Project Overview
LNE10-301
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2010: $179,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2013
Grant Recipient:
Cornell University
Region: Northeast
State: New York
Project Leader:
Reducing climatic and disease risks through minimum tillage systems for vegetables
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Vegetables: beans, cabbages, cauliflower, cucurbits, sweet corn, tomatoes
Practices
- Crop Production: conservation tillage
- Education and Training: demonstration, extension, farmer to farmer, on-farm/ranch research, study circle
- Energy: energy use
- Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns
- Pest Management: cultural control, economic threshold, weather monitoring
- Production Systems: organic agriculture
- Soil Management: soil analysis, soil quality/health
Proposal abstract:
Performance targets from proposal: