The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to Agrofocal Technologies, Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The funding supports the development of Agrofocal's real-time crop monitoring system that can be mounted on any vehicle to provide high-resolution, under-the-canopy images of crops. This system enables farmers to monitor crop health,...
The federal Project Grant award for the EDGEBOT.AI project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212), aims to develop an accessible platform that empowers farmers and agricultural professionals to utilize AI and data-driven tools for improved crop management. The $174,923 award to Madain Corp. will fund the creation of user-friendly AI applications that can analyze...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), aims to develop methods to improve the accuracy of yield monitor data and evaluate their effectiveness. The $591,250 grant, awarded to Mississippi State University on September 15, 2024, supports a 3-year project to create an open-source AI tool to detect and correct errors in raw yield data from precision...
Agriculture Intelligence Inc., a spinoff company of the University of Florida, has received a $650,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program grant from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212) to integrate its Agroview and Agrosense technologies into a "Smart Nutrient" precision nutrient management system for tree crops. Agroview provides accurate zone-based fertility and...
Accelerated AG Technologies LLC received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The award was provided under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to support the development of collection and preservation technology to enable on-demand pollination in commercial hybrid wheat systems. The SBIR/STTR programs are intended to...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $599,000 Project Grant to Bludot Technologies Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research Program/Small Business Technology Transfer Program (SBIR/STTR Program, CFDA #10.212). The grant will fund the development of a managerial system to increase economic development capacity for rural jurisdictions from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. The SBIR/STTR Program aims to stimulate technological...
This Project Grant award of $649,946.00 was provided by the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Invictus Informatics LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The award will support the development of a web-based data management system capable of inexpensively storing, managing, and analyzing high-throughput genetic data sets for smaller...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Institute of Food Production and Sustainability (CFDA 10.212 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program) will develop a plant-by-plant, precision fertilization capability for cool season vegetable crops. The $600,000 award to Geovisual Technologies Inc. aims to increase harvest yields while reducing overall fertilizer application through innovative precision targeting...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) supports the development of an autonomous, mobile crop monitoring system for vertical farms. The $174,980 award to Acreage Farms LLC will fund the build and integration of two 3D monitoring systems to collect environmental data, provide analytics, and enable farm control capabilities. This technology aims to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Big Data In A Box, Inc. The grant supports the company's efforts to enhance the features and scope of its SPIDER (Smart Portable Interactive Data Extraction and Reporting) software application. SPIDER is an AI-based platform that aims to improve data...