Project Overview
FNE00-298
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2000: $3,298.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2000
Region: Northeast
State: New Jersey
Project Leader:
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn, sorghum (milo), soybeans, wheat
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage, feed formulation
Proposal summary:
This project explores whether drought-resistant sorghum can be used instead of corn for finishing bison. The project was triggered by the droughts of 1998 and 1999; it will explore the economics of feeding sorghum, the feed preferences of bison, and the bison response to sorghum instead of corn.
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