Project Overview
SW01-004
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2001: $48,500.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2003
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $73,500.00
Region: Western
State: New Mexico
Principal Investigator:
Greg Shultz
NewFarms
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn, oats, potatoes, wheat, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Fruits: melons, apples, peaches, pears, berries (strawberries)
- Vegetables: sweet potatoes, beans, beets, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, cucurbits, eggplant, garlic, greens (leafy), onions, peas (culinary), peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes, turnips
- Additional Plants: herbs
- Animals: bees, bovine, poultry, rabbits, swine
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage, housing, feed formulation, free-range, feed rations, manure management, mineral supplements, grazing - multispecies, pasture fertility, pasture renovation, preventive practices, range improvement, grazing - rotational, stockpiled forages, watering systems, winter forage
- Crop Production: windbreaks
- Education and Training: decision support system, demonstration, display, extension, farmer to farmer, focus group, mentoring, networking, technical assistance
- Farm Business Management: whole farm planning, new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, community-supported agriculture, cooperatives, marketing management, agricultural finance, market study, risk management, value added
- Natural Resources/Environment: afforestation, biodiversity, grass waterways, habitat enhancement, hedgerows, riparian buffers, riverbank protection, soil stabilization, hedges - woody
- Pest Management: biological control, botanical pesticides, cultural control, economic threshold, eradication, field monitoring/scouting, integrated pest management, physical control, mulching - plastic, cultivation, prevention, row covers (for pests), sanitation, trap crops, mulching - vegetative, weed ecology
- Production Systems: agroecosystems, holistic management, transitioning to organic
- Soil Management: green manures, organic matter, soil analysis, composting, soil quality/health
- Sustainable Communities: infrastructure analysis, new business opportunities, partnerships
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.