Awardee Name
The Curators of the University of Missouri
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Reducing Phosphorus Runoff
Awardee State/Territory
Missouri
Involved States/territories
Missouri
Award Year
2010
End Date
Award Amount
$49,995.00
Project Background
MU will work with these producers to establish side-by-side strips through their fields with and without P fertilizer. Yields will be compared for these side-by-side
strips to determine response to P fertilizer in each field. The concept here is that many fields and parts of fields will not have a large enough yield response to P application to pay for the fertilizer. If this is correct, many crop producers in Missouri could cut back on P fertilizer applications for an unknown period of time without reducing yield. This would produce both economic and environmental benefits, and as such would be relatively easy to get producers to adopt with limited cost-share or technical assistance.
strips to determine response to P fertilizer in each field. The concept here is that many fields and parts of fields will not have a large enough yield response to P application to pay for the fertilizer. If this is correct, many crop producers in Missouri could cut back on P fertilizer applications for an unknown period of time without reducing yield. This would produce both economic and environmental benefits, and as such would be relatively easy to get producers to adopt with limited cost-share or technical assistance.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No