Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness: $33,000

Economic Analysis of Farm Programs and Commodity Costs and Returns for Soybean and Grain Production in Louisiana, Michael Deliberto

Engaging Farmers in Climate-Smart Agriculture Through Outreach and Education, Naveen Adusumilli

Biological and Agricultural Engineering: $58,829

Improving Automatic Soybean Quality Analysis, Kevin Hoffseth

Lignin-Based Nanoparticles to Protect Photolabile Pesticides for Soybean Treatment, Cristina Sabliov

Communications: $7,500

2025 Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Annual Report and Web Portal, Frankie Gould

Dean Lee Research Station: $358,137

Developing Soybean Disease Management Programs in Central and South Louisiana, Boyd Padgett

Developing Disease Management Strategies for Corn, Grain Sorghum and Small Grains in Central and South Louisiana, Boyd Padgett

Determining the Critical Period of Weed Control in Soybean, Daniel Stephenson

Soybean On-Farm Demonstration Program, David Moseley

Louisiana Soybean Production Agronomic Best Management Practices: Decrease Risk and Increase Profits, David Moseley

Development of Sprayer and Remote Sensing Drone Technologies for Soybean, Corn, Wheat and Sorghum Crops, andy Price

Refining Insect Pest Management Approaches for Field Corn in Central Louisiana, James Villegas

Enhancing Management Strategies for Key Insect Pests Affecting Soybeans in Central Louisiana, James Villegas

Management Strategies for Sugarcane Aphids and Headworm Complex in Grain Sorghum, James Villegas

Strategies to Optimize Soybean Growth and Yield in Louisiana: A Biological and Nutritional Study, Saulo Castro

Evaluation of Weed Management Practices in Louisiana Soybean, Daniel Stephenson

Weed Control Strategies in Louisiana Feed Grains, Daniel Stephenson

Entomology: $154,248

New Tools and Tactics for Soybean IPM, Jeffrey Davis

Artificial Intelligence for Stink Bug Detection in Precision Pest Management, Ivan Grijalva and Michael Stout

Detecting Insect-Damaged Soybeans with Artificial Intelligence Solutions, Ivan Grijalva and Michael Stout

Bob R. Jones-Idlewild Research Station: $40,000

Environmental Testing of Toxicant to Control Feral Swine in Soybean Fields, Glen Gentry

Macon Ridge Research Station: $316,603

Corn On-Farm Demonstration Program, Shelly Kerns

Enhancing Soybean Insect Pest Management Strategies for Northeast Louisiana, Dawson Kerns

Integrated Corn Disease Management, Trey Price

Integrated Wheat Disease Management, Trey Price

Integrated Soybean Disease Management, Trey Price

Insecticide Application Strategies for Stink Bugs in Soybean, Dawson Kerns

Monitoring and Management of Stink Bugs on Non-Crop Hosts and Soybean, Dawson Kern

Evaluation of NDVI Use for Early Detection of Disease and Prescriptive Management of Fields Using Spray Drones, Shelly Kerns<

Northeast Research Station: $60,000

Soybean Weed Management Research in Northeast Louisiana, Donnie Miller

Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology: $328,272

The Potential of Adjuvants and Nanoparticles in Enhancing the Effectiveness of dsRNA in Managing Soybean Fungal Diseases, Zhi-Yuan Chen

A Genetic and Effector-Based Approach to Manage Fungal Diseases in Soybean, Jonathan Richards

Screening of Soybean Core Block Varieties for Resistance to Aerial Blight, Sara Thomas-Sharma

Integrated Approaches to Southern Root-Knot Nematode Management in Soybean, Tristan Watson

Characterization and Validation of Reniform Nematode Resistance in Soybean, Tristan Watson

Integrating Developments in Taproot Decline Pathology to Minimize Yield Loss, Vinson Doyle

Characterizing the Environmental Factors and Host Genetics That Influence CLB Disease Severity to Improve Epidemiological Modeling and Cultivar Selection, Vinson Doyle

Implement Plant-Derived Natural Molecules to Manage Important Fungal Diseases in Soybeans, Chien-Yu Huang

Identifying Weather Predictors Associated with Airborne Spores and Disease Outbreak in Cercospora Leaf Blight of Soybean, Sara Thomas-Sharma

Nematode Associated Yield Loss and Damage Thresholds in Soybean and Grain Crops, Tristan Watson

School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences: $235,310

Small Grain Breeding, Variety Development and Testing, Stephen Harrison and Noah DeWit

Improving Nutrient Availability and Uptake Efficiency in Field Crops Production using Biostimulant Technology, Brenda Tubaña

Soil Nutrient and Fertilization Research for Sustainable Grain and Soybean Production in Louisiana, Brenda Tubaña

Integrated Weed Management Solutions in the Assence of Dicamba for Mitigating Herbicide Resistance in Louisiana Soybean and Grain Crops, Prashant Jha

Total Funding for 2025: $1,591,889