How much funding does Delaware Soybean Board Research Grants provide?

Delaware Soybean Board Research Grants provides Varies annually (recent examples: $84,293.66, $57,361, $50,188, $53,762) in funding.

When is the deadline for Delaware Soybean Board Research Grants?

This grant has a rolling deadline or the deadline has not been announced.

Delaware Soybean Board Research Grants

DELAWARE SOYBEAN BOARD

Foundation Annual Agriculture Grants Grants for Science Research

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Funding Amount

Varies annually (recent examples: $84,293.66, $57,361, $50,188, $53,762)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Delaware Soybean Board Research Grants

Funder: Delaware Soybean Board

Program Type: Research funding for soybean production and pest/disease management

Geographic Scope: Delaware (with some projects at University of Maryland institutions)

Funding Source: Soybean checkoff program - farmers contribute one-half of one percent of the net market value of soybeans at first point of sale

Focus Areas:

Pest and disease management (soybean cyst nematode, stink bugs, kudzu bug, thrips, Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus)

Weed control (Palmer Amaranth, herbicide resistance)

Irrigation and fertigation rate optimization

Variety trials for yield improvement

Planting dates and population effects

Slug management and control

Deer damage management

Soil and nutrient management

Environmental sustainability (phosphorus in Chesapeake Bay)

Cover crop management

Eligible Applicants:

University researchers (primarily University of Delaware, University of Maryland, University of Maryland Eastern Shore)

Background:

Program authorized by Congress in 1990

Administered by Delaware Soybean Board, consisting of nine farmer-directors and the Secretary of Agriculture

Recent economic evaluation shows estimated rate of return of $12.34 for every dollar invested in soybean program (Cornell University study, 2019)

Delaware farmers plant approximately 150,000-180,000 acres annually, producing over 7 million bushels and generating approximately $60 million in value to the state

Contact Information:

Danielle Bauer Farace, Executive Director

Delaware Soybean Board

Phone: 443-812-4526

Email: Danielle@desoybeans.org

Website: www.desoybeans.org

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

Deadline

Rolling / Open

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Delaware Soybean Board Research Grants

Overview

Delaware Soybean Board Research Grants

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

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