Reducing herbicide usage, minimizing grazing down time, and improving pasture productivity with banded application of herbicide during pasture renovation

Project Overview

ONE03-006
Project Type: Partnership
Funds awarded in 2003: $9,980.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2006
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $26,898.00
Region: Northeast
State: Pennsylvania
Project Leader:
David Hartman
Email
Penn State University
Co-Leaders:
Ronald Hoover
Email
The Pennsylvania State University

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Animals: bovine, sheep

Practices

  • Animal Production: pasture renovation
  • Crop Production: continuous cropping, no-till
  • Education and Training: demonstration, extension, farmer to farmer, networking, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
  • Pest Management: competition, integrated pest management, mulches - killed, cultivation
  • Production Systems: general crop production
  • Soil Management: organic matter, soil analysis
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