Project Overview
LS01-120
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2001: $230,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2005
Region: Southern
State: North Carolina
Principal Investigator:
Dr. J. Paul Mueller
North Carolina State University
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn, cotton, peanuts, rye, soybeans, wheat, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Vegetables: sweet potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes
- Animals: bovine
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage
- Crop Production: conservation tillage
- Education and Training: demonstration, display, extension
- Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns
- Natural Resources/Environment: afforestation, riparian buffers
- Pest Management: biological control, field monitoring/scouting, integrated pest management, mulches - killed, mulches - living
- Production Systems: transitioning to organic, integrated crop and livestock systems
- Soil Management: green manures, soil analysis
- Sustainable Communities: partnerships
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