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Diversifying Appalachia's Pastures to Improve Soil Health

Agreement Number
NR22-13G010
Awardee Name
WVU Research Corporation
Grant Type
On-Farm Trials-Soil Health Demonstration Trial
Awardee State/Territory
West Virginia
Involved States/territories
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Award Year
2021
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$592,911.00
Production/Use
Animal Agriculture and Husbandry
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Aggregate instability
Soil Health
Conservation Practice(s)
Range Planting
Project Background
WVU Research Corporation will promote and evaluate pasture diversification through reseeding as an innovative conservation strategy. The on-farm trials will compare reseeding pasture with a highly diverse mixture to unaltered pasture and conventional reseeding. This project seeks to demonstrate to producers across Appalachia that reseeding to increase pasture diversity provides a wide variety of environmental and economic benefits.
Project Scale
Multi-farm
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Ember Morrissey