…stakeholders. NIFA has invested more than $400 million through the SCRI program to date. Among past projects, a University of Maryland project developed a wireless irrigation system to save water,…
Improving Livestock Digestion with GMO Clover
…them from being digested too quickly. The results should improve the absorption of protein. The project also aims to reduce the loss of nitrogen into the environment and potentially create…
Western View: The Right to Not Farm
…requirement is also challenged under the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause, because it amounts to an unreasonable dictate with no tie to any public need created by any development project application….
Dairy Producers Needed for Sorghum Research
…goal of the project is to look at the viability of sorghum for California when we’re in these drought type situations,” Heguy stated. During the first year of the project,…
Funding to Encourage SNAP Participants to Purchase Healthy Foods
…food system to improve the nutrition and health status of SNAP households. The awards under FINI represent a variety of projects, including relatively small pilot projects, multi-year community-based projects, and…
Egg Shell Uses
…egg shells for the trash or composting pile. Instead of tossing them out, here are some ways to reuse them. Egg shells can be an excellent calcium and mineral-rich additive…
Wind Power Advancing in U.S.
A new report from the American Wind Energy Association finds 357 megawatts in new wind energy projects were brought online during the second quarter of the year. Nationally, the U.S….
Funding for Research to Improve Livestock and Aquaculture
…projects in the food and agricultural sciences. The AFRI Foundational program supports research in several priority areas, including animal breeding, reproduction, nutrition, and growth. These grants help improve the quality…
UC Asian Citrus Psyllid Scouts Trying to Avert Huanglongbing Disaster
…PVC wand to knock off insects. The expansive ACP monitoring effort is funded by a $1.45 million multi-agency coordination grant from the USDA. The project funds promising tools and long-term…
Air Curtain Burner Solves Pile of Problems
…President Roger Isom said the project was a challenge. “It wasn’t easy to get through the process. There are two major hurdles you have to cross with the air district,”…
Urban Agriculture Conservation Grants Awarded
…assistance capacity for urban agriculture and conservation projects. “Our work as conservationists has evolved since the Dust Bowl when many of our nation’s 3,000 conservation districts were first established,” NACD…
Funding for Research on Plant-Biotic Interactions
…Dakota, $999,942 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, $982,718 Project details can be found on the NIFA website. Among the grants, a Tufts University project will investigate how plant-herbivore-microbe interactions…
Fresh Food in Space
…in an astronaut’s eyes or lungs. The German company Bake in Space is behind a project to develop a special dough for low-crumb bread and an oven in which to…
Better Beef Access in China Will Take Time
…few and far between. Derrell Peel, an Ag Economist at Oklahoma State University, says it’s a long-term project to build up beef export numbers to China. “There are some restrictions…