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Ohio State University Study Examines Soil Organic Carbon-Enhancing Practices 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Total award amount   $15,000,000

Location   Columbus, OH

Program   AgMission

Matching Funders   Bayer U.S. – Crop Science, Corteva, Cotton Incorporated, FONTAGRO, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Kansas Corn, Kansas State University, McDonald’s Corporation, Michigan State University, Microsoft, National Sorghum Producers, The Nature Conservancy, Ohio Corn & Wheat, Ohio Soybean Council, Ohio State University, PepsiCo, Sandia National Laboratories, United Sorghum Checkoff, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Utah Department of Agriculture & Food, Utah State University

Grantee Institution   Ohio State University

Carbon farming optimizes carbon capture by implementing practices that are known to improve the rate at which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and stored in plant material or soil organic matter. To fill research gaps in soil sequestration practices, Ohio State University researchers are studying the potential of soil management practices to mitigate climate change.

Manure – Waste or Resource? 

Portrait of Manny Sabbagh.

Manny Sabbagh

University of Minnesota

Diversifying the Future of Venture Capital 

The first cohort of the HBCU Kirchner Fellows are Bryana Pittman, Kwame Jackson and Martin Adu-Boahene who co-wrote this Insights piece to share the value of this fellowship and its potential impact.

FFAR & OCP North America Open Applications for Fertilizer Efficiency Research Fellowship 

Convening on Biochar Research & Commercialization 

Convening Event Virtual

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What Do We Call Innovation? Looking for Common Cause in a Sea of Needs 

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Susie Hutton

Grant Protects Florida Corn from Tar Spot Outbreak 

Mapping Trees in Future Climates: Integrating Knowledge, Data and Tools to Enhance Agroforestry Adoption for Climate Resilience 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $300,000

Total award amount   $642,085

Location   Madison, WI

Program   AgMission

Matching Funders   Canopy Farm Management, Great Lakes Protection Fund, Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust, Savanna Institute and University-Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Grantee Institution   Savanna Institute

The Savanna Institute is producing high-resolution future climate suitability maps across the Midwestern U.S. that can be incorporated into tools to inform climate-smart agroforestry adoption.

Kansas State University Provides Data on Nitrogen Management Practices in the Great Plains 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $872,560

Total award amount   $1,745,125

Location   Manhattan, KS

Matching Funders   Kansas Fertilizer Research Fund, Kansas State University and the United Sorghum Checkoff Program

Grantee Institution   Kansas State University

Limited data is available that evaluates nitrogen losses and provides producers with the information needed to reduce nitrogen fertilizer application rates for water-limited crops by using climate-smart agriculture practices. Kansas State University researchers are examining the key components of the nitrogen cycle in water-limited grain sorghum production under various climate-smart agriculture practices.