Project Overview
ES97-027
Project Type: Professional Development Program
Funds awarded in 1997: $342,389.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1999
Region: Southern
State: Oklahoma
Principal Investigator:
Steven Smith
Oklahoma State University
A Training Program for Agriculture Educators Targeting Integrated Cow/calf Operation Management Systems
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Animals: bovine
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage, grazing - continuous, feed additives, feed formulation, feed rations, implants, mineral supplements, pasture fertility, grazing - rotational, winter forage
- Crop Production: nutrient cycling, organic fertilizers
- Education and Training: decision support system, demonstration, display, extension, farmer to farmer, networking, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
- Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, marketing management, feasibility study, agricultural finance, market study, value added, whole farm planning
- Production Systems: agroecosystems, integrated crop and livestock systems
- Soil Management: soil analysis
- Sustainable Communities: sustainability measures
