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Thursday, December 26, 2024
USDA will begin accepting applications for $215 million in grants and technical assistance meant to expand the nation’s meat and poultry processing capacity.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it will supply the 12 state members of the Hypoxia Task Force with an additional $840,000 to go towards “improving water quality” and “reducing excess nutrients” in the Mississippi River/Atchafalaya River Basin.
USDA will invest $135 million in projects across 24 different states with a focus on rural water and wastewater infrastructure and another $181 million to improve rural electric systems in 10 states.
Bayer's proposed acquisition of Monsanto is still subject to pending regulatory approval, but the company announced the selection of a new Executive Leadership Team for the Crop Science Division, which will go into effect as of the closing.
USDA has awarded the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources $300,000 to develop the National Center for Applied Reproduction and Genomics in Beef Cattle.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2016 – The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research today announced a $1 million grant to New Jersey-based AeroFarms LLC, a leading vertical farming company, for a research project on precision agriculture. Aero Farms will match FFAR’s grant for a total investment of nearly $2 million.
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, a nonprofit established in the 2014 farm bill, has awarded $148,499 to Colorado State University scientists who will focus on bacterial leaf streak, ...
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - USDA has awarded $31.5 million in Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Grants to look into ways to alleviate hunger among children during the summer...
