Agreement Number
16-002
Awardee Name
Colorado State University
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Demonstrate the potential of cover crop and forage mixtures to improve soil quality
Awardee State/Territory
Colorado
Involved States/territories
Colorado
Award Year
2015
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$995,492.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Habitat
Soil
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Pollinator habitat
Soil Health
Water Quality
Conservation Practice(s)
Conservation Crop Rotation
Cover Crop
Nutrient Management
Prescribed Grazing
Project Background
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate and quantify the impacts of soil-health improving management practices including Cover Crops, crop rotations, and reduced tillage on a range of soil properties and processes – including nutrient cycling and soil water availability in the semi-arid environments of the western Great Plains. On- farm demonstration sites and comparison studies will be established in eastern Colorado, western Kansas and western Nebraska to show farmers how these management practices can be successfully adopted in these environments.
Project Scale
Multi-farm
Regional
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Meagan Schipanski