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Kansas State University received a $1 million grant from the Foundation for Food & Agricultural Research to study African swine fever virus.

Team will identify which ASFV proteins induce protective immune responses, the optimal vaccine dose and a way to differentiate infected from vaccinated pigs.

Good soil-health practices such as cover cropping, reduced tillage and crop rotations are generally beneficial to farm resilience. But the empirical correlation between those practices and their specific impacts at

A team at Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences has been awarded funds for research aimed at reducing methane emissions from cows and sheep, using plant and fungal sources.

Research will examine a non-synthetic form of the anti-methanogenic compound 3-nitro-1-propionic acid, or 3-NPA, as a feed additive.

An effort to identify genes in spring wheat that would allow it to be more heat and drought resilient recently earned more than $2 million in funding.

Oregon State University WSU, Californias Lundberg Family Farms, others provided $2 million research investment. Apr 01, 2021 Washington State University received a grant allowing researchers to study the nutritional value of quinoa at every level, from the soil through nutrient benefits to people. Quinoa is a crop known for its protein quality and nutritional content, but it remains underutilized in U.S. agriculture. This grant will work to identify and improve quinoa ...

The $1 million grant will help identify and improve varieties of the nutrition-packed crop that can be adopted by American farmers.

University of Missouri receives nearly $570K to develop technical training for farm advisors.