Project Overview
LNE97-097
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1997: $43,986.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1999
Region: Northeast
State: Vermont
Project Leader:
Enid Wonnacott
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: barley, corn, oats, soybeans, wheat, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Animal Products: dairy
Practices
- Animal Production: parasite control, grazing - continuous, feed additives, feed formulation, feed rations, herbal medicines, homeopathy, manure management, mineral supplements, pasture fertility, preventive practices, probiotics, grazing - rotational, stockpiled forages, vaccines, winter forage, feed/forage
- Crop Production: cover crops, intercropping, nutrient cycling, organic fertilizers
- Education and Training: demonstration, extension, farmer to farmer, mentoring, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
- Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns, agricultural finance, value added, whole farm planning
- Pest Management: biological control, botanical pesticides
- Production Systems: transitioning to organic, integrated crop and livestock systems
- Soil Management: composting, green manures, soil analysis, nutrient mineralization, organic matter, soil quality/health
- Sustainable Communities: analysis of personal/family life, sustainability measures
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