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Sustaining Vibrant Agroecosystems
Our Agroecosystems research deepens our understanding of how agriculture systems interact with the surrounding environment to help farmers optimize resource use, address climate change and enhance farm productivity and resilience.
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Bolstering Healthy Food Systems
Our Food Systems research promotes the availability of nutritious foods, improves human health, develops novel food processes and products and advances the U.S. food system’s functionality.
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Cultivating Thriving Production Systems
Our Production Systems research supports animal and crop systems by increasing productivity, combating pest and disease, supporting animal welfare and safeguarding farmers’ livelihoods.
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Strengthening the Scientific Workforce
Results That Go FFAR
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.
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.
Building Collaborations for Technology-Driven Solutions in Agriculture
Breakthrough for Open Technology Ecosystem for Agricultural Management (OpenTEAM)
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The Latest
Insights
Our Insights highlight unique perspectives from across the food and agriculture community.
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Cracking the Code of Texture:
Heeduk Oh
FFAR Fellow, NC State University
Entrepreneur Attributes Kirchner HBCU Fellowship to Career Success
Kwame Terra MPH
Kirchner Fellowship HBCU 2021 Cohort
Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions from Dairy Cattle
Dr. Francisco Peñagaricano and Dr. Guillermo Martinez Boggio
Building Diversity & Inclusion in the Agriculture Technology Venture Capital Industry
LaKisha Odom, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Director Sustaining Vibrant Agroecosystems
Unlocking Peanut Potential
Samuele Lamon
FFAR Fellow, University of Georgia
Advancing Ecosystem Service Markets for Sustainable Farming
Feeding Bees Through Diversity
Riley Reed
FFAR Fellow, Washington State University
Precision Agriculture Tools for Livestock Production
Caleb J. Grohmann
FFAR Fellow, University of Missouri
The Next Frontier for Biotechnology & the Future of Forestry
Samantha Surber
FFAR Fellow, University of Georgia
A Place for Everyone in Agriculture
Dr. LaKisha Odom & Jocelyn Hittle
Transforming Agriculture with Data and Artificial Intelligence
Shiang-Wan Chin, FFAR Fellow
Cornell University
Closing the Loop
Madeline Desjardins, FFAR Fellow
Washington State University
Importance of Bacteria in Identifying Bovine Respiratory Disease
Ruth Eunice Centeno Martinez
FFAR Fellow, Purdue University
Let’s Raise a Glass on National Milk Day to the Power of Agriculture Research
Krysta Harden
President and CEO U.S. Dairy Export Council
The Innovation Dilemma: Why Adoption Rates for Agricultural Technologies Lag Behind
Enrique Pena Martinez, FFAR Fellow
Raleigh, North Carolina
Building Team Chemistry: The Bigger Picture Behind Cows & Climate
Conor McCabe
Animal Biology Graduate Student, UC Davis
Insight on Livestock Methane Mitigation
Dr. Rod Mackie, Professor, Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Finding a New Way to Control Weeds in Cotton.
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
Filling the Hemp Research Gap
News
The latest news and updates from FFAR.
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FFAR & Eight Member Organizations Commit $8.45 Million to Efficient Fertilizer Consortium
Grant Examines Biopesticides for Hemp Treatment
Grant Developing Tomato Resistance to Parasitic Weed
Grant Develops Cotton-Based Precision Irrigation to Improve Sustainability
FFAR and North Carolina State Announce 2024 FFAR Fellows
Grant Improves Stress Tolerance in Carrots
AgMission Grant Evaluates Successful Incentives for Persistent Cover Crop Adoption
ICASA Award Addresses Antimicrobial Stewardship for Bovine Respiratory Disease
FFAR Grant to Improve Sorghum & Strengthen Nutritional Security
FFAR & FoodShot Global Announce GroundBreaker Prize Winners in Water Research
Swine Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program Funds Additional Research
FFAR Names Sixth Cohort of Veterinary Fellows
Advancing Circular Bioeconomy with Biomass Feedstocks
U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef & FFAR Announce Focus Group Series to Develop Sustainable Beef Research Roadmap
Student Teams Combat Climate Change
FFAR & NWO Launch Greenhouses in Transition & Welcome Proposals
FFAR’s Rapid Response Program Welcomes Avian Flu Research Proposals
AgMission & PepsiCo Grants Bolster Climate-Resilient Farms & Value Chains
AgMission™ Funds Global Youth Consultation to Co-Create Agricultural Solutions with Young Farmers
FFAR Accepting Applications for Harvest for Health Breakthrough Crop Challenge