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VISIMO proposes to develop a risk management platform referred to internally as Demeter thatleverages a custom machine learning model to enhance the efficiency profitability and safety ofsmall and mid-sized farms. Demeter will advance the state of farm safety by identifying risksproviding mitigating actions and offering economic cost-benefit analyses for suggestedmitigations. Users can utillize th ...

The program objective is to build test and deploy the GeoFire Real-Time Wildfire Alert System(WAS) to definitively answer where a wildfire is right now and where it is heading next. This isaccomplished by using a high-density sensor network to track the location and growth of individualwildfire cells in real time. The GeoFire WAS is designed for exceptionally reliable operation:accurate fire detec ...

Project Summary - Enchi SBIR Application to the USDA October 2022Title: Accelerated cellulosic ethanol production using continuous cascade fermentation andengineered thermophilic bacteria.Project Directors: Christopher D. Herring (PD) Lee R. Lynd (Co-PD).Enchi Corp. aims to develop consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) for conversion of cellulosicbiomass into fuels and chemicals at low cost and without ...

PROPOSAL ABSTRACTPhase II: Redesigning Floriculture Marketplace & Inventory Management Tools for SmallProduce Farms to Increase Accessibility and Reduce CostPD/PIs: Amelia Ihlo Annika Martell Justine McFarlandBackground: Rooted Farmers has developed a dynamic online platform that provides broadregional market access across wholesale and retail channels for small- and mid-sized farms. Ourcurrent pl ...

PROJECT SUMMARYInstructions:The summary is limited to 250 words. The names and affiliated organizations of all Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PD/PI) should be listed inaddition to the title of the project. The summary should be a self-contained specific description of the activity to be undertaken and should focus on:overall project goal(s) and supporting objectives; plans to accomplis ...

USDA seeks to develop tools appropriate for small farms that enhance farm safety and riskmanagement. Farming remains an extremely dangerous occupation: agricultural workers are 33times more likely to die than workers in other industries (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2020).Farm-related injuries cost the U.S economy over four billion dollars per year (Leigh et al 2001).VISIMO will develop a machi ...

Poultry growing consumes a a great deal of energy and electricity and fuel (propane) costs are asignificant part of farmers' growing costs.Current solar photovoltaic power systems seem like theycould reduce the industry's costs however because of their technical limits they can not.Sun Edge proposes novel optics for separating sunlight into its component wavelengths allowingfor precise spectrum ma ...

PROJECT SUMMARY - ABSTRACT OF USDA-NIFA-SBIR GRANT APPLICATIONTITLE: Feasibility and Application of Industrial Hemp Fiber as an Agricultural SubstrateIncorporated in Growing MixesThis research is to advance the use ofnew farm produced Industrial Hemp biomass as acomponent for applications in agriculture specifically as a horticultural growth media and soilamendment. It will be conducted by PittMos ...

Gray mold and powdery mildew can account for as much as 80% of decay in strawberry productionand combined with arthropod pests have a significant impact on yield. Regular application ofpesticides is the traditional solution however increasing resistance regulations and a risingdemand for organic fruit production motivate a need for alternative non-chemical treatmentmethods. USDA ARS scientists dev ...

Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) proposes the development of an advanced lowcost insulation solution for small scale anaerobic digesters (AD) that relies on a salt hydratephase change material (PCM) to improve passive digestate temperature control and thereforesignificantly boost methane production while using the inherent thermal storage capability ofPCM to enable the use of unsteady ther ...