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.
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University Of Maine
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ME
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2010
Provide information that Maine NRCS Staff can use to further refine and develop the high tunnel practice standard .
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
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RI
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2010
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to develop and begin the implementation of a biodiversity-friendly certification model that would be employed in agriculture and forestry in Rhode Island, New England, and the Unites States of America.
University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture
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VT
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2010
Access to land is one of the greatest limitations to production by Vermont's beginning and experienced livestock farmers, but land is often infested by weeds, without enough forage to support a successful livestock operation. Biological controls utilizing livestock are the most promising management practice available. As a result of this project, farmers will be able to train livestock to eat (non-poisonous) plants previously considered weeds, providing a new source of nutruitous feed, and improving land productivity and available forage for more sustainable landscapes.
Virginia Tech
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VA
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2010
VA Tech will conduct an evaluation of the best adapted and most appropriate winter cover crop species and mixtures for improved soil quality and environmental performance in various cropping systems in Virginia. To evaluate cover crops in order to reduce nutrient and sediment loading to the Chesapeake Bay by increasing adoption and successful establishment of winter cover crops.
Virginia Tech
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VA
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2010
VA Tech will conduct a pilot project using cost-share to landowners for the application of slug bait to no-till corn and soybeans in the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. To develop improved slug management technologies that will result in increased acreages of corn and soybeans that are no-till planted in Virginia. Provide training to participating farmers on the proper scouting techniques and slug bait application procedures, Hire field scouts to scout all the enrolled acres, and Collect data on the scouting results, the application of slug bait, the success of slug bait applications, yield responses and effectiveness of the various techniques used.
Watershed Committee of the Ozarks
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MO
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2010
The purpose of this grant is to demonstrate urban agricultural practices that are beneficial to the producer, the environment, and the consuming public. This grant will also be used to educate other producers and the public about how innovative urban conservation practices can be integrated into the urban environment, how these practices are implemented, and their potential benefits. Practices will be demonstrated that can satisfy local rules and regulations while protecting the environment and allowing producers to be economically viable businesses.
Westwick Farming, LLC
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NH
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2010
This project is focused on the establishment of mixed no-till forages and cover crops and no-till transplanting with on-farm plot management and education.
Wrigley Farms, LLC
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AK
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2010
This project will evaluate and demonstrate the use of a Cross Slot No-Till Drill to return expiring CRP acreage to active cropland.
X5 Ranch/ Bill Bradbury
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MT
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2010
The primary goal of the project is to reduce the cost of ranch operations while conserving operational and environmental resources on the ranch. This porject proposal addresses a need for pastoral operators to be able to remotely monitor water well and/or water storage tank status in real time. Historically, ranchers have had to manually monitor water resources on remote grazing lands in order to make use of them. This program seeks to provide remedy to that requirement and provides additional benefits of reduced environmental impact allowing ranch manpower resources to be better used in more productive ways.
Washington State University
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WA
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2010
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to accelerate the "Refine Feed Nutrient Management Planning Economics" decision aid tool and conduct trainings to enhance the adoption of NRCS feed management practice standard code 592 via use of Feed Nutrient Management Planning Economics and supporting implementation tools.