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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 ...

Energy-Efficient Extreme Winter Solar Greenhouse for Urban Farms in Rapid City SDProject SummaryThis collaborative proposal from Shende LLC in partnership with the researchers from theSouth Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT) Rapid City SD seeks to develop anEnergy Efficient Extreme Winter Solar Greenhouse product.Rapid City (RC) was declared as one of the cities with the most unpredicta ...

Tick-borne pathogens cause major economic losses to the livestock industry leading to anestimated $19.7 billion in losses for the U.S. including approximately $3 billion in losses for cattleproducers. Among the 900 species of ticks the Asian longhorned tick (ALT) an invasive non- native tick species poses a major threat to animal health and productivity in cattle and otherlivestock. Currently tick ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The food supply chain consists of many potential contamination points including growingharvesting post-harvest handling transport processing distribution storage and packaging andfinally preparation by the consumer.Food can become contaminated with harmfulmicroorganisms at any point in the supply chain.If left unchecked microbial contamination cancause foodborne illness if the consumer eats contam ...

In this SBIR Phase II project Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) and University ofCalifornia Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) propose to develop anirrigation system to desalinate brackish water for high value crop yield. This concept uses ahumidification/condensation process to provide affordable freshwater to depleted agriculturalregions. The successful implementation o ...

We propose to develop effective robust rechargeable and economic antimicrobial coatings tofight cross-contamination in food manufacturing and improve food safety. The severeconsequences of microbiological contamination (e.g. foodborne illnesses food recalls branddamage and economic losses) demand food industry to re-examine the current food safetycontrol strategies and introduce novel technologies ...

Across the US nearly all business sectors have enthusiastically adopted new technology.In direct contrast the crop insurance industry has been slow to adopt spatial technology -Earth observation satellite-based remote sensing image analysis GIS and digital recordkeeping. Spatial technology holds great promise to enhance accuracy efficiencyproductivity and profits for the crop insurance industry.Th ...