Agreement Number
11-132
Awardee Name
Dairy Science Institute, Inc
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Dairy Farm Stewardship Toolkit
Awardee State/Territory
Illinois
Involved States/territories
Illinois
Award Year
2011
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$1,101,600.00
Production/Use
Animal Agriculture and Husbandry
Resource Concern (Broad)
Air
Energy
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs)
Inefficient energy use
Water Quality
Conservation Practice(s)
Feed Management
Waste Treatment
Project Background
The project objective is to create a fully tested, innovative and unique tool to measure, benchmark, and provide feedback on the environmental impact of dairy farming, at the Farm-level. In addition, the project has a goal to provide training materials to assist those experts with the most access to and respect from dairy farmers in using the toolkit as a way to discuss sustainability and conservation topics and cause measurable improvement in dairy farm practices.
The project create an easy-to-use toolkit to evaluate current stewardship practices on dairy farms, make suggestions for improving on these practices, and connect the producer to funds that can help to pay for these practice changes. In addition, a method for effectively communicating with dairy producers will be developed utilizing the existing social and professional networks on which producers rely from day to day.
The project create an easy-to-use toolkit to evaluate current stewardship practices on dairy farms, make suggestions for improving on these practices, and connect the producer to funds that can help to pay for these practice changes. In addition, a method for effectively communicating with dairy producers will be developed utilizing the existing social and professional networks on which producers rely from day to day.
Project Scale
National
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Chad Frahm