Awardee Name
Virginia Tech
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Managed Grazing for Improved Soil Health and Environmental Protection
Awardee State/Territory
Virginia
Involved States/territories
Virginia
Award Year
2012
End Date
Award Amount
$75,000.00
Project Background
Virginia Tech will demonstrate how grazing management can affect soil health, pasture plant diversity and nutrient losses in pastures. Virginia Tech will demonstrate on two sites how mob and rotational grazing will affect soil health as measured by total organic matter content, particulate organic matter content, soil microbial activity, root mass, physical properties (bulk density and soil compaction) and biological activity (earth worm and dung beetle abundance).
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No