Sen. Cramer: NIFA Awards $1.6 Million to NDSU

BISMARCK, N.D. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced a $1,600,000 investment in North Dakota State University (NDSU) to support research pertaining to the economics of markets and trade. Specifically, the award will be distributed to the following projects at NDSU:

• $800,000 to support a project assessing the resilience of the supply chain systems of corn and soybeans, the drought-induced impediments in the network under uncertainty, and the resulting impacts on trade, food security, and farm income.
• $800,000 to support a project assessing the impacts of regulations for genetically modified organisms.