Awardee Name
The Nature Conservancy
Grant Type
State
Project Title
The Demonstration of Winter Cover Crops and the Evaluation of their Environmental Effectiveness, on Improving Water Quality, on a Working Demonstration Farm, in the Mackinaw River Watershed
Awardee State/Territory
Illinois
Involved States/territories
Illinois
Award Year
2011
End Date
Award Amount
$75,000.00
Production/Use
Cover Crops
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Nutrients transported to surface water
Conservation Practice(s)
Cover Crop
Project Background
This project will stimulate the development and adoption of cover cropping practices by Illinois farmers.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No