Improving grassland with interseeded alfalfa - SARE Grant Management System

LS17-286 (project overview)

Project Type: Research and Education

Funds awarded in 2017: $300,000.00

Projected End Date: 02/28/2021

Grant Recipient: Texas Tech University

Region: Southern

State: Texas

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Charles West

Texas Tech University

Description:

This is a fact sheet published by the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation (http://www.tawc.us) describing and economical way to improve forage nutritive value, productivity, and water use efficiency by interseeding alfalfa into a native grass pasture. TAWC is the outreach arm of the forage research program at Texas Tech University. This work was jointly funded by Southern SARE grant LS17-286 and the CH Foundation.

Type:

Fact Sheet

File:

Download file (PDF)

Authors:

Madhav Dhakal, Texas Tech University; Chuck West, Texas Tech University; Carlos Villalobos, Texas Tech University; Philip Brown, Texas Tech University; Paul Green, Texas Tech University; Rick Kellison, Texas Tech University; Kathryn Radicke, Texas Tech University; Jhones Sarturi, Texas Tech University; Donna McCallister, Texas Tech University

Target audience:

Farmers/Ranchers

URL:

https://www.depts.ttu.edu/tawc/_resources/2020interseedalfalfa.pdf

Ordering info:

Chuck West
chuck.west@ttu.edu
Texas Tech University
Plant & Soil Science Department
Lubbock, TX 79424
Publication/product ID: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/tawc/_resources/2020interseedalfalfa.pdf

This product is associated with the project "Long-term Agroecosystems Research and Adoption in the Texas Southern High Plains - Phase III"

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.