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Pollinator Health Fund
We developed the Pollinator Health Fund to combat the economic and environmental impacts of declining pollinator populations in the U.S. and aid in pollinator recovery.
We developed the Pollinator Health Fund to combat the economic and environmental impacts of declining pollinator populations in the U.S. and aid in pollinator recovery.
Pollinator Health Fund Awarded Grants
Developing Public School Curricula and Training High School Students and Teachers as Ambassadors for Pollinator Protection
Year Awarded 2018
FFAR award amount $297,499
Total award amount $594,998
Location West Lafayette, IN
Program Pollinator Health Fund
Matching Funders Purdue University
Grantee Institution Purdue University
Impact of Prairie on Reducing Interacting Stressors on Pollinator Health
Year Awarded 2018
FFAR award amount $503,028
Total award amount $1,006,343
Location Ames, Iowa
Program Pollinator Health Fund
Matching Funders Bayer CropScience LP, DuPont Pioneer, Iowa State University Foundation, Syngenta LLC, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa State University
Grantee Institution Iowa State University
The Effect of Farm Management and Floral Foraging Traits on Exposure of Crop Pollinators to The Multiple Interacting Stressors of Pesticides, Parasites and Inadequate Nutrition
Year Awarded 2018
FFAR award amount $490,356
Total award amount $980,712
Location Riverside, CA
Program Pollinator Health Fund
Matching Funders Hillary Sardinas, Ponisio and Woodard Start-up Funds, University of California (UC) Riverside College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UC Riverside Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Research and Economic Development Office
Grantee Institution University of California Riverside
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Kevin Schulz
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Building Team Chemistry
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Insight on Livestock Methane Mitigation
Dr. Rod Mackie, Professor, Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Indigenous Farmers are Leading a “New Green Revolution”
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
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Funding Opportunity to Advance Antimicrobial Stewardship in Animal Agriculture
New Research Aims to Refine Antibiotic Use in Beef & Swine
FFAR Rapid Funding to Develop an Avian Flu Vaccine for Livestock
Mitigating Airborne Transmission of Avian Flu
SHIC, FFAR and Pork Checkoff Issue Second H5N1 Swine Risk RFP
Assessing Feed Additive for Methane Reduction
Cameras & AI Could Enhance Poultry Welfare & Industry Productivity
Understanding HPAI Transmission Risk on Dairy Farms
Common Sheep & Goat Deworming Treatment Is Largely Ineffective
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FFAR Funds Partnership to Accelerate Soybean Development
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Tools, technologies and strategies from the research we fund.
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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
Enhancing Swine Biosecurity in the Wean-to-Harvest Phase
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Unlocking Genetic Heat Tolerance in Cattle
Breakthrough for Precision Bred Adaptation of Elite Taurine Breeds of Beef & Dairy Cattle
Accelerating Crop Development with Improved Haploid Fertility
Breakthrough for Accelerated Development of Crops of the Future
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Breakthrough for FFAR Awards $1.4 Million to Purdue University, University of California, Davis and University of Edinburgh Researchers to Improve Health and Productivity of Egg-Laying Hens
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Getting to the Root of the Problem: Fastidious Pathogens
Breakthrough for A Novel Bioassay for Culturing and Characterizing Fastidious Phytopathogens
Feed Additives Stop Viral Disease Spread
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Initial Successes in Ending Surgical Castration of Swine
Breakthrough for FFAR Awards $500,000 Grant to Improve Swine Health and Well-Being
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