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 1711 - 1720 of 1760 projects
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc
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GA
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2004
In rural and farm communities, efficient water use is critical for sustainable economic development. Optimal irrigation efficiency can lead to substantial water conservation and increased crop yields. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the use, benefits, and effectiveness of an innovative variable-rate irrigation system designed to improve irrigation management, enhance water conservation, and attain optimal application efficiency.
Washington State University
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WA
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2004
Anaerobic digesters have yet to be adopted on a large scale by animal agriculture producers, largely because they are capital-intensive, low cost-return structures. To make digesters more attractive, additional revenue streams besides methane are needed to improve the feasibility of the technology. Additionally, the digestion process alone contributes little to reducing manure nutrients. Thus, complementary processes are required to meet excess nutrient related environmental challenges. The goal of this project is to improve feasibility of AD by producing high quality fiber and struvite (MgNH4PO4.6H2O). The high quality fiber can be sold as a substitute for peat moss while the struvite, produced through precipitating P and N from liquid manure by adding Mg ions, can be used as a slow-release fertilizer.
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
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MN
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2004
Recent monitoring of restored and natural wetlands in Minnesota has shown a deterioration of the quality and biological diversity of both restored and natural wetlands. One of the causes of this degradation is the establishment of invasive species populations in many of the wetlands and adjacent upland buffers. The purpose of this project is to develop, implement, and evaluate effective strategies for the management of critical invasive species in degraded and restored wetlands and prairie uplands.
Exponent, Inc
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WA
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2004
Aquaculture is a growing agricultural sector; while there has been considerable focus on ground and surface water contamination from phosphorous due to terrestrial animal production, excessive phosphorous loadings from aquaculture also pose a threat to aquatic environments. The purpose of this project is to adapt a proven general phosphorous control technology to the specific control of phosphorous releases from waste waters resulting from aquacultural production operations, as well as aqueous-based animal waste management systems used in other types of agricultural production.
Arizona Department of Water Resources
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AZ
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2004
In 2002, the State of Arizona established an innovative Best Management Practices program designed to conserve increasingly scarce water resources while reducing soil erosion, improving soil tilth and productivity, and reducing nutrient transmissions to surface water and groundwater supplies and agricultural emissions to the atmosphere. The purpose of this project is to greatly increase producer enrollment and add sophisticated performance evaluation, impact analysis, producer outreach and technology transfer components, based on motivating participation through the use of incentives.
Iowa State University
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IA
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2004
A number of different anaerobic digester technologies are currently in use on farms in the U.S. The purpose of this project is to test the viability of an innovative method for handling digested solids: coupling a solid separator with a digester, and then recycling the separated solids for use as stall bedding for dairy cows. This would help producers reduce the amount of phosphorous applied to the landscape.
Wood Lumber Company
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OK
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2004
Poultry house bedding is required by poultry producers to maintain the health of the chicken flock. The bedding absorbs wet excrement from the bird and spills from the watering system in the poultry houses. Current practice is to land apply the manure laden litter to fields as a natural fertilizer. In some areas, however, excessive application of animal manures has created regions of over fertilization where soil nutrients are out of balance. Wood Lumber Company intends to demonstrate an innovative steam heated dry kiln facility that would help mitigate this problem by exchanging dirty litter for clean bedding and burning the litter as boiler fuel.
Hunter and Associates
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CA
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2004
Typical hog operations face a multitude of environmental challenges. Among the most critical concerns include manure containment, odor control, and disease control. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the treatment of hog manure and lagoons, utilizing Autothermal Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion (ATAD) to improve air, water, and soil environmental quality. Digestion of hog manure using ATAD results in a pathogen-free end product for use as an agricultural amendment, thus providing an economic benefit to producers.
TMF Biogas, LLC
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OR
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2004
There are a number of environmental challenges inherent in the operation of a large dairy concern. These challenges include: air pollution (including greenhouse gas emissions), odor emissions, and groundwater contamination due to nutrient leaching. This project aims to mitigate these issues and further sustainable farming practices on a large dairy operation. Grant funds will be used to test and evaluate an innovative anaerobic digester system that will produce renewable Energy, return concentrated nutrients back to the farm, and substantially reduce the environmental impacts of concentrated animal agriculture operations.
Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc
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PA
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2004
Meeting water quality goals in watersheds negatively impacted by nutrients will require significant reductions in loadings of nitrogen and phosphorous. Market-based systems have been extensively studied and have demonstrated the ability to reduce the costs associated with meeting environmental and conservation goals. The purpose of this project is to pursue market-based approaches that address nutrient-loading reductions in the Conestoga River (Pennsylvania) watershed through a “reverse auction” approach. The grantee will design, test, and evaluate the effectiveness of using a reverse auction system for trading nutrient reduction credits.