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 41 - 50 of 1802 projects
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County
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NY
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2023
The no-till soil health demo trial for agronomic and horticultural crops in the Hudson Valley aims to establish economic and agronomic baselines for the no-till roller/crimper system of crop production in the trial region. Although this system of roller/crimping or chemically terminating fall-sown winter annual cover crops and seeding directly into the residue with no tillage has a long track record and has been proven on both conventional and organic farms in a variety of growing regions, the system is virtually unused in most of the State of New York with most growers still using conventional tillage regimes. We believe that the primary reason for this is the lack of proven examples and data from the region. This situation can best be addressed with a Soil Health Demo that prioritizes farmer-to-farmer exchange of knowledge and experience.
BRIGHTER FUTURE FARMS, LLC
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MS
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2023
Brighter Future Farms, LLC will utilize organic horticulture-based agroforestry concepts and practices to plant trees and crops that will promote soil health and create productive and sustainable land use practices. Agroforestry combines agriculture and forestry; the benefits of Agroforestry include clean air, forest fire prevention, soil fertility, carbon sequestration, production of food and medicine, and providing shade and protection against soil, water, and wind erosion.
Michigan State University
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IN, MI
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2023
The project will produce technology that improves irrigation energy and water use efficiency and reduces eclectic motor in-rush current spikes, ultimately leading to a energy cost savings to the producer. By creating a solar-powered microinverter that is connected to the internet and incorporates soil moisture sensors and a decision support system to determine when irrigation should occur, individual systems for field scale systems will be realized.
Kansas State University
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KS, OK
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2022
Kansas State University will launch the Farmer-to-Farmer Digital Conservation Network (F2F_DCN). This new program will establish a network of collaborators that generates nutrient budget information at the farm level and provide education programs concerning the implementation of data management technologies at the farmer level. Participating producers will conduct farmer-run research with assistance from a team of experts, increasing access to improved data on nutrient budgets and more practical field-scale data.
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS
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HI
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2022
The University of Hawaii will evaluate the benefits of planting shelterbelts on the perimeters and within rows of crop land as an alternative to cover cropping for soil health conservation. Participating producers will use sheet mulching to supplement plant-available nitrogen from nitrogen fixing trees (shelterbelt planting). The evaluation will be used to develop a tree-mulch plant-available nitrogen calculator to estimate how much nitrogen can be recycled from various multi-purpose, nitrogen-fixing trees.
SHAFTER-WASCO IRRIGATION DISTRICT
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CA
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2022
The use of subsurface tile (perforated pipe) for groundwater recharge represents a new effort to implement recharge activities on orchard grounds without impacting crop production. The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District plans to quantify groundwater recharge volumes and develop design criteria for on-farm subsurface recharge systems based on input and data collected from participating producers. The added recharge capacity will help alleviate drought vulnerabilities and help improve groundwater resources.
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS
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HI
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2022
The University of Hawaii will implement on-farm demonstrations and community education programs to promote the long-term adoption of cover crops, intercrops, and no-till practices in Maui County, Hawaii. These practices will be adopted by twelve historically underserved producers to increase water use efficiency, enhance soil moisture content, and reduce surface and groundwater depletion. The on-farm trial sites are located in Maui dry areas and will demonstrate solutions that can be scaled within the district as well as provide a template for other areas of the county and state.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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IA
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2022
Iowa State University of Science and Technology will demonstrate the advantages of a relay intercropping system to maintain or enhance productivity and profitability while improving soil health and increasing nutrient reductions. A diverse intercropping system will add cropping system resiliency and promote a more diversified and stable community of soil organisms, from microbes to earthworms, while suppressing pathogens and crop pests and benefitting nutrient cycling and soil structure.
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 FLORIDA
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FL, GA, MN
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2022
This project brings together three different production rotations (corn/cotton; corn/peanut and corn/bean) and tests a novel suite of existing technology solutions. The University of Florida will compare variable rate irrigation (VRI) with soil electrical conductivity (EC) mapping and VRI with high resolution remote sensing with uniform rate irrigation to evaluate the environmental and associated economic benefits of adopting the VRI. The project will design a physical model- based predictive control system for adaptive VRI and develop a zone-delineation tool to assess the field variability at a regional scale.