Project Overview
FNC97-178
Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 1997: $5,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1998
Region: North Central
State: Minnesota
Project Coordinator:
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn, soybeans, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Additional Plants: herbs
- Animals: bees
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage
- Crop Production: conservation tillage
- Education and Training: demonstration, extension, on-farm/ranch research
- Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, cooperatives, budgets/cost and returns, feasibility study, value added
- Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity
- Pest Management: competition, compost extracts, flame, mulches - living, physical control, cultivation, prevention, smother crops
- Production Systems: holistic management
- Soil Management: green manures, organic matter
- Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities, urban agriculture, urban/rural integration, employment opportunities, social networks, sustainability measures
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