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2025 Impact Report

FFAR’s 2025 Impact Report shows how FFAR investments are accelerating rapid-response research, supporting commercialization, preparing the next generation of agricultural scientists and strengthening collaboration across the agricultural research ecosystem. 

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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

 

 

Latest Insight: 'Seven Months of Bare Ground'

Covering the soil without driving up costs.

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FFAR Fellow, Vipul Kumar discusses his research into cool season perennial grasses which could serve as a low cost/input cover crop to protect the soil over the dormant season.

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FFAR Benefits U.S. Agriculture & Rural America

Learn how FFAR supports solutions to the economic crisis facing farmers. Learn how FFAR research is creating impact

Understand how FFAR is leveraging federal investment and helping 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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    • 480 grants awarded
    • 1:1.4 ratio of FFAR funding to matching funds
    • 660 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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    Breeding Oysters That Can Weather the Storm 

    Breakthrough for Next Generation Tools & Strategies for Genetic Improvement of Farmed Oysters

    Researchers developed affordable tools to help breeders produce oysters that withstand storm-driven drops in salinity, and oyster farmers are already benefiting from these hardier oysters.

    New Tools to Reduce Swine Mortality 

    Breakthrough for Iowa State University to Lead Research to Increase Pig Survivability

    Researchers identified practical ways to reduce mortality rates among commercial pigs and created first-of-their-kind tools that help producers determine whether a prevention strategy is cost-effective on their individual farms.

    Getting to the Root of the Problem: Fastidious Pathogens [Updated] 

    Breakthrough for A Novel Bioassay for Culturing and Characterizing Fastidious Phytopathogens

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    Insights

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

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    A Story of Perseverance & Community 

    Alexis Alsdorf

    FFAR Fellow, NC State University

    What’s the (Real) Rate of Soil Health Practice Adoption? 

    Dr. Bonnie McGill

    Dr. Bonnie McGill

    American Farmland Trust

    From Feed to Function 

    Haylee Reisinger

    FFAR Fellow, Michigan State University

    Going Native 

    Olufunke Robinson-Nweye

    FFAR Fellow, Washington State University

    H5N1 Risk to Swine 

    Drs. Miriam Martin LeValley, Megan Niederwerder & Lisa Becton

    Balancing the Books 

    Field sampling for soil carbon analysis and bulk density measurements.

    Tayin Wang

    FFAR Fellow, Colorado State University

    Making Feed Safer for Livestock 

    Theo Newbold

    FFAR Fellow, Penn State University

    Empowering a Sustainable Future 

    Hamid Syed

    FFAR Fellow, Auburn University

    Packaging Innovation & Collaborative Research 

    Fall Migratory Birds Spread HPAI 

    Jasmine Bruno

    Jasmine Bruno, Ph.D.

    Scientific Program DirectorCultivating Thriving Production Systems

     Amplifying  Impact Through Research Partnerships 

    Jasmine Bruno

    Jasmine Bruno, Ph.D.

    Scientific Program DirectorCultivating Thriving Production Systems

    It’s Not Just A Trend 

    Maria Rottersman

    FFAR Fellow, UC Davis

    Smarter Pest Management for Soybean 

    Taynara Possebom

    2024-2027 FFAR Fellows

    H5N1 Risk to Swine Research Program 

    Drs. Jasmine Bruno & Megan Niederwerder

    Healthy Indigenous Food Systems 

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    Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson

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

    Thriving Beef Calves in the Southeastern US 

    Federico Tarnonsky

    FFAR Fellow (2022-2025), University of Florida

    Calculating Emissions at the Individual Farm Level 

    Kaiyu Guan

    Dr. Kaiyu Guan

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Data for Dairy 

    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

    A Game Changer for Dairy’s Future 

    Dr. Juan Tricarico

    Dr. Juan Tricarico

    Senior Vice President, Environmental Research, Dairy Management Inc.

    News

    The latest news and updates from FFAR.

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    Breeding Oysters That Can Weather the Storm 

    Research Targets Invasive Beetle Threatening Hawaii’s Agriculture 

    New Research Aims to Speed Delivery of Improved Crops to Farmers 

    FFAR-Funded Research Advances U.S.-Based Vaccine for Emerging Poultry Disease 

    FFAR Research Explores New World Screwworm Vaccine 

    FFAR-Funded Research Prepares Farmers for Insecticide Use Changes 

    FFAR Invests To Reduce Swine Mortality 

    Research Breakthroughs Support Healthier Cattle, Reduce Antibiotic Use 

    New Research Aims to Transform U.S. Fish Farming 

    Efficient Fertilizer Consortium Accelerates Fertilizer Solutions for Farmers 

    FFAR Research to Test Fogging Approach to Reduce Avian Influenza Transmission 

    FFAR Research Explores Novel Approach to Protect Livestock from New World Screwworm 

    FFAR Grant Targets Pest Threatening California’s Nut Industry 

    Maintaining Productive Grazing Lands Across the Great Plains 

    FFAR Research to Strengthen U.S. New World Screwworm Preparedness 

    FFAR Rapid Funding Explores Genetic Immunity to Avian Influenza 

    Advancing a More Effective Control of New World Screwworm 

    Rapid Funding to Explore Disease-Resistant Poultry for Avian Influenza Control 

    Developing a Supply Chain Framework for Kernza® 

    NCBA & FFAR Demonstrate the Power of Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Antimicrobial Stewardship 

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