Awardee Name
University of Georgia
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Reducing soil moisture loss
Awardee State/Territory
Georgia
Involved States/territories
Georgia
Award Year
2017
End Date
Award Amount
$75,000.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Inefficient irrigation water use
Conservation Practice(s)
Irrigation Water Management
Project Background
Reducing the soil moisture loss rate is a function of increased soil organic matter. As farmers use and incorporate conservation tillage practices into their operations, soil health is improved as a result of increasing organic matter. One of the benefits and the main focus of this project is to demonstrate that the use of conservation tillage can help the soil profile reduce the rate at which the moisture is lost during the growing season. To demonstrate this concept, operating fields using both conservation tillage and conventional tillage will be monitored using soil moisture probes to record the amount of soil moisture and enough data will be collected to allow the calculation of a rate of soil moisture loss during wet and dry soil conditions.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No