Project Search
Since its inception in 2004, CIG has funded hundreds of projects, boosting natural resource conservation while helping producers improve the health of their operations for the future. Use this tool to search for CIG projects based on any of the criteria listed below.
CIG projects from 2004-2009 may be missing information in the following categories: Resource Concern (specific), Conservation Practice, Production/Use.
Showing 1681 - 1690 of 1760 projects
California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
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CA
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2004
As California’s population increases and urban areas encroach on traditionally rural farmland, the State’s winegrowing community is taking a proactive, precautionary approach to address concerns resulting from public and legislative perceptions, regulatory pressures, and other growth-related issues. The purpose of this project is to advance sustainable farming practices in the State’s winegrowing community. The activities carried out under this grant will, among other things, help establish voluntary high standards of sustainable practices to be followed and maintained by the entire winegrowing community.
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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SD
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2004
The ability to reliably package and market emissions offset credits for carbon sequestration resulting from improved crop and range land management will provide incentives for agricultural producers to participate in conservation programs. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the benefits of a site-specific, verifiable, model-based quantification system for the generation of high-quality carbon sequestration credits. Successful demonstration and adoption of this system may result in expanded implementation of management activities that result in carbon sequestration through market-based mechanisms.
Alabama's Mountains, Rivers and Valleys RC&D Council
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AL
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2004
A large number of streams in north Alabama are on the United State’s Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 303(d) list of impaired streams, due in large part to the number poultry operations in the region. Environmental regulations call for poultry producers to provide for temporary storage of litter prior to land application. There is a tremendous need to develop and demonstrate inexpensive litter storage options to assist producers for whom larger, technologically advanced buildings would be a financial burden. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate and encourage the adoption of low-cost temporary storage facilities that comply with environmental regulations.
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
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GA
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2004
In the Southern Piedmont region of Georgia, many farm fields have high soil test phosphorous levels which may result in increased risk of phosphorous contamination to surface water bodies. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the effectiveness of three different cropping systems in reducing nutrient flow into streams. It is anticipated that the results will show these cropping systems to be both effective at improving water quality and profitable for landowners, thereby increasing the probability of adoption by producers.
Sustainable Conservation
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CA
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2004
California’s San Joaquin Valley faces severe air quality challenges; the region was recently downgraded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from “severe” to “extreme” non-attainment. The purpose of this project is to encourage the widespread adoption of conservation tillage land treatment methods by western irrigated cotton and dairy forage producers in the San Joaquin Valley. Adoption of conservation tillage by large numbers of producers would help reduce agricultural air emissions in this non-attainment area, while maintaining robust production yields and improving farm profits.
State of Minnesota
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MN
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2004
Agricultural drainage systems in Minnesota are aging and much of the infrastructure will be repaired or replaced in the next 10-20 years, providing a unique opportunity to incorporate innovative drainage designs and practices into the existing infrastructure. The purpose of this project is to speed the development and adoption of conservation drainage practices in the State of Minnesota. Widespread adoption of innovative drainage systems by producers would likely have a significant positive impact on improving impaired waters.
Purdue University
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IN
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2004
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) promotes the dual objectives of profitable agricultural production and environmental protection by providing cost-share funds and incentive payments to producers who are willing to apply approved conservation practices. The purpose of this project is to improve how the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is implemented, not just in Indiana, but across the country. This will be accomplished by improving the ability of producers to make choices while making EQIP more transparent to the public.
Eric Biderman
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NM
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2004
Modern production farms consume large quantities of fossil fuels for a variety of on-farm uses. Solar Energy provides users with a number of advantages over fossil fuels, yet little has been done to transfer solar technologies on a small scale to farms and rural areas. The purpose of this project is to design, install, demonstrate and evaluate two innovative technologies used to capture solar Energy for conversion to electricity and heat on a small farm scale, and disseminate information on this technology to other producers in New Mexico and Colorado.
Iowa Cattlemen's Association
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IA
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2004
Federal and state agencies are increasingly concerned with the potential environmental risks to water bodies from runoff that is generated from beef cattle feedlots. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s revised Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) regulations allow for the use of alternative performance standards to control discharge from larger open feedlots. The purpose of this project is to design, install and evaluate the environmental performance and cost effectiveness of non-basin technologies for the treatment of open feedlot runoff, and encourage their adoption where appropriate.
Iowa Soybean Association
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IA
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2004
Nutrient enrichment in the Gulf of Mexico and nitrate contamination in drinking water and rural wells have focused attention and regulatory concern on losses of nitrogen from agricultural soils to tributary rivers. These water quality issues can be addressed through more efficient application of nitrogen, which can provide agricultural producers with both environmental and economic benefits. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the effectiveness of producer-directed learning, aided by new technologies to improve environmental management.