FFAR is Making an Impact
Since 2014, we have accelerated food and agriculture research to deliver agile solutions that address large-scale challenges. Through public-private partnerships, we collaborate with diverse stakeholders to pioneer the next frontier of food and agriculture research.
The future of agriculture urgently needs the funding and collaboration fostered by FFAR’s public-private partnerships. FFAR’s model is developing solutions to agriculture’s most significant challenges and deploying these solutions to farmers and consumers.Hon. Dan Glickman
Board Chair Emeritus, Past Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
Executive Director, Congressional Program Aspen Institute
Since 2014, we have accelerated food and agriculture research to deliver agile solutions that address large-scale challenges. Through public-private partnerships, we collaborate with diverse stakeholders to pioneer the next frontier of food and agriculture research.
The future of agriculture urgently needs the funding and collaboration fostered by FFAR’s public-private partnerships. FFAR’s model is developing solutions to agriculture’s most significant challenges and deploying these solutions to farmers and consumers.Hon. Dan Glickman
Board Chair Emeritus, Past Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
Executive Director, Congressional Program Aspen Institute
- 360 grants awarded
- $713M in FFAR funding allocated
- 1:1.4 ratio of FFAR funding to matching funds
Results that Go FFAR
Our Breakthroughs outline findings and successes resulting from FFAR-funded research.
Research Pinpoints Why Dairy Cows Produce Less Milk in Warm Weather and Develops Nutrition-Based Solution
A new Cornell-led study funded by a Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) Seeding Solutions grant has found a nutrition-based solution to restore milk production in heat-stressed cows, while also pinpointing the cause of the decline. This study’s breakthroughs will inform further research that could reveal how different feed additives or changes to the staple diet of cows across the U.S. can sustainably increase milk production, even as temperatures continue to climb. Currently, sprinklers and fans are the primary ways used to mitigate heat stress on cows, but these strategies consume water, burn fossil fuels and only restore about 60% of milk production.
Insights
Our Insights highlight unique perspectives from across for food and agriculture community.
Let’s Raise a Glass on National Milk Day to the Power of Agriculture Research
Krysta Harden
President and CEOUS Dairy Export Council
Research is Critical to Preventing the Next Pandemic
Tim Kurt, DVM
Scientific Program Director, October 2016- September 2022 Advanced Animal Systems
A Look at Maine Aquaculture
Tim Kurt, DVM
Scientific Program Director, October 2016- September 2022 Advanced Animal Systems