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FFAR's Impact on U.S. Agriculture

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FFAR leverages federal investment to benefit farmers and ensure U.S. competitiveness

 

 

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    Our Research Addresses Critical Priority Areas to Benefit U.S. Agriculture

    Our bold research in each Priority Area advances solutions to complex agriculture issues and challenges that U.S. farmers currently face.

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    Our Impact

    We invest in research that produces actionable results, which benefit farmers, consumers and the environment. Our research results are publicly available.

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    • 400+ grants awarded
    • 1:1.4 ratio of FFAR funding to matching funds
    • 550+ funding partners
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    Results That Go FFAR

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    Our Breakthroughs outline findings and successes resulting from FFAR-funded research.

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    Loyalty Shopper Card Intervention Creates Behavior Change 

    Breakthrough for Individually-targeted incentives, diet quality and health outcomes among adults

    Researchers used an individual’s past food choices to inform the targeted food incentives, creating behavior change and improving food quality purchases.

    AI & Supercomputing Can Quantify Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Individual Farms 

    Breakthrough for FFAR Grant Quantifies Organic Carbon to Improve Agricultural Productivity

    A new study shows artificial intelligence and supercomputing can quantify greenhouse gas emissions from individual farms.

    Developing an Extensive Database of US Groundwater Wells 

    Breakthrough for Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Management Through Innovative Governance & Optimal Agricultural Water Use Under Conflicting Objectives

    Dr. Landon Marston and his research team created the Database of Groundwater Wells in the United States, a major undertaking compiling records of over 14 million groundwater wells across the United States that is a crucial decision-support tool for improving groundwater management and conservation.

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    Insights

    Our Insights highlight unique perspectives from across the food and agriculture community.

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    Smarter Pest Management for Soybean 

    Taynara Possebom

    2024-2027 FFAR Fellows

    H5N1 Risk to Swine Research Program 

    Drs. Jasmine Bruno & Megan Niederwerder

    The Importance of Healthy Indigenous Food Systems & How to Improve Them  

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    Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson

    Assistant Professor - Indigenous ResiliencySchool of Natural Resources & the Environment Indigenous Reliance CenterUniversity of Arizona 

    The Aim For Healthy, Productive & Environmentally Friendly, Southeastern Beef Calves 

    Federico Tarnonsky

    FFAR Fellow (2022-2025), University of Florida

    Using Artificial Intelligence to Calculate GHGs at the Individual Farm Level 

    Kaiyu Guan

    Dr. Kaiyu Guan

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Data for Dairy: Research to Guide Farmers in Their Sustainability Journey 

    Reza Afshar

    Reza Afshar

    Vice President, Soil, Feed and Water Research at Dairy Management Inc.

    Time Teaches Biosecurity Importance 

    Kevin Schulz

    Kevin Schulz

    Editor, The Farmer/Farm Progress

    Greener Cattle Initiative is Game Changer for Dairy’s Future 

    Dr. Juan Tricarico

    Dr. Juan Tricarico

    Senior Vice President, Environmental Research, Dairy Management Inc.

    Entrepreneur Attributes Kirchner HBCU Fellowship to Career Success 

    Kwame Terra

    Kwame Terra MPH

    Kirchner Fellowship HBCU 2021 Cohort

    Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions from Dairy Cattle 

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    Dr. Francisco Peñagaricano and Dr. Guillermo Martinez Boggio

    Building Diversity & Inclusion in the Agriculture Technology Venture Capital Industry 

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    LaKisha Odom, Ph.D.

    Scientific Program Director Sustaining Vibrant Agroecosystems

    Advancing Ecosystem Service Markets for Sustainable Farming 

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    LaKisha Odom & DJ May

    A Place for Everyone in Agriculture 

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    Dr. LaKisha Odom & Jocelyn Hittle

    Let’s Raise a Glass on National Milk Day to the Power of Agriculture Research 

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    Krysta Harden

    President and CEO U.S. Dairy Export Council

    Building Team Chemistry: The Bigger Picture Behind Cows & Climate 

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    Conor McCabe

    Animal Biology Graduate Student, UC Davis

    Insight on Livestock Methane Mitigation 

    Dr. Rod Mackie

    Dr. Rod Mackie, Professor, Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

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    Finding a New Way to Control Weeds in Cotton. 

    Sarah Chu

    Sarah Chu

    FFAR Fellow, Texas A&M University

    Indigenous Farmers are Leading a “New Green Revolution” Focused on Hemp 

    James DeDecker, Director, Michigan State University – Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center Mary Donner, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians – Ziibimijwang Farm Executive Director and Tribal Citizen

    Protecting the Vidalia Onion 

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    Sujan Paudel

    FFAR Fellow

    News

    The latest news and updates from FFAR.

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    FFAR Rapid Funding to Protect Cattle from Asian Longhorned Tick 

    FFAR Grant Harnesses Wild Tomatoes to Combat Agriculture Threats 

    FFAR Research Improves Cattle Reproduction 

    FFAR Grant Develops Solutions to Prevalent & Costly Dairy Cow Lameness 

    FFAR, SHIC & Pork Checkoff Fund H5N1 Swine Research Projects 

    FFAR Research Aims to Protect Dairy Cattle Against H5N1 

    FFAR Names Seventh Cohort of Veterinary Fellows 

    FFAR Grants to Optimize Crop Development & Yield 

    FFAR, DMI & Zoetis Call for Research Proposals to Study Connection Between Dairy Cow Health, Economics & the Environment 

    FFAR Announces Grant Opportunity to Advance Crop & Animal Systems 

    FFAR Grant Develops H5N1 Vaccine for Dairy Cows 

    FFAR’s Rapid Response Grant Addresses Red Crown Rot in Soybeans 

    FFAR Rapid Funding Develops Pest Management Program for Sweet Corn 

    FFAR & McDonald’s Invest to Revolutionize Chicken Welfare & Production 

    Grant to Increase Agriculture Data Sharing Among Farmers, Partners 

    FFAR Rapid Research Builds Diagnostic Tools & Vaccine for Avian Metapneumovirus 

    FFAR Research to Protect Vegetable Crops from Invasive Pest 

    FFAR Grant Develops H5N1 Waste Stream Surveillance Tool 

    Dr. Hans Coetzee Awarded the 2025 NAS Prize in Food & Agriculture Sciences 

    WFO-AgMission™ Report: Global Young Farmers’ Consultation on Climate-Smart Agriculture 

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