SBIR/STTR Research Award
On-Planter Directed Energy Seed Priming to Increase Producer Profitability
Award amount
$649,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Recipient company
- GLOBAL NEIGHBOR, INC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-08-14
- Contract end date
- 2026-08-31
- UEI
- NPUGU9DUNSN4
- Solicitation number
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-010287
- Topic code
- 8.13
Research abstract
PROJECTSUMMARY
Title:On-PlanterDirectedEnergySeedPrimingtoIncreaseProducerProfitability
PD: JacksonJon Institution:GlobalNeighborInc.(GNI)
Theworld'spopulationisgrowingincreasingfooddemandfarbeyondarablelandavailabilityso
producersneedawaytoincreasetheiryieldusingcurrentacreage.ThroughthisproposalGlobal
NeighborInc.(GNI)withthesupportofcollaboratorCNHIndustrial(CNH)andinvestorswill
furthervalidatethetechnicalandcommercialfeasibilityofGNI'snovelDirectedEnergySeed
Priming(DESP)system.Projectkeytechnologyobjectivesareto1)FinalizeDESPdesignbasedon
PhaseIresearch;2)ValidateDESPfielddesignwithon-farmfieldtrial;3)Prepareforcommercial
launch;and4)Disseminatefindingswithintheagriculturalcommunity.
DESPhasthepotentialtobringtomarketanefficientandcosteffectiveon-planterseedpriming
solutionprovidingaproduct-marketfitthatbenefitsfarmersandservesasalaunchingpointfor
furtherinnovation.Theworkpromisestoenhancefarmlandproductivitystimulatingeconomic
developmentinruralcommunities.TheprojectbuildsonasuccessfulPhaseIandwillestablishthe
foundationforcontinuedcommercializationeffortsthroughprivatefundingsources.
SeedprimingonrowcropswithDEholdsthepromiseofsustainablyincreasingoutputfromeachacre
by5-10%providingabroadsocietalbenefitofincreasedfoodsecurityandtheadoptionofmore
sustainablefarmingpractices.WiththeU.S.soybeanmarketbeingontheorderof$50Bifsoybean
outputcouldbeincreasedby5%theproposedeffortholdsthepromiseofboostingU.S.agricultural
outputbyover$2B/yrfordomesticsoybeanproducersalonerepresentingatremendousreturnon
investmentfortheproject.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Improving Small Farm Profitability Using Directed Energy Weed Management
- On-Planter Directed Energy Seed Priming to Increase Producer Profitability
- Global Neighbor: Robotic, non-chemical invasive vegetation control for reduced flightline FOD
- Improve Weed Management – Stop the weeds when seeds
- Improve Weed Management - Stop the weeds when seeds
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Research funding history
8 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2012–2025). Reported award amounts total $4,595,523. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense