…available through the Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program (NNF). “In the next few years, we expect to see a significant number of job…
Leafy Green Machines As Deep Space Mission Food Source
A land grant university and private company are assisting NASA in addressing how to provide fresh food to astronauts during deep space travel. Rod Bain has the story. Space Mission…
Fertilizer Research and Education Grant Funding
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting proposals for a 2016 special grant program for fertilizer research and education. This competitive…
Land Grant Universities Compiling Animal Feed Database
21 land-grant institutions are collaborating to provide researchers, producers and industry partners’ up-to-date, research-based information on the nutrient needs of agricultural animals. Since forming in 2010, the National Animal Nutrition…
Program Preserves Ag Land for Climate Benefits
…program committed $4.6 million in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds to agricultural conservation easements and planning grants in its first year and is committing an additional $37.4 million this year. The…
Wal-Mart donated $1 Million for Conservation Efforts by Rice Farmers
…thanks to a grant from the Walmart Foundation. The grant supports work through the USA Rice and Ducks Unlimited Rice Stewardship Partnership. “We are thrilled to announce a $1-million grant…
The People’s Department: A New Era for Civil Rights at USDA
…nonprofit organizations serving Native American farmers and ranchers, including tribal colleges, Land-Grant Universities and financial institutions committed to community development, helping to enrich these communities for generations to come. That…
Greenhouse Opens, Aids ACP Fight
…collaboration with the Citrus Research Board and constructed through a $400,000 grant from the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program, which is funded by California citrus growers. It will support…
UCCE Helps Hmong Farmers Weather Drought
…farmers submit applications in the last two rounds, and seven received grants,” Yang said. “The money is significant.” The grants allowed the farmers to make improvements in energy efficiency and…
Electronic Bug Trap Reduces Labor
…University, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon and Penn State, received a grant from USDA to solve labor intensive tasks in high-value specialty crops,” vice president of software, Ben Brame says….
New Greenhouse Aids ACP Control
…Research Board and constructed through a $400,000 grant from the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program. When: Monday, July 25, at 10 a.m. Presentations will begin at 10:15 a.m. followed…
Funding for Urban Ag Conservation
NACD, NRCS announce $2 million for urban ag conservation The National Association of Conservation Districts, in partnership with USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, has awarded $2 million in grants to…
Funding for Farmworker Housing
…the terms of the loan or grant agreement. Six farmworker housing projects in California have been awarded $18 million in loans from the USDA’s Farm Labor Housing Loan and Grant…
Agri View: Direct Marketing
…had hoped, visitors leave the farm with gallons of fresh, pasteurized milk as well as other products. “Business is booming,” says Jeff Burkhart, who received a grant from the Sustainable…