AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING April 6, 2021
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ovine respiratory disease is the most common and costly disease affecting beef cattle in the world. Mohit Verma, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue University, recently received multiple awards, totaling $1.4 million, from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to support his groundbreaking work to produce a biosensor-based decision-making tool to manage the disease. The innovation will also help reduce and target the use of antibiotics, strengthening public trust in animal agricultural practices of antibiotic stewardship.
FFAR recently announced Verma’s receipt of the FFAR New Innovator Award and the International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA) Technology Working Group Award. With this new support, Verma’s team now has additional industrial collaborators including Cactus Feeders, Five Rivers Cattle, Tyson Foods, McDonald
WEST LAFAYETTE â Bovine respiratory disease is the most common and costly disease affecting beef cattle in the world.
Mohit Verma, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue University, recently received multiple awards, totaling $1.4 million, from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research to support his groundbreaking work to produce a biosensor-based decision-making tool to manage the disease.
The innovation also will help reduce and target the use of antibiotics, strengthening public trust in animal agricultural practices of antibiotic stewardship.
FFAR recently announced Vermaâs receipt of its New Innovator Award and the International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture Technology Working Group Award.
Purdue professor tackles bovine respiratory disease with over $1 million in grant support
Mohit Verma, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue. (Purdue University photo/Tom Campbell).
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Bovine respiratory disease is the most common and costly disease affecting beef cattle in the world. Mohit Verma, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue University, recently received multiple awards, totaling $1.4 million, from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to support his groundbreaking work to produce a biosensor-based decision-making tool to manage the disease.
The innovation also will help reduce and target the use of antibiotics, strengthening public trust in animal agricultural practices of antibiotic stewardship.
Mar 12, 2021
The Great Pork Hackathon Part 1: Shipping takes place March 24-26, 2021 OAK BROOK, Ill. Farm Foundation , an accelerator of practical solutions for agriculture, and the Open Ag Technology and Systems (OATS) Center at Purdue University are hosting The Great Pork Hackathon Series Part 1: Shipping, March 24-26, 2021, in conjunction with OATSCON21. Software developers who can help build apps, tools and integrations, and pork industry stakeholders who can provide advice, ideas and direction are encouraged to participate in this free event.
“This event is a great opportunity for coders interested in agriculture to build their reputations as great developers while also helping to solve a real problem with open source software,” said Aaron Ault, senior research engineer for Purdue OATS.