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FFAR Grant Helps Heat-Stressed Dairy Cows Weather Increasing Temperatures 

FFAR Announces $4M Animal Welfare Technology Research Initiative, In Partnership With McDonald’s 

Egg-Tech Prize Opportunity to Revolutionize Egg Production, Improve Animal Welfare and Save Billions 

Crop Modeling Project Awarded $5M 

FFAR Launches International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture 

Metagenomic Probes for the Rapid Identification of the Microbiome Community in A Wheat Rhizospheremodel System 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $120,000

Total award amount   $240,000

Location   Stillwater, OK

Matching Funders   Oklahoma State University

Grantee Institution   Oklahoma State University

Plant pathogens can harm plants, reduce water quality and cause soil erosion. Oklahoma State University researchers are using high-throughput sequencing to determine what affects plant health.

A Systematic Approach to Improve Heifer Selection and the Sustainability of Beef Production. 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $297,907

Total award amount   $599,310

Location   Auburn, AL

Matching Funders   Auburn University, Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Georgia, California State Beekeepers’ Association

Grantee Institution   Auburn University

Cattle infertility causes significant loss for cattle producers. Auburn University researchers are improving the efficiency of cattle production by identifying molecular markers that indicate reproductive potential. This research can help producers select cattle with the best reproductive capabilities.

Improving the Nutritional Quality of Tomatoes 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $299,042

Total award amount   $598,908

Location   Columbus, OH

Matching Funders   The Ohio State University

Grantee Institution   Ohio State University

Diet is the leading cause of many chronic diseases. The Ohio State University research team is combining plant breeding/genetics, analytical chemistry, bioinformatics and nutrition to develop tomatoes that are more beneficial for human health.

Tools to Detect and Understand Spread of African Swine Fever Virus 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $267,890

Total award amount   $535,780

Location   Des Moines, IA

Matching Funders   National Pork Board, Cargill, Kemin, Purina Animal Nutrition, Kansas State University

Grantee Institution   Kansas State University, Iowa State University

The African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) is a highly contagious disease that spreads rapidly in pig populations and has no known cure. Kansas State University and Iowa State University researchers are studying how ASFV survives in pens and developing diagnostic tools to test pigs for the virus.

A Microchip-based Chemical Sensor For Early-Stage in Ovo Sex Determination of Layer Chicks 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $400,000

Total award amount   $400,000

Location   Davis, CA

Program   Egg-Tech Prize

Matching Funders   Open Philanthropy

Grantee Institution   SensIT Ventures

As only female chicks are used for egg production, male chicks are culled after hatching. FFAR's Egg-Tech Prize is developing technology that can determine a chick’s sex before it hatches so male egg can be used for other purposes. SensIT Venture Inc. researchers are developing a chemical sensor chip to detect the volatiles and using machine learning to classify the eggs by gender. This project is one of the six Phase I winners, who received funding to develop the necessary technology to compete for the Prize.