The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced 18 grants totaling more than $6.7 million for research to discover how components of the agroecosystem,…
CDFA SWEEP Program Awards 167 Projects
…and air quality. Since SWEEP was initiated in 2014, 360 grants have been provided to California agricultural operations. More information on the SWEEP program and a list of current grant…
Ranchers Collaborate with UC Researchers
…a UC Proof of Concept Discovery Grant (grant ID no. 212263) from UC’s Office of the President, with additional funding from the Russell L. Rustici Rangeland and Cattle Research Endowment…
Rural Mainstreet Index Still Weak for November
…Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming are included. The survey is supported by a grant from Security State Bank in Ansley, Neb. This survey represents an early snapshot…
Environmental Education Grants to Conservation Organizations in California
…protect the environment. The program provides financial support for projects that create, and promote environmental education practices, methods or techniques. For more information on Environmental Education Grants, please visit: www.epa.gov/education/environmental-education-ee-grants…
Safer, More Effective Pest Management
…tools, best management practices and strategies for healthy crop systems while supporting communities with effective, affordable and environmentally sound solutions that reduce potential health risks.” Using a grant announced, a…
USDA Awards Funding for Market Development Programs
…A new study conducted by noted land grant university economists shows that MAP and FMD contributed $309 billion to farm export revenue between 1977 and 2014, an average of $8.2…
Schools partner to Share Love of Ag Education
…passion for nutrition and agriculture into her classroom each week through activities she shares on Twitter. Cates received a $500 Literacy for Life grant from Ag in the Classroom for…
NIFA Focus on Two New Projects
NIFA Grants Focus on Youth Farm Safety and Agricultural Careers for People with Disabilities The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $832,830 in…
Motor Fuel Choices
…year ago announcing a then-new program called the biofuel infrastructure partnership or BIP. It would combine grant money from USDA with money from state governments or private groups to help…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…USDA employs around 3,000 scientists, economists, statisticians and others, and funds thousands more at land-grant universities and other institutions across the country. Together, their work has helped to shape the…
CDFA Dairy Digester Research and Development Program
…emissions reductions from dairy and livestock operations. An estimated $45 million in competitive grant funding will be awarded to provide financial assistance for the implementation of dairy digesters and other…
Beginning Farmers Learn from California
…The central California session featured presentations on land and capital access, grant writing, marketing, and best production practices from several local farmers and Michael O’Gorman, executive director of the Farmer…
Support for Oklahoma “Right to Farm” Amendment Drops
Oklahoma residents will vote next week on State Question 777, which would grant agricultural interests legal protections that rival the rights of free speech and religion. A Meating Place dot…