Project Overview
LNC94-073
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1994: $119,054.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1998
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $136,197.00
Region: North Central
State: Nebraska
Project Coordinator:
Charles Francis
Grain Place Foundation
Co-Coordinators:
Richard Olson
U. of NE-Lincoln, Ctr. for Sustainable Ag. Systems
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn, oats, rye, sorghum (milo), soybeans, wheat, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Vegetables: sweet corn
- Animals: bovine
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage, grazing - continuous, manure management, pasture fertility, pasture renovation, grazing - rotational
- Crop Production: conservation tillage
- Education and Training: demonstration, extension, mentoring, participatory research
- Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, marketing management, whole farm planning
- Natural Resources/Environment: afforestation, biodiversity, grass waterways, habitat enhancement, indicators
- Pest Management: allelopathy, biological control, chemical control, competition, cultural control, economic threshold, field monitoring/scouting, genetic resistance, integrated pest management, physical control, prevention
- Production Systems: transitioning to organic, agroecosystems, holistic management, integrated crop and livestock systems
- Soil Management: composting, green manures, organic matter, soil analysis
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