Optimizing reduced tillage systems for vegetables grown in the upper Northeast

Project Overview

LNE03-189
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2003: $150,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2006
Region: Northeast
State: New York
Project Leader:
Dr. Anusuya Rangarajan
Email
Cornell University

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Agronomic: oats, rye, grass (misc. perennial), hay
  • Fruits: berries (strawberries)
  • Vegetables: beans, beets, broccoli, cabbages, cucurbits, peas (culinary), peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes

Practices

  • Animal Production: feed/forage
  • Crop Production: conservation tillage
  • Education and Training: demonstration, extension, farmer to farmer, focus group, mentoring, networking, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research, workshop
  • Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns
  • Pest Management: chemical control, cultural control, mulches - killed, mulches - living, physical control, mulching - plastic, cultivation, precision herbicide use, row covers (for pests), mulching - vegetative
  • Production Systems: agroecosystems, holistic management
  • Soil Management: green manures, organic matter, soil quality/health
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