Project Overview
LNC01-199
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2001: $24,500.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2003
Region: North Central
State: Ohio
Project Coordinator:
Improving Livestock and Grain Farms’ Contribution to Environmental Quality through Headwaters Learning Communities
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn, oats, soybeans, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Animal Products: dairy
Practices
- Animal Production: manure management, preventive practices, grazing - rotational, feed/forage
- Crop Production: cover crops, nutrient cycling, ridge tillage, conservation tillage
- Education and Training: demonstration, display, extension, farmer to farmer, focus group, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research, study circle
- Farm Business Management: cooperatives, marketing management
- Production Systems: agroecosystems, holistic management
- Soil Management: composting, green manures, soil analysis, organic matter, soil quality/health
- Sustainable Communities: partnerships, analysis of personal/family life, social capital, sustainability measures