Washington State University received a $1.5 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) federal grant program. The four-year GENOMICALLY OPTIMIZED ORGANIC DAIRY project aims to improve fertility and longevity in cattle through genome selection against uterine diseases. Specifically, WSU will functionally identify soil microbial communities and develop methods to manage microbial dynamics to enhance nutrient cycling and disease suppression in organic agriculture production systems. This work supports the OREI program's goal of facilitating the development of organic agriculture methods.
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