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FFAR offers $6M for solutions to male chick-culling problem

10/18/18 11:22 AM By Daniel Enoch

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is offering up to $6 million in prizes for developing technologies that can quickly determine the sex of layer chick eggs before they hatch, saving the egg industry billions of dollar annually.

Scientists ID potential ‘breakthroughs’ in ag research

07/18/18 11:00 AM By Daniel Enoch

Nearly 150 scientists from dozens of different fields have joined together to identify five major research subjects – including gene editing and advanced data analysis – critical for the future of food and agriculture.

FFAR awards $4.4M to five research teams

05/23/18 6:15 AM By Corryn La Rue

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has approved five grants totaling $4.4 million for research on how to improve community food systems.

FFAR grants back aquaculture research

04/25/18 6:05 AM By Daniel Enoch

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research this week announced four grants totaling $1.5 million for research to improve economic opportunities for farmed fish, shellfish, and marine invertebrate production and increase the supply of domestically produced, nutritious foods in the United States.

FFAR earmarks $7M for pollinator research

03/14/18 5:20 AM By Daniel Enoch

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is putting up $7 million for 16 research grants to address declining pollinator health.

Vertical farming: The promise, pitfalls and the role of pot

10/04/17 6:20 AM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2017 - Vertical farming holds great promise, but it must overcome challenges – most notably the cost of energy – in order to feed the world’s growing population, attendees were told at a recent Association for Vertical Farming summit.

FFAR joins $45M project to boost crop yields through photosynthesis

09/15/17 12:36 PM By Daniel Enoch

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2017 – The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) today announced a $15 million contribution – its biggest grant to date – to a five-year, $45-million research project at the University of Illinois that is already promising to boost crop yields 20 percent by improving photosynthetic efficiency.

FFAR partners with AeroFarms on $2M precision-ag research project

09/07/17 5:00 PM By Daniel Enoch

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.

Hearing highlights resistance to proposed ag research spending cuts

06/15/17 8:00 PM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017 – Some of the biggest names in agricultural research defended the importance of government science funding at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing today where lawmakers expressed resistance to proposed spending cuts from the White House.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak for March 23, 2017

03/23/17 8:15 AM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, Mar. 23, 2017 - Sonny Perdue, President Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary, gets his long-awaited confirmation hearing today. Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., says he expects much of the questioning to focus on the tough farm economy as well as concerns in the farm sector about the president’s trade policy.

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FFAR offers $6M for solutions to male chick-culling problem

Scientists ID potential ‘breakthroughs’ in ag research

FFAR awards $4.4M to five research teams

FFAR grants back aquaculture research

FFAR earmarks $7M for pollinator research

Vertical farming: The promise, pitfalls and the role of pot

FFAR joins $45M project to boost crop yields through photosynthesis

FFAR partners with AeroFarms on $2M precision-ag research project

Hearing highlights resistance to proposed ag research spending cuts

Agri-Pulse Daybreak for March 23, 2017

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