Pollinator Health Fund

Pollinator Health Fund is sponsored by Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). Funds research projects aimed at improving pollinator health, including honey bee disease controls.

Pollinator Health Fund - Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research Your browser does not support the video tag. FFAR » 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. Partnerships & Development Contact development@foundationfar. org Pollinators, including bats, butterflies, bees and hummingbirds, provide essential services in nature and are necessary for healthy, productive agricultural ecosystems.

Pollinators contribute more than $24 billion to the U.S. economy annually, and insect pollinators support crop yields. A variety of domestic crops rely on pollinators to reproduce, as pollinators ensure the development of full-bodied fruit and fertile seed sets in many crops. Unfortunately, declining populations of both wild and managed pollinators threaten these crops.

New technology, knowledge and best practice guidance tailored to specific regions and land uses has the potential to improve pollinator health across the U.S.. Researchers funded through the Pollinator Health Fund are working to address social and economic challenges faced by beekeepers, farmers, homeowners and other land managers across the U.S..

FFAR created the Pollinator Health Fund to combat the economic and environmental impacts of declining pollinator populations in the U.S. and improve pollinator health and habitats.

Pollinator Health Fund Awarded Grants Developing Public School Curricula and Training High School Students and Teachers as Ambassadors for Pollinator Protection 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 FFAR award amount $503,028 Total award amount $1,006,343 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 FFAR award amount $490,356 Total award amount $980,712 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 See all Pollinator Health Fund Awarded Grants Our Insights highlight unique perspectives from across the food and agriculture community.

A Story of Perseverance & Community FFAR Fellow, NC State University FFAR Fellow, Michigan State University FFAR Fellow, Washington State University Drs.

Miriam Martin LeValley, Megan Niederwerder & Lisa Becton FFAR Fellow, Colorado State University Making Feed Safer for Livestock FFAR Fellow, Penn State University Fall Migratory Birds Spread HPAI Scientific Program DirectorCultivating Thriving Production Systems Amplifying Impact Through Research Partnerships Scientific Program DirectorCultivating Thriving Production Systems Smarter Pest Management for Soybean H5N1 Risk to Swine Research Program Drs.

Jasmine Bruno & Megan Niederwerder Thriving Beef Calves in the Southeastern US FFAR Fellow (2022-2025), University of Florida Time Teaches Biosecurity Importance Editor, The Farmer/Farm Progress A Game Changer for Dairy’s Future Senior Vice President, Environmental Research, Dairy Management Inc. Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions from Dairy Cattle Dr. Francisco Peñagaricano and Dr. Guillermo Martinez Boggio President and CEO U.S. Dairy Export Council Animal Biology Graduate Student, UC Davis Insight on Livestock Methane Mitigation Dr. Rod Mackie, Professor, Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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 Filling the Hemp Research Gap Dr. Saharah Moon Chapotin & Eric Hurlock The latest news and updates from FFAR.

FFAR Research Explores Novel Approach to Protect Livestock from New World Screwworm FFAR Grant Targets Pest Threatening California’s Nut Industry FFAR Research to Strengthen U.S. New World Screwworm Preparedness FFAR Rapid Funding Explores Genetic Immunity to Avian Influenza Advancing a More Effective Control of New World Screwworm Rapid Funding to Explore Disease-Resistant Poultry for Avian Influenza Control NCBA & FFAR Demonstrate the Power of Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Antimicrobial Stewardship Funding Opportunity to Advance Antimicrobial Stewardship in Animal Agriculture New Research Aims to Refine Antibiotic Use in Beef & Swine 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 FFAR Develops Decontamination Strategy for HPAI-Infected Milk FFAR Spurs Tool to Test for Bird Flu FFAR Funds Partnership to Accelerate Soybean Development FFAR Rapid Funding to Protect Cattle from Asian Longhorned Tick Tools, technologies and strategies from the research we fund.

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 Breakthrough for SHIC Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program Moving Forward 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 Radiography could transform poultry breeding 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 Why Dairy Cows Produce Less Milk in Warm Weather Breakthrough for FFAR Grant Helps Heat-Stressed Dairy Cows Weather Increasing Temperatures 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 Breakthrough for FFAR-Funded Research Finds Feed Additives Stop the Spread of Viral Diseases Initial Successes in Ending Surgical Castration of Swine Breakthrough for FFAR Awards $500,000 Grant to Improve Swine Health and Well-Being ID: 549031, 549058, 549032, 549044, 552951, 549029, 549049, 549024, 549053, 549052, 549033, 549055, 549037, 549025, 549046 Want to do more to support pollinators?