Project Grant 20226701536650
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $650,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310), awarded March 1, 2026, with completion targeted for February 28, 2029. This three-year research project, conducted at Cornell's Ithaca, New York campus, focuses on identifying basic mechanisms controlling...
- Grant Summary The University of California, Davis received a $300,000 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science Program (CFDA 10.310) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027. This research project examines nitrogen flow and utilization efficiency in dairy cattle, specifically investigating how urea recycling mechanisms and microbial protein synthesis are...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received a $650,000 project grant awarded August 15, 2026, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The three-year research project, with completion scheduled for August 14, 2029, addresses heat stress impacts on dairy cow milk production, which causes over $2.7 billion in annual...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Tennessee's UT AG Research Division received a $650,000 project grant from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) program, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This competitive research award supports a five-year investigation into the genetic and microbial mechanisms underlying feed efficiency in beef cattle, with performance conducted in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received an $800,000 Project Grant from the USDA's Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award funds research to address functional annotation of animal genomes (FAANG) by characterizing enhancer elements—regulatory DNA sequences that control gene expression—across multiple bovine...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas Tech University is conducting a three-year research project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). Awarded on September 1, 2025, with $650,000 in total obligations, this project addresses ketosis in postpartum dairy cows—a metabolic disorder that significantly impacts milk production, reproductive performance, and farm...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received a $650,000 project grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), awarded February 1, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2029. The research project addresses embryonic mortality in cattle—a significant economic challenge affecting the livestock industry—by investigating how male and female genetics contribute...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $300,000 project grant from the USDA's Institute of Food Production and Sustainability under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective March 1, 2026 through February 29, 2028. The award supports fundamental research into early cattle embryo development, specifically investigating the role of the maternal enzyme MOF (Males Absent On the First) and its epigenetic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The award funds research to characterize hepatic circadian clock regulation in dairy cows and its relationship to glucose and fatty acid metabolism. The research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received a $650,000 Project Grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029. This research initiative evaluates the dose-dependent impact of headlock restraint on dairy cow welfare and identifies critical thresholds at which prolonged restraint compromises animal...
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** IMPROVING FEED EFFICIENCY (FE) OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IS ESSENTIAL TO SUSTAINABLY FEED THE GROWING WORLD POPULATION. FEEDING 9M US DAIRY COWS REQUIRES MILLIONS OF ACRES OF CROPS AND ACCOUNTS FOR HALF THE COST OF DAIRY PRODUCTION. OUR LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND METABOLIC EFFICIENCY SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE FE IN DAIRY COWS AND THUS IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO MORE SUSTAINABLY FEED PEOPLE. FE IN DAIRY CATTLE IS A FUNCTION OF MILK PRODUCTION RELATIVE TO BODY WEIGHT AND ENERGY REQUIRED FOR GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE.TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL 1) DETERMINE IF HEPATIC AND MUSCULAR MITOCHONDRIAL EFFICIENCY AND PROTEIN TURNOVER DIFFERS BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW RFI COWS; 2) ELUCIDATE DIFFERENCES IN MAMMARY NUTRIENT EXTRACTION BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW RFI COWS; AND 3) DETERMINE IF BIOMARKERS OF WHOLE-BODY METABOLISM CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY HIGH AND LOW RFI COWS ACROSS A BROAD POPULATION. WE WILL EXECUTE THESE OBJECTIVES IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ONGOING FFAR GRANT (2019-2024), ENABLING US TOLEVERAGE THE PHENOTYPES NEEDED TO PROVIDE DIVERGENT POPULATIONS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON COLLECTION OF LIVER, MUSCLE, AND BLOOD SAMPLES FOR ANALYSES OF MITOCHONDRIAL OXIDATIVE EFFICIENCY, GENE EXPRESSION OF KEY METABOLIC PATHWAYS, UPTAKE OF ENERGY METABOLITES AND AMINO ACIDS BY MAMMARY GLAND, AND GENERATION OF MODELS TO PREDICT FE THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO POPULATIONS WHERE INDIVIDUAL FEED INTAKES CANNOT BE MEASURED.WITHIN THIS PROJECT, WE EXPECT TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF VARIATION IN FEED EFFICIENCY BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL COWS THAT ARE FED AND MANAGED SIMILARLY. IDENTIFYING THE SOURCES OF VARIANCE WILL ALLOW FOR FURTHER IMPROVING SELECTION OF FEED EFFICIENT COWS AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO BETTER FEED AND MANAGE COWS TO IMPROVE FEED EFFICIENCY THROUGH LEVERAGING THESE DIFFERENCES IN NUTRIENT USE.FOCUS ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY WILL SERVE TO FURTHER IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF MILK PRODUCTION WHICH IS KEY TO ENSURING EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF HIGH PROTEIN FOOD SOURCES, AND FOOD SECURITY, FOR THE GROWING WORLD POPULATION. THIS NEW KNOWLEDGE WILL INFORM GENETIC SELECTION FOR THE MOST FEED EFFICIENT COWS AND WILL ALLOW FOR NUTRITIONAND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONTINUE OPTIMIZING ANIMAL EFFICIENCY. TOGETHER, THESE OUTCOMES WILL POSITIVELYIMPACTENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMICAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ANIMAL AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.0k | 12/14/21 |