Project Overview
ENC98-032
Project Type: Professional Development Program
Funds awarded in 1998: $45,740.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2001
Matching Federal Funds: $37,980.00
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $37,980.00
Region: North Central
State: Iowa
Project Coordinator:
Mark D. Boswell
Southern Iowa Forage and Livestock Committee
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn, oats, wheat, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Animals: bovine, sheep
- Animal Products: dairy
Practices
- Animal Production: grazing - continuous, feed formulation, manure management, mineral supplements, grazing - multispecies, pasture fertility, pasture renovation, preventive practices, grazing - rotational, stockpiled forages, watering systems, winter forage, feed/forage
- Crop Production: nutrient cycling
- Education and Training: networking
- Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns, value added, whole farm planning
- Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity, riverbank protection, soil stabilization
- Pest Management: allelopathy, biological control, chemical control, competition, economic threshold, field monitoring/scouting, physical control
- Production Systems: integrated crop and livestock systems
- Sustainable Communities: social networks, sustainability measures
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