Sen. Cramer Announces Nearly $300,000 Grant to North Dakota State University for Crop Breeding Research

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By Peace Garden News Report

Jun 24, 2023

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $299,581 to North Dakota State University to facilitate breeding research and develop new genetic and genomic resources for a variety of wheat species.

These funds are distributed through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the nation’s leading competitive grants program for agricultural sciences.

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U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N. Dak.)