Project Grant 20257000645309
- This $200,000 federal Project Grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), focuses on improving weed management in agriculture through a multidisciplinary approach aligned with integrated pest management (IPM) principles. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include conducting field experiments to examine the impacts of diverse cropping systems,...
- This $325,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) will develop new tools and approaches to better predict and manage fungal foliar diseases in major crops like corn, soybeans, and potatoes. The project will use a combination of low-cost air sampling devices, weather monitoring stations, and DNA sequencing to track disease-causing organisms. This data will be used...
- This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) will fund research to develop integrated weed management strategies for controlling waterhemp in soybean production across the Midwest. The project will evaluate how the management of cereal rye cover crops and the use of pre-emergence herbicides influence waterhemp control and soybean yields. Field studies will...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $617,463 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, doing business as Virginia Tech, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program. Over the next four years, this integrated project will conduct research on the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for weed monitoring and developing standardized spray application parameters for corn and soybean crops. The...
- This Project Grant award for $300,000 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to develop a robotic precision spraying system to improve the sustainability of small fruit crop production in the United States. The key deliverables include designing and evaluating an unmanned ground robot-based sprayer that can autonomously apply pesticides based on canopy density, with the goal of significantly reducing...
- The University Corporation at Monterey Bay received a $299,842 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. This grant supports a novel approach to revolutionize weed control in specialty crop systems like strawberries, broccoli, and leafy greens in the Central Coast region of California. The project leverages hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to differentiate weeds from...
- This $180,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program aims to monitor pesticide spraying techniques and their impact on environmental pollution. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing biosensors to measure pesticide application and concentration levels before, during, and after spraying on row crops. This will allow the researchers to assess the uniformity of...
- This Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) provides $324,892 to Oregon State University to conduct research on the performance, safety, and economic sustainability of using electric weed control (EWC) as an herbicide resistance management strategy in hazelnut orchards. The key objectives are to: (I) develop weed-specific recommendations for...
- This federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) provides $200,000 to the University of Florida to develop Integrated Weed Management (IWM) programs for plasticulture, vegetable production systems in the Southeast. The key objectives are to: 1) utilize video imagery to map weed populations and monitor changes over time, 2) compare...
- This $221,241.77 Project Grant awarded on July 15, 2025 by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) supports integrated weed management research at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter). The grant aims to evaluate the effectiveness of cover crops and harvest weed seed control (chaff lining) techniques, in conjunction with multi-mode-of-action herbicides, for managing...
This $200,000 Project Grant awarded on September 15, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) will support Oregon State University's development of an intelligent aerial-ground spot spraying system for effective weed management in turfgrass seed production in the Willamette Valley. The system will utilize an unmanned aerial vehicle imaging platform, artificial intelligence-driven weed identification, and a ground-based spot sprayer to precisely target grass weeds while minimizing herbicide use and costs for turfgrass seed growers. The project aims to deliver a cost-effective, sustainable weed control solution that improves profitability for this critical agricultural sector.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $200.0k | 9/12/25 |