Project Grant 20236701539668
- This 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) CFDA 10.310 supports research to investigate the impact of heat stress on milk production in dairy cows. The $650,000 award to the University of Georgia Research Foundation aims to dissect the effects of heat stress on mammary gland function and remodeling in cows at different lactation stages, and develop nutritional...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison will receive $650,000 under a Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program. The university will conduct research from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027 to improve the health, welfare and efficiency of dairy cattle under adverse environmental conditions through selection for resilience. The researchers will...
- This Project Grant award for $300,000.00 was provided 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 objective is to identify plasma biomarkers indicative of heat stress resistance in lactating dairy cows and develop a statistical model utilizing the most influential metabolites to predict heat stress resistance. Over two years, the researchers will study 160 Holstein...
- This $650,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to improve feed efficiency in dairy cows. The University will leverage an ongoing FFAR grant to study differences in mitochondrial efficiency, protein turnover, mammary nutrient extraction, and biomarkers between high and low residual...
- This four-year, $650,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research at Cornell University to understand how dairy cow intake, inflammation, and immune system activation impact calcium regulation and milk production. Specifically, the researchers aim to critically assess the long-held belief that all mild hypocalcemia experienced by dairy cows...
- This $650,000 federal grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) supports a research project at the University of Wisconsin - Madison to improve livestock feed efficiency. The key objectives are to: Determine if nutrient metabolism is coordinated across tissues to contribute to whole-body feed efficiency in dairy cows. Evaluate the fatty acid composition and metabolic activity of different adipose...
- The University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research was awarded a $649,540 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program. The purpose of this 4-year grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, is to study how heat stress affects the immune system of dairy cows in order to develop strategies to improve the health, welfare, and productivity of cattle. This research aims to address the negative...
- This $650,000 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Project Grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310), aims to improve the reproductive success of high-producing dairy cows. The research project has two main objectives: 1) understanding the nutritional needs of dairy cow embryos, particularly differences between lactating cows and younger heifers, in order to identify ways to better support embryo development; and 2) examining how oxygen and...
- The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College received a $798,000 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CFDA 10.310) to investigate how early-life calf management affects long-term behavioral development, emotional states, and physiological stress biomarkers in dairy cattle. The 5-year project will compare the impacts of enhanced nutritional, social, and cognitive environments versus conventional calf management...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison was awarded a $1 million project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program (CFDA 10.310). The grant will fund the development of environment-aware approaches for beef cattle breeding through the generation of an extensive environmental data lake and application of machine learning and artificial intelligence...
This $650,000 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on optimizing dairy calf management practices to improve long-term milk production. The grant period is from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2027. Specifically, the university will determine the individual and combined effects of pre-weaning heat stress abatement and plane of nutrition on short- and long-term mammary gland development and first lactation milk production. A total of 144 Holstein dairy calves will be exposed to elevated temperatures with or without heat abatement and fed a conventional or enhanced nutrition plan. The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. will receive a subaward to conduct a study on 36 calves examining the effects of the same heat abatement and nutrition treatments on growth, physiology, and mammary gland development and function. Results from this research could help promote practical on-farm management strategies in early life to increase milk production in dairy cattle.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $650.0k | 4/7/23 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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0000002901S | University Of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. | Project Grant 20236701539668 | $175.6k | 5/15/24 |