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 1051 - 1060 of 1760 projects
Washington State University
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WA
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2010
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to evaluate, demonstrate, and document the impacts of anaerobic digestion on NH3 and H2S emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, odor emissions, in a communal anaerobic digester, and utilization of NH3-N for corn silage production.
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
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LA
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2010
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to demonstrate the recycling of sugarcane and rice residue into biochar and document beneficial effect of biochar application to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance soil carbon sequestration, and improve water quality in sugarcane and rice production.
Cornell University
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NY
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2010
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to advance the adoption of adaptive nitrogen management practices in corn production in several states, and specifically to conduct an educational program on precise N management using the Adapt-N tool, targeting 500 growers in the Northeast and Midwest; modify the current Adapt-N tool for application to the Midwest U.S. and to include a cover crop input option; demonstrate the performance of the adaptive N management approach compared to conventional methods for N recommendations in strip trials over 2 growing seasons on 40 farms; and produce a next-generation Adapt-N tool for N management in corn production.
Mississippi State University
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MS
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2010
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to demonstrate and promote the effectiveness of native warm season grass based biofuels as a positive influence on pollinator diversity and abundance; grassland bird abundance; and carbon sequestration in working landscapes.
National Audubon Society
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NY
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2010
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to enhance Habitat for declining birds by identifying, promoting and implementing bird friendly conservation practices on priority grasslands, shrub lands and forests.
The Pennsylvania State University
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PA
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2010
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to stimulate adoption of no-tillage, Cover Crops, and manure injection through education and an interactive outreach approach.
Great Lakes Ag Energy, LLC
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WI
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2010
The purpose of this project is to reduce nutrients in dairy-farm wastewater and produce biomass.
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
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WI
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2010
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate improved implementation of precision nutrient management planning using innovative approaches to deriving soil/nutrient field management decision zones and on-farm demonstration techniques.
The Regents of the University of California, Davis
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CA
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2010
The purpose of this project is to develop, evaluate, and transfer standard operating procedures for the assessment of created pollinator Habitat function in terms of benefit to pollinators, effects on pest and beneficial insects, and relationship between floral resource quality and support of pollinators.
Arkansas Land & Farm Development Corporation
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AR
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2010
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate an effective method of fostering increased adoption of conservation practices, particularly those using bio-Energy crops, among minority and limited resource farmers and landowners in the mississippi river basin.