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 111 - 120 of 1802 projects
WVU Research Corporation
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OH, PA, WV
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2021
WVU Research Corporation will promote and evaluate pasture diversification through reseeding as an innovative conservation strategy. The on-farm trials will compare reseeding pasture with a highly diverse mixture to unaltered pasture and conventional reseeding. This project seeks to demonstrate to producers across Appalachia that reseeding to increase pasture diversity provides a wide variety of environmental and economic benefits.
Utah Association of Conservation Districts
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UT
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2021
Much of Utah's dryland agriculture still practices summer fallow with frequent full width tillage through the fallow period. The Utah Association of Conservation Districts will increase the adoption of soil health practices in Utah with this on-farm trail focused on diverse farming systems. The project will identify barriers to adoption and build regional collaboration focused on soil health.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona
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AZ
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2021
This on-farm demonstration trial will promote climate-smart and soil health agricultural practices among small-scale farmers in Arizona. The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Blankinship soil health laboratory at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and collaborating farmers will use farmer participatory research to promote climate-smart agricultural and soil health management systems.
Grow Food
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WA
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2021
Grow Foods will engage historically underserved farmers to conduct On-Farm Trials of the innovative Soil Health Management Systems (SHMS) techniques and demonstrate the benefits of adopting SHMS through environmental, social and economic evaluation of the on-farm trials. The project will build capacity for farmers to understand changes in soil health through the participatory design of on-farm trial, develop a regional network of soil health management practitioners and disseminate project results and lessons learned.
Colorado Department of Ag
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CO
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2021
The Colorado Department of Agriculture will encourage the widespread adoption of soil health practices across Colorado to achieve positive water quality, water conservation and on-farm economic benefits. This on-farm trial will create healthy resilient soils by providing technical assistance, incentive payments and market opportunities to producers.
Pheasants Forever, Inc.
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IA, MN
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2021
Pheasants Forever will trial a financial assistance model that promotes the adoption of precision agriculture and precision conservation strategies and tools on a farm-wide scale to identify opportunities for conservation and inform decision making. This project is designed to address barriers (financial, technical and social) that farmers in the Prairie Pothole region face in implementing precision conservation decision making systems on their farms.
Handsome Brook Farms, LLC
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KY
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2021
Handsome Brook Farm will support five beginning farmers in Kentucky to adopt climate-smart regenerative egg practices. This on-farm trial will establish on-farm manure management, storage, and distribution systems designed to reduce GHG emissions, and reduce on-farm soil erosion and drastically reduce watershed pollution through pasture enhancements and investments in housing infrastructure.
N-Drip Inc.
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AZ
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2021
N-Drip will work with approximately 20 producers of the Colorado River Indian Tribes to implement a drip irrigation system on flood irrigated fields. This system will provide the benefits of pressurized drip irrigation while offering the simplicity of flood irrigation. Participating producers will implement a unique sensor-based system which provides real-time data about water stress and nitrogen levels, enabling the producers to optimize water and fertilizer use to achieve maximum yield and crop health without wasting resources.
The Nature Conservancy
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MI, WI
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2021
The Nature Conservancy will evaluate different dairy feed management strategies, including emerging feed additives. The aim of the project is to better inform GHG mitigation strategies for cattle, NRCS programs, and the development of protocols for measuring enteric emissions. This three-year project will combine on-farm trials and demonstrations, interviews and surveys of key stakeholders, and targeted communication activities to catalyze broader adoption of NRCS Feed Management Practice Standard 592.
North Carolina State University
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NC
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2021
Enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) containing urease and nitrification inhibitors are an effective way to prevent ammonia volatilization and reduce nitrous oxide emissions. Through this on-farm trial, North Carolina State University will provide critical information on the efficacy of reducing nitrogen and/or using inhibitors on emissions and corn yield in the low soil carbon, hot and humid conditions of the southeast. This project will use the data to optimize a N2O emission model to support broader interpretations outside the field sites. The on-farm trial will include six field sites each year in the main corn growing regions in North Carolina.