Project Overview
LNE93-035
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1993: $60,846.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1995
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $174,742.00
Region: Northeast
State: New Jersey
Project Leader:
Robin G. Brumfield
Ag'l Economics & Marketing, Cook College, Rutgers State U
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn, potatoes, soybeans
- Fruits: apples, berries (other), berries (cranberries), peaches, berries (strawberries)
- Vegetables: beans, cabbages, cucurbits, onions, peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes
- Animals: bovine, poultry, goats, sheep
- Animal Products: dairy
Practices
- Animal Production: manure management, mineral supplements, pasture fertility, preventive practices, grazing - rotational, watering systems
- Crop Production: conservation tillage
- Education and Training: decision support system, demonstration, display, extension, farmer to farmer, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
- Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, agricultural finance, risk management, whole farm planning
- Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity
- Pest Management: biological control, botanical pesticides, chemical control, cultural control, disease vectors, economic threshold, eradication, field monitoring/scouting, integrated pest management, mulches - killed, mulches - living, physical control, mulching - plastic, cultivation, precision herbicide use, prevention, row covers (for pests), sanitation, soil solarization, trap crops, traps, mulching - vegetative, weather monitoring, weed ecology
- Production Systems: agroecosystems, holistic management, permaculture, integrated crop and livestock systems
- Soil Management: composting, green manures, organic matter, soil quality/health
- Sustainable Communities: sustainability measures
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