Agreement Number
NR205E34XXXXG003
Awardee Name
American Farmland Trust
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Changing the Form of Phosphorous Fertilizer: A Way to Reduce Nitrogen from the Environment
Awardee State/Territory
Ohio
Involved States/territories
Ohio
Award Year
2020
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$149,955.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Watershed/Riparian Zone
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Nutrients transported to surface water
Nutrients transported to groundwater
Conservation Practice(s)
Nutrient Management
Project Background
This project addresses water quality in the Upper Scioto River (USR) Watershed, and thereby the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the hypoxic dead zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico, by incentivizing agricultural producers to forbear application of Monoammonium Phosphate (MAP) and Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) during Fall fertilizer applications and in lieu, apply triple superphosphate (TSP) as a substitute. Unlike MAP and DAP, TSP does not contain Nitrogen (N).
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No