Agreement Number
10-171
Awardee Name
East Arkansas Enterprise Community
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Outreach Strategies for Beginning Farmers| Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Limited Resource Farmers to Implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Nutrient Control in the Mississippi River Basin
Awardee State/Territory
Arkansas
Involved States/territories
Arkansas
Award Year
2010
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$60,000.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Farmland Horticultural
Grassland (includes pasture/rangeland)
Natural Areas
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Cover cropping
Nutrients
Conservation Practice(s)
Cover Crop
Drainage Water Management
Nutrient Management
Prescribed Grazing
Residue and Tillage Management
Project Background
The purpose of this award is for the grantee to create a Mississippi River Basin Initiative (MRBI) demonstration and program outreach that includes a combination of avoiding, controlling, and trapping practices to manage nutrients and reduce nutrient loads to improve producer adoption of conservation practices/resource management systems and approaches to manage nutrients.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
Yes
Final Report URL
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Robert L. Cole