Project Overview
FNE95-079
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 1995: $5,970.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1996
Region: Northeast
State: Maine
Project Leader:
Commodities
- Agronomic: hops
Practices
- Crop Production: conservation tillage, cover crops, fertilizers, intercropping
- Pest Management: mulching - vegetative, weed ecology
- Soil Management: soil quality/health
Proposal summary:
Jonathan Blumberg will develop an environmentally benign and cost-effective method of hop production through a soil improvement and fertilization program, use of legume cover crops and secondary intercrops and efficient hop cultural techniques
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