Local stakeholders have been formally influencing the research and engagement agenda at the University of North Dakota (UND) for nearly 10 years through the Community Connect forum, journal, and website.

A team of breeders and geneticists at Kansas State University’s Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), are using DNA markers to predict important traits for bread wheat, such as dough strength and loaf volume.

The Harding Street Urban Agriculture Center, a Virginia Cooperative Extension Project at Virginia State University, is an indoor farm in the middle of a food desert in the city of Petersburg. The center is an example of how urban agriculture can be used to redevelop inner city communities through agriculture enterprise. The center serves as a year-round vegetable production facility, a retail storefront, and a research center.

Providing the correct balance of nutrients can be challenging for chicken farmers who mix their own feed. Nutritional imbalance can lead to malnourished or stressed chickens. An assistant professor at the University of Georgia released a mobile app that will help poultry producers mix feed ingredients to maintain a healthy flock.