June 3, 2026 What’s the (Real) Rate of Soil Health Practice Adoption? Dr. Bonnie McGill American Farmland Trust
November 11, 2025 Fall Migratory Birds Spread HPAI Jasmine Bruno, Ph.D. Scientific Program DirectorCultivating Thriving Production Systems
November 6, 2025 Amplifying Impact Through Research Partnerships Jasmine Bruno, Ph.D. Scientific Program DirectorCultivating Thriving Production Systems
November 12, 2024 Healthy Indigenous Food Systems Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson Assistant Professor - Indigenous ResiliencySchool of Natural Resources & the Environment Indigenous Reliance CenterUniversity of Arizona
October 15, 2024 Thriving Beef Calves in the Southeastern US Federico Tarnonsky FFAR Fellow (2022-2025), University of Florida
September 26, 2024 Calculating Emissions at the Individual Farm Level Dr. Kaiyu Guan University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
September 24, 2024 Data for Dairy Reza Afshar Vice President, Soil, Feed and Water Research at Dairy Management Inc.
September 11, 2024 A Game Changer for Dairy’s Future Dr. Juan Tricarico Senior Vice President, Environmental Research, Dairy Management Inc.
June 11, 2026 NCBA & FFAR Demonstrate the Power of Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Antimicrobial Stewardship
April 30, 2026 FFAR & Novo Nordisk Foundation Establish $34.7 Million Agricultural Nitrogen Use Efficiency Platform
Measuring What Matters: Understanding US Soil Health Practices Adoption Breakthrough for Seeding Solutions Grant Analyzes Soil Health Practices
Converting Agricultural Waste into Snacks Breakthrough for FFAR Awards $540,000 Grant to Minimize Food Waste
Reducing Food Waste by Predicting Product Shelf Life Breakthrough for FFAR Grant to Accurately Predict Food’s Shelf Life to Reduce Food Waste
High Protein Chickpeas for the Ingredient Industry Breakthrough for FFAR Grant Improves Chickpeas’ Protein Content & Quality
Estimating Weights of Broiler Chickens with AI Breakthrough for Flockfocus – Developing Automated Surveillance Tools to Safeguard Chicken Welfare
Safeguarding the Future of Mid-Atlantic Viticulture Breakthrough for Developing Novel Strategies for Improved Control and Sustainability of Grapevine Bunch Rot Management
Combating Native & Managed Pollinator Population Declines Breakthrough for 16 Research Teams Receive FFAR Grants to Improve Pollinator Health
Developing Strawberry Resistance to Fusarium Wilt Breakthrough for Developing Strawberry Resistance to Fusarium Wilt
Tracking Disruptions to the Food Supply Chain Breakthrough for Food and Agricultural Vulnerability Index
Enhancing Swine Biosecurity in the Wean-to-Harvest Phase Breakthrough for SHIC Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program Moving Forward
Developing Functional Ice to Keep Food Fresher, Longer Breakthrough for Innovations in the Food Supply Chain to Reduce Food Waste
Farmer-to-Farmer Learning Helps Preserve Water & Soil Health, Increase Profits Breakthrough for Novel Farmer-to-Farmer Learning Approaches to Cultivate a Culture of Conservation in the Mississippi River Basin
Common Sheep & Goat Deworming Treatment Largely Ineffective Breakthrough for FFAR Vet Fellows Fifth Cohort
Creating Tools for Testing Bird Flu Breakthrough for Field-deployable biosensors for managing animal health
Deleting Wheat Proteins that Cause Intolerances Breakthrough for Reducing Wheat Allergenicity: Paving the Way to Non-Allergenic Wheat
Loyalty Shopper Card Intervention Creates Behavior Change Breakthrough for Individually-targeted incentives, diet quality and health outcomes among adults
AI & Supercomputing Can Quantify Emissions from Individual Farms Breakthrough for FFAR Grant Quantifies Organic Carbon to Improve Agricultural Productivity
Developing an Extensive Database of US Groundwater Wells Breakthrough for Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Management Through Innovative Governance & Optimal Agricultural Water Use Under Conflicting Objectives
Building Collaborations for Technology-Driven Solutions in Agriculture Breakthrough for Open Technology Ecosystem for Agricultural Management (OpenTEAM)