Agreement Number
11-175
Awardee Name
University of Arkansas
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Integration Soil| Crop and Pest Monitoring Using Spatial Technology on Arkansas Cotton Farms to Achieve Nutrient Loss reduction--in cooperation with Little River Ditches MRBI/CCPI
Awardee State/Territory
Arkansas
Involved States/territories
Arkansas
Award Year
2011
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$205,343.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Field sediment, nutrient and pathogen loss
Conservation Practice(s)
Nutrient Management
Project Background
The goal of this project is to improve the Mississippi River basin environment by providing an education and technology assistance program to farmers and their advisors that encourages expanded adoption of spatial technology and use of zone management with site specific applications of P and K fertilizers and use of controlled release N fertilizers.
Project Scale
Regional
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Tina Teague