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 201 - 210 of 1760 projects
Texas A&M AgriLife
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TX
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2019
The goals of this project are: 1) Demonstrate and quantify cover crop seeding rate impact on forage production, crop production, and soil health in no-till wheat and no-till cotton cropping systems; 2) Demonstrate seeding rate and seeding methods of cover/forage crops in integrated livestock-cropping systems on forage availability and soil health; 3) Provide education to stakeholders by disseminating information through field demonstrations, technical reports, and/or NRCS showcase events.
Stephen F. Austin State University
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TX
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2019
Timberland and pastureland often are managed as mutually exclusive land uses in the southern United States. Both have positive and negative economic and environmental attributes. Silvopasture is the combination of both systems on the same acreage, capturing the positive attributes of both systems. Timber is produced, generating substantial, infrequent, revenue, and providing soil health, wildlife, water quality and other environmental benefits, while producing forage for livestock or hay production, which generates annual revenue for the producer. Silvopasture has been extensively researched and tested in the southern US and found to provide greater benefits to the producer than either timber or forage production alone. No operational-scale demonstration area exists in Texas to inform producers of the benefits of adopting the proposed practices. This project will provide demonstration areas of silvopasture practices, with the incorporation of native grasses for forage production. The impact of this project will be in the form of providing a demonstration area for use in workshops, field days, and educational opportunities for producers, students and others in the Western Gulf region, which will aid in the transfer of agroforestry science and technologies to producers and encourage adapting the practices. Soil health, water quality, and wildlife habitat will be enhanced, as well as substantial opportunities for research presented. Both Agency and Secretary's priorities will be addressed by this project in the form of demonstrating agroforestry science and technology to producers, land managers, students and other, as well as providing opportunities for research and conservation benefits.
Bio Seed Puerto Rico, Inc.
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PR
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2019
This project demonstrates and validates emerging strategies for steep land stabilization applying bio-engineering practices in a holistic conservation system. Due the extreme climate changes and more powerful natural phenomes every year the agriculture and natural resources are exposed to more aggressive environmental challenges. Puerto Rico geography is mostly composed of steep land. That represents around 75% of total island area. Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 and triggered more than 40,000 landslides in at least three fourth of Puerto Rico 78 municipalities. The number of landslides that occur during this event was two orders of magnitude greater than those reported from previous hurricanes.
Center of Excellence
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NM
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2019
This project will compare existing grazing rotation in large pastures with a rotation system that utilizes intensive grazing in small paddocks (approximately 5 acres) and where cattle are moved on a daily basis. The animal impacts on plant structure, plant composition, percent of bare ground and cattle body score will be compared to the control in this 3-year study
Groundwork Elizabeth
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NJ
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2019
Groundwork Elizabeth recognizes urban conservation issues and proposes to develop an urban conservation farm showcase to focus on developing urban conservation practices and technologies for soil, water, and plants at the Groundwork Elizabeth MicroFarm in Elizabeth, NJ. These activities will result in the transfer of existing NRCS natural resource conservation practices and technologies to an urban farm setting, thus to urban farmers. A secondary goal is to identify urban-specific conservation technologies to supplement existing NRCS conservation technologies.
Smart Diagnostics Systems LLC
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MO
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2019
The agriculture production and farm market is in great need of soil health management systems (SHMS) that can identify pathogen contamination in real-time, and in multiple sources. Smart Diagnostics Systems is proposing to develop a diagnostic SHMS that will allow agriculture producers to rapidly detect pathogens in soil, water, and crops in order to sustain soil health, prevent pathogen contamination of any on-farm sources, and maximize yields, crop quality, and the economics of crop production. SDS will measure and quantify the impacts of proposed SHMS through the real-time aggregation of machine data. Upon the successful completion of the project, Smart Diagnostics Systems will have developed a SHMS to provide agriculture producers and farming companies with a state of the art diagnostic system to prevent and mitigate risk associated with soil health, while enhancing yield, crop quality, and overall economic success.
JOAQUIN A CHONG NUNEZ
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PR
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2019
Project objectives: 1) Test two walk-behind tractors at different terrain slopes to observe the highest slopes that in can perfom with the different implements; 2) Use the rotary plow to establish underground waterline to provide crop irrigation away from upper soil management; 3) Develop a method for the preparation of the soil to control and remove weeds, using the walk-behind tractor and its implements, and the planting of cover crops so they outcompete weeds implementing a Stale Seedbed Technique (SST). The SST is a method used by vegetable producers. It consists of removing upper weeds and preparing the soil for planting. Once the soil is ready for planning it is wetted so upper weed seeds start to germinate. Upon about a week of the bed water preparation a mechanical movement is used to disrupt the weedy germinating seeds in the upper layers of the soil killing any germinating seeds. Seeds below the 2.5” deep upper layers are covered by the soil and thus have less capacity to germinate, obtaining a weedy free upper layer that would allow a cover crop to establish itself better. Use the SST to outcompete weeds by cover crops: Ornamental peanut, Arachisglabrata, vegetative propagated Red Clover, seed propagated.
Kansas State University
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KS
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2019
This project will develop best management options for adoption of cover crops to build soil health, improve precipitation use efficiency, effectively control HR weeds and increase overall farm income.
Kansas State University
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KS
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2019
This project will quantify how changes to the soil ecosystem made by cover crops and P fertilizer management change the functional diversity, composition, and dynamics of the soil microbial community.
Kansas State University
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KS
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2019
This project will demonstrate that no-tillage crop production and integrated weed management systems with cover crops are possible, productive, and economically beneficial to crop production in high rainfall, claypan agricultural areas of southeast Kansas.