Project Overview
FNE01-388
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2001: $1,915.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2001
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $2,085.00
Region: Northeast
State: Massachusetts
Project Leader:
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: rye
- Animals: bees
Practices
- Crop Production: cover crops, organic fertilizers
- Education and Training: extension, farmer to farmer, on-farm/ranch research
- Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns, marketing management, agricultural finance
- Pest Management: field monitoring/scouting, mulches - living, mulching - plastic, mulching - vegetative
- Production Systems: general crop production
- Soil Management: green manures, organic matter, soil analysis
- Sustainable Communities: sustainability measures
Proposal summary:
Organic vine crops—in this case, mostly pumpkins—will be grown using cover within rows and plastic mulches between to test the impact of these mulches on labor, plant vigor, soil quality, and crop. The farmer will test buckwheat, sweet clover, and red clover, with clear cultivation as a control, and compare his results. An economic analysis will round out the picture.
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