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Time Teaches Biosecurity Importance 

Kevin Schulz

Kevin Schulz

Editor, The Farmer/Farm Progress

FFAR Seeding Solutions Grant Evaluates the Benefits of Converting Row Crops to Perennial Forage Systems 

Seeding Solutions Grant Provides Decision Support Tool for Extreme Weather Events 

Loyalty Shopper Card Intervention Creates Behavior Change 

Breakthrough for Individually-targeted incentives, diet quality and health outcomes among adults

Novel Tools for Engineering Apomixis in Soybean 

Year Awarded  2024

FFAR award amount   $1,950,000

Total award amount   $4,050,000

Location   Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   Bayer, KWS, United Soybean Board

Grantee Institution   Wageningen University & Research

Although hybrid seeds outperform their parents in yield, this advantage does not transfer to the hybrids’ offspring. Breeders must continually cross-pollinate to develop the next generation of hybrids. Because soybeans reproduce through self-pollination, the structure of the soybean flower makes cross-pollination difficult and expensive. The ApoSoy project seeks to develop a cost-effective hybrid soybean system through a process called apomixis, which creates seeds that are genetic clones of the parent.

Greener Cattle Initiative is Game Changer for Dairy’s Future 

Dr. Juan Tricarico

Dr. Juan Tricarico

Senior Vice President, Environmental Research, Dairy Management Inc.

Seeding Solutions Grant to Preserve Groundwater and Economically Benefit Growers 

FFAR & Eight Member Organizations Commit $8.45 Million to Efficient Fertilizer Consortium 

Hemp Research Consortium Grant Examines Biopesticides for Hemp Treatment