Awardee Name
University of Vermont Extension
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Soil Health Demonstration Farm on Clay Soil
Awardee State/Territory
Vermont
Involved States/territories
Vermont
Award Year
2013
End Date
Award Amount
$75,000.00
Production/Use
Animal Agriculture and Husbandry
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Soil organism habitat loss or degradation
Organic matter depletion
Compaction
Aggregate instability
Conservation Practice(s)
Cover Crop
Conservation Crop Rotation
Nutrient Management
Residue and Tillage Management
Residue and Tillage Management, No Till
Residue and Tillage Management, Reduced Till
Project Background
The vast majority of annual crops grown on farms in the Champlain Valley of Vermont are on heavy clay soils that are typically plowed in the fall after crop harvest leaving the soil exposed through the winter. This project will demonstrate on a whole-farm scale that reduced tillage and no-till cropping systems are viable options with multiple benefits.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No