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 21 - 30 of 1760 projects
Kipuka Land Mgmt
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HI
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2022
This project will create biochar from biomass generated from four highly invasive tree species that are targeted for removal across the Island, including haole koa (Leucaena leucocephala), strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum), albizia (Albizia julibrissin), and dillenia (Dillenia suffruticosa). Biochar created from these invasive feedstocks will be evaluated for quality and applied onto twenty test plots located in five different eco-systems on Oʻahu (Kahaluʻu, Pālolo Valley, ʻĀhuimanu, Pupukea and Kunia).
BRDGAI INC aka Enriched Ag
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AZ, NM, ND, SD, UT
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2022
This project brings drought, forage, precipitation forecasting data together with ranch-specific forage measurement and modeling to help beef cattle producers on Tribal Ranches in the United States manage drought while maintaining conservation and operational goals.
Iowa Soybean Association
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IA
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2022
Research on conservation practices is often focused on single components within a cropping system, such as cover crop versus no-cover crop or time of cover crop termination. To accelerate the adoption of improved practices, farmers could benefit from synthesized holistic and logistically feasible cropping systems. Iowa Soybean Association will promote the adoption of newly synthesized cropping systems that increase profitability, reduce nutrient losses, and improve soil health. Project objectives include characterizing profitability and natural resource outcomes for improved cropping systems and developing new economic insights, natural resource conservation, and improved cropping system stability via crop modeling and statistical analysis.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY - Bardhan Ally Cropping
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MO
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2022
This project will Intercrop a diverse mix of native, perennial species into an alley cropping system to maximize resilience, productivity, and farm income.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - Needleman Precision Cover Crop
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AL, FL, KS, MD, MN, MO, NH, NC, SC, VT, VA, WI
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2022
The project will merge precision (variable rate nitrogen applications) and sustainable (cover crops and reduced tillage) agricultural practices by expanding an existing cover crop nitrogen calculator to include a geospatial platform. The innovative, enhanced precision cover crop nitrogen calculator will provide in-field variable nitrogen fertilizer recommendations to growers and estimates of greenhouse gas reductions from improved nitrogen management with cover crops.
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
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CO, NE, WY
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2022
Plains region, a vital region for the U.S. beef production. This project will result in a pilot inset market for CO2-equivalent (CO2e) reduction for two key segments of the beef value chain: stockers and cattle feeding operations. Emissions-reductions will be evaluated holistically to understand the production costs, benefits, and tradeoffs associated with achieving them.
VIRGINIA TECH- Fike Silvopasture
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NC, TN, VA
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2022
This project will motivate producers towards silvopasture establishment on farms through incentive payments and entry to carbon markets. (* ASSETS Partnerships - Partnerships Accelerating Silvopasture Adoption & Carbon Sequestration through Emerging Markets and Technologies)
AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST - Franklin Cereal Rye CC
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KY
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2022
This project will eliminate financial risk when producers adopt winter crops that provide more cover. The approach is three-fold: 1) paying producers a market rate for integrating winter cereal rye into their rotation; 2) creating a revolving fund restricted for 1st and 2nd year producers; and 3) catalyzing local buyer markets for rye through scaled adoption of cereal rye cover crops and market outreach.
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY - Reiter CC for drought
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VA
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2022
The overall goal of this project is to demonstrate the integration of cover crops and precision tillage as climate-smart technologies to increase resiliency to short-term droughts, improve soil health parameters, and reduce atmospheric carbon concentrations by decreasing emissions and increasing sequestration. In-field data layers (soil mapping, moisture, compaction) will be coupled with soil health parameters, disease/insect/weed surveys, and cash crop yield to quantify different management systems. Cover crop biomass data will be coupled with real-time CO2 data and tillage data to quantify carbon savings and sequestration due to introduced smart farming practices.
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM
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National, AS, GU, MP, PR, UM, VI
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2022
This project is an umbrella project for three separate project developing The Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool (FRST). The aim of FRST is to improve the accuracy and transparency of soil-test based fertilizer recommendations by updating decades-old phosphorus and potassium recommendations and making the data available for use by anyone involved in nutrient management through the FRST tool. Improving soil-test-based recommendations and their interpretation has the potential to significantly reduce nutrient applications by accurately identifying the critical soil test value.