Project Grant 96958201

Under a $1.3 million Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the American Farmland Trust will deliver a suite of training, demonstration projects, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities to support adoption of climate-smart farming practices by small and mid-scale underserved agricultural producers in Washington, Oregon, and California. Over three years, the Trust will collaborate...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $649,912 to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) for a multi-year research project examining the effects of agroecological practices on crop resilience to climate change. The project will investigate the individual and combined impacts of manipulating crop row orientation/spacing, cover cropping,...

This $749,830 federal Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment (a division of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to evaluate the potential of "ecological intensification" practices, such as cover crops and manure application, to improve soil health, sequester carbon, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in...

This Project Grant award of $284,207.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) supports research at Cornell University examining farmer decision-making processes related to climate adaptation through the adoption of new crop varieties. The key products of this 3-year project include: (1) developing a multi-scale modeling approach combining land surface modeling, satellite...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) has awarded a $650,000 project grant to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to conduct multi-year trials on 12 cover crop species integrated with corn production. The research aims to gain an improved understanding of the variation in root traits across diverse cover crop species and their influence on soil and cash crops. The project will leverage advanced root phenomics, sensing technologies, and...

This $997,301 federal Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Integrated Programs (CFDA 10.303) will fund a 3-year project to develop tailored soil health management practices (SHMPs) guidelines for organic grain farmers in Wisconsin. The key objectives are to: Conduct statewide soil health, nutrient use efficiency, and crop yield assessments under different SHMPs, Develop and validate farm-scale machine learning models to estimate crop yield...

This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) provides $225,000.00 to Colorado State University to investigate how different farming practices, particularly integrated crop-livestock systems, affect soil health. The research aims to identify practical ways to enhance soil health, increase crop yields, and contribute to climate change mitigation by improving...

This $650,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) supports research to evaluate the benefits and trade-offs of crop rotational diversity as a climate adaptation strategy. The Agricultural Research Service, a U.S. government agency, will utilize a database of long-term cropping system experiments to quantify how increased rotation diversity impacts resilience to adverse weather, producer economic stability, and nutritional outputs....

This USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CFDA 10.329) Project Grant, awarded to Colorado State University, focuses on improving weed management in agriculture through a multidisciplinary integrated pest management (IPM) approach. The $200,000 grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund field research to understand how farming practices like crop rotation, fertilizer use, and herbicide application impact soil health, weed populations, and...

The University of Wisconsin System was awarded a $119,933 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) to conduct research on optimizing sustainable practices in conventional agriculture by studying plant-microbe interactions in indigenous corn farming. The key products and services being delivered through this 2-year grant involve collaborating with tribal corn growers in Wisconsin to...