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 681 - 690 of 1802 projects
Holmes County Food Hub
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MS
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2014
Production, conservation and marketing are all critical components of sustainable and profitable agricultural operations in Mississippi. Small-scale, historically underserved farmers are usually the last to adopt technological improvements and take advantage of opportunities to encourage new and enhance existing farm operations. This project will introduce innovative conservation technologies that encourage new and assist existing limited resource farm operations in west and central Mississippi. The project is intended to enhance the sustainability and profitability of historically underserved farm operations by integrating conservation technology such as plasticulture and subsurface irrigation with improved marketing strategies.
Arkansas Land & Farm Development Corporation/Arkansas Land & Community Development Corporation
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AR
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2014
Efforts to engage minority and limited resource farmers in conservation efforts often face unique challenges. These landowners and farm operators tend to be older and operate smaller farms with restricted earning capacity. These operators are often less aware of technical assistance opportunities and technical information on new developments, and they often have limited financial ability to invest in new practices that may have conservation benefits. To help surmount these challenges, this project aims to demonstrate the use of a case management model to design and deliver conservation services to enrolled participants. Under this model, the regional Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation Field Agent and farmer participants will assess current on-site operations and conditions and identify opportunities and priorities for improved resource conservation practices. Staff can then assist the farmer in developing and obtaining the needed management skills training as well as the required technical and financial resources to plan and implement identified actions. The project aims to help 300 limited resource and socially disadvantaged farmers and landowners develop and adopt a plan to conserve soil and water resources and to reduce, control and trap nutrient runoff.
Colorado State University/Brigham Young University
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UT
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2014
Effective use of irrigation water in semi-arid agricultural regions is increasingly critical due to groundwater decline, growing competition for a limited water supply, and increasing frequency of drought. The Central and Southern Great Plains face some of the most extreme risk for sustainability of future water supply and innovative cropping systems that increase resiliency to drought are a critical need in this region. Through key public and private partnerships, this project will demonstrate synergistic soil, crop, and water management practices that adapt irrigated cropping systems in the Central Great Plains to drought and improve water use efficiency. The project will also develop a farmer-friendly decision support tool that empowers producers to plan and evaluate water conserving practices into site and management specific approaches while considering the effects of drought and climate change. Activities include: (1) conduct field demonstrations of synergistic soil, crop, and irrigation management practices that conserve water and improve system adaptation to drought; (2) modify the COMET-Farm decision support tool to include drought intensity input and crop water productivity output; and (3) carry out comprehensive information and technology transfer through field days, fact sheets, a web site, and the development of a technical water management guide for NRCS.
Implementing Whole-Farm Approaches to Improve Soil Health and Farm Resiliency in Northeast Minnesota
County of Carlton / University of MN
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MN
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2014
In northeast Minnesota, farm profitability and resiliency are declining as a result of poor soil health. Historically, NRCS has guided the areas farmers and ranchers on individual conservation practices such as: rotational grazing, out wintering cattle and reduction of tillage on crop land. These efforts have shown varying degrees of farmer adoption because the individual conservation practices have not been well integrated into the Farm-level production system and production goals. This project will demonstrate and evaluate an innovative Farm-level approach to soil health by including a variety of conservation practices systematically. The implementation of this project will offer new potential for expanding EQIP and farmer adoption of soil health practices.
University of Rhode Island Plant Science Department
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RI
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2014
The objectives of this project are to: Demonstrate the use of novel summer cover crops and interseeded winter cover crops; Identify best practices for utilizing novel summer cover crops and quantify potential for sequestering carbon and nitrogen; Teach farmers to actively manage their soil microbial community and nitrogen levels with new soil tests and cover crops.
University of Rhode Island Department of Natural Resource Scinece
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RI
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2014
The long term goal is to increase the impact of NRCS practices to create ESH, which will result in improved habitat for priority species. The project objectives, which will be
achieved during the 30 month project period, are to: Develop written protocol for a new monitoring and evaluation approach for
NRCS practices aimed at creating ESH; Provide recommendations for improving the ESH practice and revising the
related practice standards and job sheets; Provide training to NRCS staff in the use of the new monitoring and evaluation protocol; develop a network of ESH demonstration sites in Rhode Island with information
and directions available on the RhodeIslandWoods website.
achieved during the 30 month project period, are to: Develop written protocol for a new monitoring and evaluation approach for
NRCS practices aimed at creating ESH; Provide recommendations for improving the ESH practice and revising the
related practice standards and job sheets; Provide training to NRCS staff in the use of the new monitoring and evaluation protocol; develop a network of ESH demonstration sites in Rhode Island with information
and directions available on the RhodeIslandWoods website.
The Nature Conservancy
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LA
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2014
Development of a water quality hot spot targeting tool to aid in the selection of 12 digit sub-watersheds in Louisiana for mitigation strategies. The main functional requirement of the application would be to identify “hot spots” where there are relatively high concentrDevations of selected water quality traits that represent potential problem areas. Supplemental data such as land cover and soils data would also be included to elucidate contributing factors to the “hot spot”. The “hot spot” analysis would be accomplished using readily available existing sample data from EPA and LDEQ. These sample data would be interpolated within 8 digit sub-basins (HUC 8) to create heat maps. This would allow users to evaluate 12 digit sub-watersheds based on relative concentrations of water quality traits within the HUC 8 and the supplemental data.
The Kohala Center
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HI
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2014
1) Demonstrate the effectiveness of cover cropping in weed suppression, increasing organic content, 2) Increase farmer knowledge of cover crops and seasonal variations influencing cover crop varietal
choices and applications, and 3) Encourage the adoption of cover crop practices through on-farm educational events and the
dissemination of project-related information.
choices and applications, and 3) Encourage the adoption of cover crop practices through on-farm educational events and the
dissemination of project-related information.
LSU Agricultural Center
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LA
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2014
Removal of sugarcane residue off the rows using modified sweeper technology and in-season nitrogen recommendation using remote sensing technology.
American Farmland Trust
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NY
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2014
To demonstrate the applicability of using denitrifying bioreactors and active drainage management to minimize nitrogen and phosphorous loads from shallow groundwater in agricultural landscapes.