Project Grant AP24VSSP0000G002

This Project Grant award of $484,154 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (CFDA 10.156). The funding will support advancements to the CALFDEX mobile app developed in a previous FSMIP grant, which helps cow-calf producers record and share animal production and health information. Key project objectives include: 1) integrating RFID eartag scanning capabilities to improve data accuracy and...

Invictus Informatics LLC was awarded a $124,903 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a web-based data management system and companion database for livestock breeders and associations. The system will provide affordable data storage, management and analysis capabilities for high throughput datasets, including DNA-based animal identification, parentage testing and other...

This federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The grant was awarded to Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch, LLC, a for-profit, woman-owned, and veteran-owned business located in Barnesville, Georgia. The funding will support the development, coordination, and expansion of direct producer-to-consumer and indirect producer-to-consumer marketing...

This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $4,752,000, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service under the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (CFDA 10.618). The purpose of the award is to conduct approved market development activities intended to foster expanded exports and market diversification for United States agricultural commodities and products. The funding will support strategic international marketing and trade...

This federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The funding will support a 2-year project by Matrick Holdings Corp, a for-profit organization, to develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer and indirect producer-to-consumer marketing channels for agricultural products in Washington, USA. The project aims to increase...

This $4,750,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service under the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (CFDA 10.618), supports U.S. Livestock Genetics Export, Inc., a non-profit organization, to conduct market development activities intended to foster expanded exports and market diversification for U.S. agricultural commodities. The award, with a period of performance from December 2024 to September 2030, will enable the...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Universal Schedule & Booking LLC $125,000 under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) from September 30, 2022 to March 31, 2024. The award will support the recipient's planning of a fulfillment platform and technology solution to efficiently market and sell products from local small and mid-size farms directly to consumers. The recipient will research business models leveraging proprietary technology,...

The Project Grant award of $250,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175). The funding supports the development, coordination, and expansion of direct producer-to-consumer and indirect producer-to-consumer marketing channels for agricultural products to increase access to locally and regionally produced goods, encourage value-added product development, and facilitate...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025), aims to demonstrate how electronic identification systems can enhance animal disease traceability and decrease response time during a foreign animal disease outbreak when utilized in a livestock auction market setting. The $110,000 award to the American Sheep...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $1,621,820 Cooperative Agreement to Lifestock, Inc., a woman-owned non-profit organization, under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this award is to establish an international collaboration to implement enhanced surveillance and timely detection of high-consequence foreign animal and zoonotic disease threats to U.S....