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 101 - 110 of 1802 projects
South Dakota State University
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SD
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2021
SDSU will work with growers and NRCS Conservationist across the State to expand this project to cover more growers in the region (NRCS personnel will be involved with the final informational products produced through the life of this project and recipient will ensure the content coordinates with the NRCS SD goals and objectives and state strategic plan). We create a mapping system based on historical yield data, growers' knowledge of their fields (high vs low yielding areas), soil strength (compaction), and electrical conductivity (EC) data to create different zones in a field to vary the seed mix and the seeding rates across their fields. Over the past several years, scientists in the United States (U.S.) have successfully tested cost-effective cover crop-based crop production systems under different soil conditions.
Native Ecosystem Services LLC
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HI
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2021
This project will test the efficacy of a native hydroseed and a non-native grass product to stop erosion on Hawaii's rangelands using field trials. Plots will determine if hydroseeding with native and non-native grass seeds will germinate, dominate weeds, reduce erosion, change soil content or respiration, what weed incursions occur, species work best, seed treatments are necessary, if planting method can be successful without irrigation, and what additives will help with germination.
Maine Farmland Trust
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ME
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2021
This project shares soil health data and practices to increase farm viability and climate resilience.
GSR Solutions, Inc.
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VT
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2021
The overall long-term goal of this project is to develop and implement a market-based innovative and sustainable farmer-friendly conservation practice that would allow dairy farmers to convert their unmanageable excessive manure nutrient load and carbon emissions into organic slow-release marketable soil fertility products for crop production, and second their application by crop producers would enable replacement of imported soil health products. EQUIP qualified Vermont based farms and growers along with farmer stakeholders will contribute to this project for evaluating high nutrient recovery potential, conducting field trials of organic slow-release products for warm and cold season crops, and market-based product quality. the main project deliverables and anticipated project results are as follows: 1) Quantify environmental and economic benefits for facilitating improved implementation of NRCS water quality measures by conducting nutrient recovery trials in the most environmentally sensitive watershed of Franklin County, VT, and projecting nutrient recovery benefits for 20 farms in Franklin as well as Grand Isle counties for replicating the process to other counties in Vermont in the future; 2) Quantify soil-health benefits as well as carbon sequestration from nutrient recovery process through field trials of the new organic soil amendments produced from the innovative conservation practice by using the established methods developed by University Extension programs; 3) Deliver the new conservation practice and information about the marketability of the soil fertility products to farmers and stakeholders through field days, workshops, webinars, publications, and other outreach activities.
Foodlink, Inc.
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NY
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2021
The goal of this project is to leverage an innovative waste management technology, aerobic digestion, to fundamentally shift how Foodlink – a food bank that also manages an urban farm – handles its organic waste while meeting the city of Rochester’s needs to reduce waste and access high-quality, food-grade compost. With support from the Conservation Innovation Grant program, Foodlink will purchase an aerobic digester, a commercial-strength chipper-shredder, and build an effective composting space at our Lexington Avenue Community Farm.
Black Hawk SWCD
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IA
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2021
This project addresses innovation of an NRCS conservation practice standard within the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy of the Nitrogen Management Practice of annual cover cropping. A perennial cover crop is innovative and this project will advance the field of conservation because of the reduced management requirements compared to annual cover cropping, with multiple ecosystem benefits provided by the perennial cover.
Piikani Lodge Health Institute
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MT
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2021
Piikani Lodge Health Institute will work with Tribal Nations to support greater adoption and implementation of regenerative grazing practices within Montana's rangelands and irrigated pastures. The project will support regenerative grazing by prioritizing adequate rest/recovery periods, stocking animals at higher, and committing to shorter graze periods.
The Regents of the University of California
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CA
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2021
Through this on-farm trial, the Regents of the University of California will address barriers faced by small-scale historically underserved producers in the San Joaquin Valley of California to adopting soil health practices. The project will build flexibility for producers to adapt practices to their own operations and to trial combined practices to determine the best combination for their situation. Results will be shared with a wider audience of small-scale farmers in California to support adoption of soil health practices and provide research-based information on adaptation of combined practices to address financial, resource, and environmental challenges.
Palouse Conservation District
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ID, OR, WA
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2021
Palouse Conservation District will work with crop producers of the inland Pacific Northwest (iPNW) to demonstrate farming practices that further build soil health and increase the resilience of dryland cropping systems. The overall goal of this project is to support widespread adoption of soil health management systems (SHMS)−specifically cover cropping, interseeding, and cover crop-livestock integration. This project will create a formal, farmer-led group dedicated to demonstrating SHMS that incorporate cover crops and livestock integration with cover crops on a regional scale and disseminate findings to peers, agricultural professionals, and the general public.
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
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KY, MO, NY, NC, VA, WV
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2021
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation will increase adoption of bale grazing to improve winter feed management for beef cattle farmers by demonstrating the practical, economic, and ecological benefits through proper implementation. Bale grazing is a novel winter-feeding method where bales are set out on pasture, typically in checkerboard fashion, and fed in a planned, controlled manner, much like rotational grazing.