Annual Legume-Based Systems for Sustainable Integrated Crop/Livestock Enterprise Diversification on the Central High Plains

Project Overview

SW03-008
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2003: $200,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2007
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $200,535.00
Region: Western
State: Wyoming
Principal Investigator:
James Krall
Email
University of Wyoming

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Agronomic: medics/alfalfa, peas (field, cowpeas), wheat

Practices

  • Animal Production: feed/forage, manure management, grazing - rotational
  • Crop Production: biological inoculants, continuous cropping, fallow, multiple cropping, no-till
  • Education and Training: demonstration, display, extension, mentoring, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
  • Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns
  • Natural Resources/Environment: soil stabilization
  • Pest Management: biological control, competition
  • Production Systems: agroecosystems, holistic management, integrated crop and livestock systems
  • Soil Management: organic matter
    Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.