Project Grant 20246702342503
- The University of Missouri System was awarded a $640,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will fund research into nutrient partitioning in beef cows and calves and the role of epigenomic regulation. Specifically, the University will conduct two experiments to establish the effects of maternal nutrient availability versus fetal...
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $800,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program (CFDA 10.310) to the University of Missouri System from July 2023 to June 2026. The award will support development of a highly curated reference dataset for cattle that can benchmark variant call sets and provide comprehensive ancillary genomic data. The University of Missouri will generate reference...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $650,000 in funding to the University of Illinois over a period of 4 years (Sep 1, 2025 - Aug 31, 2029). The goal is to identify genomic variants in cattle that lead to better health, and use that information to guide breeding decisions, resulting in cattle that stay healthier and grow more...
- The University of Missouri System has been awarded a $987,000 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant will fund the development and validation of an automated sow estrus detection and decision-making system to improve management efficiency, reduce labor demands, and enhance the sustainability of swine production. The project aims to create a robotic imaging system to continuously...
- The University of Missouri System was awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to conduct research aimed at improving fertility in dairy cows. The grant is part of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. Specifically, the University will work to determine the underlying molecular mechanisms by which the protease cathepsin B impacts early embryo development quality in dairy cows....
- This $300,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant aims to develop innovative image-based biometric body traits to accurately predict feed and water efficiency traits in cattle. This will allow for faster genetic progress in breeding more efficient cattle, ultimately reducing production costs and environmental impact while maintaining high...
- The University of Missouri System will receive $1.3 million under a Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop high-throughput phenotyping for comprehensive animal traits. The funding is provided through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA No. 10.310), which supports fundamental and applied research addressing food and agricultural sciences. Specifically, the University...
- The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $648,370 Project Grant to the University of Missouri System under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (AFRI CGP, CFDA 10.310). The three-year award beginning May 1, 2023 will fund research to investigate the origin of cells that repopulate the uterus after calving in dairy cows and how postpartum uterine disease adversely programs their function. Specifically, the...
- 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...
- The University of Missouri System was awarded a three-year, $749,324 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The grant will support the development of a soil health information platform and decision support tool to improve the usefulness and applicability of existing soil health indicator data for farmers in the U.S. Corn Belt region. Working...
The University of Missouri System received a $649,999 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA Program 10.310. The objective is to develop a digital system that improves beef cattle production, enhances farm profitability, and provides small and medium-sized farmers with a climate-smart tool to address climate change. The project will use computer-generated surface area and volume data to predict the metabolic needs of different cattle classes and identify efficient cows to enhance the economic efficiency and sustainability of small and medium-sized farms. This interdisciplinary research leverages expertise in energy metabolism, animal management, genetics, and robotic vision. The award period is from July 2024 to July 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $650.0k | 6/12/24 |