailed information on soil moisture levels in their fields. The goal is to enable farmers to apply water more precisely, growing the same amount of produce while using less water. The project will deploy a network of inexpensive Bluetooth soil moisture sensors across a field to collect...

This $591,500 federal Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) to Colorado State University aims to produce detailed soil moisture content (SMC) maps at the root zone level for dryland farming areas across Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. The goal is to generate SMC maps at 30-meter resolution every 2-3 days, stratified by soil depth increments of 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 cm. These...