The University of Missouri System received a $100,000 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses and related employment in rural communities. The grant, awarded on July 28, 2023, with a completion date of July 28, 2025, will fund specialized research, services, and product development to support the program's...
The University of Missouri System was awarded a $107,109 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Transportation Services program (CFDA 10.167). The purpose of the award is to estimate the impact on various distribution system pathways from the corn and soybean basis spread implied by the USDA long-run projections. The award has a performance period from August 15, 2024 to December 31, 2025. As a major public research university,...
The University of Missouri System has been awarded a $1,425,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). This federal grant, with a performance period from September 27, 2024 to September 27, 2026, will support the construction, enlargement, extension, or improvement of community facilities that deliver critical services to rural residents in Linneus, Missouri. The project aims to...
The University of Missouri System was awarded a $119,851.60 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to provide goods and services supporting agricultural research basic and applied research from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024. Specifically, the funding will support the acquisition of goods and services related to plant genetics research on maize. As the official federal grant program title indicates, the Agricultural Research...
The University of Missouri System has been awarded a $10,713,204 federal Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act" (CFDA 10.203) program. This 2-year grant, with an award date of October 1, 2024 and a completion date of September 30, 2026, will support the university's agricultural research initiatives focused on (1) sustainable and resilient agricultural systems, (2) natural resources and the...
The University of Missouri System was awarded a $158,106 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA #10.025). The two-year award, issued on March 1, 2021 and set to be completed by February 28, 2023, will support the university's delivery of enhanced on-farm biosecurity outreach and education services to agricultural producers in...
The University of Missouri received a $1,425,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of the Chief Economist under the Agricultural and Food Policy Research Centers federal grant program (CFDA #10.291) for the period of September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2024. The project focuses on developing current and forward-looking indicators of state and regional farm finances to support public and private sector decision making. This will include the...
The University of Missouri System was awarded a $259,600 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Central Program Planning Coordination and Support to provide goods and services supporting agricultural research from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024. The award will fund the acquisition of goods and services to support the Agricultural Research Service's basic and applied agricultural research efforts under the Agricultural Research...
The University of Missouri System was awarded a $729,919 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Rural Business Development Grant program. The two-year grant will support the University's Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grants initiative to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the growth of small businesses in rural Missouri communities. As the prime awardee, the University will deliver technical assistance,...
The University of Missouri System, doing business as the Curators of the University of Missouri, received a $642,623 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to conduct a 5-year, $25 million Missouri-wide project on climate-smart agriculture. This grant project will complement the development of a software application to facilitate participation in the USDA's Missouri CRCL program, which provides incentive payments to farmers to adopt...