Project Overview
ENE96-021
Project Type: Professional Development Program
Funds awarded in 1996: $92,149.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1998
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $12,576.00
Region: Northeast
State: Pennsylvania
Project Leader:
Lawrence Muller
Dept. of Dairy & Animal Science, Pennsylvania State University
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: rye, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Animals: bovine, sheep
- Animal Products: dairy
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage, grazing - continuous, feed formulation, feed rations, free-range, manure management, mineral supplements, grazing - multispecies, pasture fertility, pasture renovation, grazing - rotational, stockpiled forages, watering systems, winter forage
- Crop Production: forestry, nutrient cycling
- Education and Training: decision support system, extension
- Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, feasibility study, agricultural finance, risk management, whole farm planning
- Natural Resources/Environment: riparian buffers, riverbank protection
- Pest Management: weed ecology
- Production Systems: integrated crop and livestock systems
- Soil Management: soil analysis, organic matter
- Sustainable Communities: urban/rural integration, sustainability measures
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