The Foundation was incepted in November 1967 as a Foundation focused on agricultural research and education. In the beginning the Foundation focused primarily on research for advancing agricultural mechanization and technology. With that goal accomplished and the vast increase in cost to complete research the focus on education was strengthened, and is currently the life blood of the Foundation.

Projects Previously Sponsored by the Foundation

To learn more about any of these projects, click on the titles:

• Grazing Corn in an Integrated Crop and Livestock Management System
  
  
• Milk Pricing Policy Options and Consequences
  
  
• Reducing Nitrate Levels in Subsurface Drain Water with Organic Matter Incorporation
  
  
• Industrialization of Agriculture: Economic Implications for Producer Investments in the Value-Added Business
  
  
• Stream Temperature and Sediment Loading Monitoring and Applied Research Project
  
  
• Modifying Swine Diets to Reduce Fecal Nitrogen and pH in Facilitating Manure Composting and Odor Abatement **
  
  
• Legal, Economic, Environmental, and Policy Implications of Biotechnology **
  
  
• Developing New Remote Sensing Technology for More Economical Weed Control
  
  
• Understanding Forage Quality
  
  
• Evaluation of Alternative Coordination Systems Between Producers and Packers in the Pork Value Chain

** Not available electronically.  Contact foundation@fb.org to obtain a copy.