The document summarizes key accomplishments and provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill related to agricultural research and education. It outlines the establishment of new grant programs, research priorities, and institutions eligible for funding. Highlights include creating competitive grants for specialty crops, food safety training, and pulse crop research, as well as designating new Centers of Excellence and allowing industrial hemp research at colleges. The bill also modified matching fund requirements for several existing USDA grant programs.

1. Accomplishments of Title VII of the 2014 Farm Bill
Listed in Order of Appearance
Subtitle A – National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
Section 7101. Option to be included as a non-land grantcollegeof agriculture.
- Provisionthata school maybe consideredoreliminatedfrombeinga“cooperatingforestry
school”if saidschool sendsa letterof intentiontothe Secretaryof Agriculture
- Provisionthata school maybe consideredoreliminatedfrombeinga“Hispanic-serving
agricultural college anduniversity”if saidschool sendsaletterof intentiontothe Secretary
of Agriculture
- Designatedtothe Secretaryof Agriculture the responsibilityof establishingaprocesswhere
schoolscan applyto be “Non-LandGrant College of Agriculture”.
Section 7102. NationalAgriculturalResearch,Extension,Education,and EconomicsAdvisory Board
- AssignedAdvisoryBoardrole of consultingwithindustry,extension,education,and
economicsgroups,andmake recommendationstothe Secretaryof Agriculture
Section 7103. Specialty Crop Committee
- Establishedthe CitrusDiseaseSubcommittee
Section 7104. Veterinary Services GrantProgram
- Response tothe shortage of veterinaryservices
- Developscompetitive grantprogramwiththe purposesof:
o Recruitment,PlacementandRetention
o Coverexpensestoattendtrainingprograms
o Establishorexpandveteducationprograms
o Provide continuingeducationandextension
o Technical assistance toapplyforthisgrant
Section 7106. Agriculturaland Food Policy Research Centers
- Requiresentitiesreceivinggrantstohave a historyof “nonpartisaneconomicanalysisto
Congress”and“objective,scientificinformationtoagenciesandthe public”
- Outlinesthatthe Secretarywill givepreference toentitiesthathave extensive databases,
models,anddemonstratedexperience;orinformation,analysis,andresearchrelatingto
droughtmitigation
Section 7107. Education Grantsto Alaska NativeServing Institutionsand NativeHawaiian Serving
Institutions
- Eliminatedabilitytogive non-competitivegrants
Section 7111. Continuing AnimalHealthand Disease Research Programs
- Outlinedspecificguidelinesforacompetitive grantprogram
- Determined85%allocatedtograntprogram, and15% allocatedto infrastructure plan
Section 7113. Grants to UpgradeAgricultureand Food ScienceFacilities and EquipmentatInsularArea
Land-GrantInstitutions.

2. - Addedpurpose of supportingtropical andsubtropical research
Section 7122. Supplementaland Alternative Crops.
- RestrictedSecretary of Agriculture tousingonlycompetitive grantsforthisprogram
Section 7128. Matching FundsRequirement
- Requiresall grantsawardedbythe Secretaryof Agriculture tobe matchedby the entity
receivingthe grant.Thiscan be withfundsor in-kindcontributions.Some exceptionsdo
apply. (TwoExceptions:USDA ResearchAgencyandEntityreceivingfundsforthe
infrastructure program)
- Throughthe NationalAg Research,Extension,and Teaching Policy Actof 1977…
Removedrequirement forStatestomatch fundsforgrants to:
o maintainfederal standardsatVetClinics
o entitiesconcerningaquaticfoodspecies
o entitiesconcerningrangelandresearch
- Throughthe Food,Agriculture,Conservation,and TradeActof 1990…
Removedmatchingfundsrequirementfor
o agricultural genome grants
o high-priorityagresearchgrants
o organicresearchgrants
(Exception:States stillpayatleast50% fordevelopingsustainableagriculture programs)
- Throughthe AgriculturalResearch,Extension,and Education ReformActof 1998
Removed5-yearmaximumtermof grantsforintegrated,multifunctional agresearch
Removedmatchingfundsrequirementforspecialtycropinitiativegrants
- Throughthe Sun GrantProgram
Exemptedmatchingfundsrequirementforgrantsto sungrant centersor subcenters
Section 7129. Designation of CentralState University as1890 Institution
- DesignatedCentral State Universityaseligible entity
- CSU can’t receive fundsforExtensionprogramsorAgricultural research
- CSU can’t receive fundsforcooperativeextensionwork
- CSU can’t receive fundsforforestryprograms/research(McIntire-Stennis)
Subtitle B – Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
Section7209. High-priorityResearchandExtensionInitiatives
- Eliminated 13areas as high-priorityresearchandextensioninitiatives
- Addedthe followingashigh-priorityresearchandextension initiatives
o Coffee PlantHeathInitiativewithregardstothe Coffee Berry Borer(pest) andan
integratedpestmanagementplan
o Corn,SoybeanMeal,Cereal Grains,andGrain Byproductswithregardsto the use of
these commoditiesasfeeds –specificallydigestibility,nutritional value,and
efficiency
- Creationof a Pulse CropHealthInitiative
o Pulse Crops(drybeans,drypeas,lentils,andchickpeas) withregardstohuman
nutrition,health,functionality,technologies,productivityandphytonutrient
content,pestanddisease management,nitrogenfixationandenergy/carbon,water
usage,educationandtechnical assistance

