Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the world's population is…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the world's population is growing, increasing food demand far beyond arable land availability, soproducers need a way to increase their yield using current acreage. Through this proposal, globalneighbor INC. (GNI), with the support of collaborator CNH industrial (CNH) and investors, willfurther validate the technical and commercial feasibility of GNI's novel directed energy seedpriming (DESP) system. Project key technology objectives are to 1) finalize DESP design based onphase I research; 2) validate DESP field design with on-farm field trial; 3) prepare for commerciallaunch; and 4) disseminate findings within the agricultural community.DESP has the potential to bring to market an efficient and cost effective on-planter seed primingsolution, providing a product-market fit that benefits farmers and serves as a launching point forfurther innovation. The work promises to enhance farmland productivity, stimulating economicdevelopment in rural communities. The project builds on a successful phase I and will establish thefoundation for continued commercialization efforts through private funding sources.seed priming on row crops with DE holds the promise of sustainably increasing output from each acreby 5-10%, providing a broad societal benefit of increased food security, and the adoption of moresustainable farming practices. With the U.S. Soybean market being on the order of $50B, if soybeanoutput could be increased by 5%, the proposed effort holds the promise of boosting U.S. Agriculturaloutput by over $2B/YR for domestic soybean producers alone, representing a tremendous return oninvestment for the project.