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 1 - 10 of 24 projects
Campti Field of Dreams
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LA
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2021
No-Till organic market gardens (No-Till OMG) will combine virtual training, a market garden fertility toolkit, financial incentives, and peer-to-peer mentoring with performance-based results over three years to shift the mindset of participants, creating viable organic agricultural producers that do not till.
Southern University Agricultural & Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension
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LA
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2021
This project will involve three demonstration farms and will evaluate multi-species rotational grazing systems for impacts to Soil Health. The project will also utilize new technology by calibrating an NRI forage analyzer and evaluating the accuracy of the forage quality data generated by this tool for the Southeastern region of the US.
Louisiana State University
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LA
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2020
The project will focus on recycling tailwater using agricultural return-flows to develop irrigation strategy by either combining tailwater and ground water or using tailwater alone, depending on specific salinity and suspended solid levels, for crop production.
LSU Agricultural Center
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LA
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2018
Runoff loss of dissolved phosphorus (DP) from pasture soil with a high concentration of P can be substantially reduced by double-cropping summer / winter hay in waterside buffer strips and increasing the yields of hay with better N fertilizer management. These management practices maximize the rate of soil P removal, thus the rate at which the native capacity of the soil to capture DP from runoff is restored.
LSU Agricultural Center
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LA
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2018
The Haney test has been adopted as Soil Health Nutrient Tool in NRCS programs. However, its adequacy is not known in anaerobic production systems due to the fact that the test was originally developed for upland soils. Currently there is no study and demonstration available as to how well the Haney test works in assessing different nutrient pools in flooded rice agroecosystems. The lack of this knowledge could result in economic loss for farmers and negatively affect the environment. This project will assess the adequacy of Haney test with the goal to calibrate the Haney test as Soil Health Nutrient Tool for rice production in Louisiana.
LSU Agricultural Center
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LA
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2018
Baccharis control by broadcast application of triclopyr could improve the survival and growth of juvenile bottomland hardwood forests and enhance forb and grass richness for wildlife benefit. The objectives of this project are to:
1. Demonstrate the efficacy of winter broadcast application of triclopyr on baccharis control, hardwood survival and growth promotion, and forb and grass diversity relative to carrying out no baccharis control and carrying out baccharis control with a more conventional method of cutting baccharis and spraying triclopyr on each stump
2. Demonstrate the efficacy of winter broadcast application of triclopyr at 6 qt/acre relative to lower rates with and without surfactants.
3. Determine the financial performance of the baccharis control measures.
4. Integrate information from the project into ongoing LSU AgCenter extension programming of landowner/natural resource professional workshops, extension bulletins, and media releases (newspaper, website, TV, radio) as well as fact sheets and manual updates produced in collaboration with NRCS personnel
5. Host a field tour of the demonstration project for natural resource management professionals and landowners
1. Demonstrate the efficacy of winter broadcast application of triclopyr on baccharis control, hardwood survival and growth promotion, and forb and grass diversity relative to carrying out no baccharis control and carrying out baccharis control with a more conventional method of cutting baccharis and spraying triclopyr on each stump
2. Demonstrate the efficacy of winter broadcast application of triclopyr at 6 qt/acre relative to lower rates with and without surfactants.
3. Determine the financial performance of the baccharis control measures.
4. Integrate information from the project into ongoing LSU AgCenter extension programming of landowner/natural resource professional workshops, extension bulletins, and media releases (newspaper, website, TV, radio) as well as fact sheets and manual updates produced in collaboration with NRCS personnel
5. Host a field tour of the demonstration project for natural resource management professionals and landowners
LSU Agricultural Center
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LA
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2018
This project will demonstrate and quantify the relationship of winter and fallow season cover crops have on soil health, yield, and yield variability of a rice-soybean rotation in Louisiana.
The Nature Conservancy
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LA
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2017
This project was to develop a statewide analysis and web-app that worked at HUC-8, HUC-12, and NHDPlus Catchment scales, with special attention paid to dairy and poultry agriculture. The app would be used in conjunction with supporting data and apps in the Louisiana Freshwater Assessment (FWA) to support conservation decisions at the watershed and land parcel scale.
LSU Agricultural Center
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LA
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2017
The benefits from cover crops can be enhanced when targeting some functional aspects of cover crops. Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) belongs to the legume family and it is an organic nitrogen producer while rapeseed (Brassica napus) is a member of the brassica family and accumulates glucinolates in tissue. Glucosinolates are sulfur compounds known for their effectiveness on suppressing soil pathogens and parasitic nematodes. A mixture of the two functional cover crops would benefit row crop operations through supplying low-input organic nitrogen fertilizer and natural soil pathogen preventive. One concern related to cover crop cultivation is termination of cover crop growth before row crop planting. Incorporation or chemical burndown are the commonly applied practices known to be effective in suppressing cover crop. A three year field trial will occur at an EQIP participating producer’s location to evaluate/ demonstrate the benefit from legume/brassica cover crop applications and cover crop residue management. The detailed project goal is to quantify potential benefits from the projected cover crop application practices on soil health parameters such as soil physical/ chemical properties, soil pathogen suppression, and crop productivity.
Louisiana State University
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LA
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2016
Louisiana State University proposes to develop and improve fallow season cover crop (winter and summer) strategies as a component of overall conservation programs for soybean, field corn, cotton, and sugarcane. The primary goal is to increase the adoption of soil health management practices by demonstrating the effectiveness and efficiency of Cover Crops to reduce sediment loss and N and P contaminants at the farm and watershed scale for agricultural production systems in the state of Louisiana and the Mid-South region.