3. o RequiresSecretarytocreate a competitivegrant,prioritywill be givento
applicationswithcooperatingentities.Resultswill be communicatedtopulse crop
industry.
- Createscompetitive granttoestablishanintegratedtrainingprogramtoprotectthe
Americanfoodsupply,knownasthe ‘ComprehensiveFoodSafetyTrainingNetwork’.
Requirementsforthe programare to:
o provide basictrainingforofficialsproducers,processors,andothers
o serve ascenterfor administration
o implementnationallystandardizedcurriculum
o establishsmall cadre of specializedinstructors
o reviewtrainingproposedbyNIFA andotheragencies
o assistinimplementationof foodsafetyprotectiontraining
o performance evaluationsandoutcome reportsprovidedtothe Secretaryregarding
the program
- Allowspollinatorforagestobe plantedandmaintainedonNational ForestLands
Section 7214. Centersof Excellence
- Creationof “Centersof Excellence” RecognitionProgram, Advantage tosome fundinggrants
Subtitle C – Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
Section 7306. Specialty Crop Research Initiative
- Specified howthe Secretary awardsthese grants(scientificpeerreview andindustryreview)
- RequiresSecretarytoconsultthe committee before reviewinggrants
- RequiresSecretarytoreporttoHouse and Senate Agabout SpecialtyCropCommittee
- EstablishedgrantprogramforCitrusDisease ResearchandExtensionActivities
- Requiresprioritytobe giventoprojectsaboutpriorityissues
- Requiredcoordinationwithfederal andstate agencies,andpublic/private research
Section 7310. Forestry ProductsAdvanced Utilization Research
- Established acompetitivegrantprogramfor the purpose of:
o woodquality,engineering,andtimberlandmanagement
o improvingevaluationmethods,lumberquality,andtechnology
- Secretaryhasto submita reportto House and Senate AgCommittees
Subtitle D – Other Laws
Section 7402. Equity in EducationalLand-GrantStatusActof 1994
- Added7 entitiesandremoved3entitiestoeligible“1994 Institutions”
- Expandedcooperationrequirementtoinclude anyAgResearchService withthe USDA,
otherland-grants,non-land-grants,orcooperatingforestryschool
Section 7404. Competitive,Special,And Facilities Research Grant Act.
- AddedtwopriorityareaswithinAnimalhealthandproductionanimals
o Vaccines,methods,andsystems;includingepizootic(inanimal populations)
diseasesandzoonotic(canbe transferredtohumans) diseases
o Animal drugneedsandapplicationmethods
- Addednewpriorityareawithin“bioenergy,natural resources,andenvironment”

4. o Effectivenessof conservationfornutrientlossandwaterquality
- Addednewpriorityareawithin“Agriculture economicsandrural communities”
o Economicbenefitsof usingconservationtoimprove waterquality
- Requirementof Secretarytoestablishprocedure andtimelinesforgrants
- Requiresgrantsgivenoutunderthissectionto be inline withthe priorityareas
- Added“foundations”tothe typesof eligible entities
- Addeda matchingfundsrequirement
- Secretarycan take no more than 4 percentof fundsforadministrativecosts
- Addedthe followingprioritiesforthe Inter-Regional ResearchProjectNumber4
o specialtycroppesticide use
o pestmanagementinminoruse andspecialtycrops
o data collectionneededforpesticideregulation
o removingtrade barriersdue topesticide use
o registrationandreregistrationof pestmanagementtech
Section 7409. Beginning Farmerand RancherDevelopmentProgram.
- Rewrote the purposesforthe grantprogram
- OpenedtoSchool-basedAgricultural EducationOrganizations
- Amountof fundssetaside decreased from25 percentto5 percentforunderresourced
farmers,sociallydisadvantagedfarmers,andfarmworkerswhowanttobecome farmers
- No lessthan5 percentof fundstobe set aside forveteranfarmers
- No lessthan10 percentof fundscan be usedfor indirectcosts
- Entitieswhoreceive thisgrantare allowedtocoordinate withotherentities
Subtitle E – Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Section 7516. Sun Grant Program
AlloweddifferentGovernmentagenciestobe utilized
Subtitle F – Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7601. Foundation forFood and AgricultureResearch.
- Establishedanon-governmental foundationtoadvance agricultural researchby:
o Fosteringcollaborationbetweenresearchers
o Awardinggrants,enterintocontracts,memos,andcooperative agreements
o Facilitatingpublic/privatepartnerships
- Establishedaboardof directorsandstaff
- Setrequirementsforboardmeetings,business,andpurposes
- Outlinedseparationof fundsandresourceswithinfoundation
Section 7604. Cotton DiseaseResearch Report
- RequiresSecretarytosubmitreportto congressaboutfusariumoxysporumf.sp.
Vasinfectum(FOV)
Section 7606. Legitimacy of IndustrialHemp Research.
Clarifiedrequirementsforcollegestogrow andresearchindustrial hemp