Project Search
Since its inception in 2004, CIG has funded hundreds of projects, boosting natural resource conservation while helping producers improve the health of their operations for the future. Use this tool to search for CIG projects based on any of the criteria listed below.
CIG projects from 2004-2009 may be missing information in the following categories: Resource Concern (specific), Conservation Practice, Production/Use.
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Showing 101 - 110 of 1802 projects
Pheasants Forever, Inc.
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IA, MN
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2021
Pheasants Forever will trial a financial assistance model that promotes the adoption of precision agriculture and precision conservation strategies and tools on a farm-wide scale to identify opportunities for conservation and inform decision making. This project is designed to address barriers (financial, technical and social) that farmers in the Prairie Pothole region face in implementing precision conservation decision making systems on their farms.
Colorado Department of Ag
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CO
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2021
The Colorado Department of Agriculture will encourage the widespread adoption of soil health practices across Colorado to achieve positive water quality, water conservation and on-farm economic benefits. This on-farm trial will create healthy resilient soils by providing technical assistance, incentive payments and market opportunities to producers.
Grow Food
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WA
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2021
Grow Foods will engage historically underserved farmers to conduct On-Farm Trials of the innovative Soil Health Management Systems (SHMS) techniques and demonstrate the benefits of adopting SHMS through environmental, social and economic evaluation of the on-farm trials. The project will build capacity for farmers to understand changes in soil health through the participatory design of on-farm trial, develop a regional network of soil health management practitioners and disseminate project results and lessons learned.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona
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AZ
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2021
This on-farm demonstration trial will promote climate-smart and soil health agricultural practices among small-scale farmers in Arizona. The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Blankinship soil health laboratory at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and collaborating farmers will use farmer participatory research to promote climate-smart agricultural and soil health management systems.
Utah Association of Conservation Districts
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UT
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2021
Much of Utah's dryland agriculture still practices summer fallow with frequent full width tillage through the fallow period. The Utah Association of Conservation Districts will increase the adoption of soil health practices in Utah with this on-farm trail focused on diverse farming systems. The project will identify barriers to adoption and build regional collaboration focused on soil health.
WVU Research Corporation
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OH, PA, WV
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2021
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.
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
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KY, MO, NY, NC, VA, WV
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2021
The University of Kentucky Research Foundation will increase adoption of bale grazing to improve winter feed management for beef cattle farmers by demonstrating the practical, economic, and ecological benefits through proper implementation. Bale grazing is a novel winter-feeding method where bales are set out on pasture, typically in checkerboard fashion, and fed in a planned, controlled manner, much like rotational grazing.
Palouse Conservation District
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ID, OR, WA
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2021
Palouse Conservation District will work with crop producers of the inland Pacific Northwest (iPNW) to demonstrate farming practices that further build soil health and increase the resilience of dryland cropping systems. The overall goal of this project is to support widespread adoption of soil health management systems (SHMS)−specifically cover cropping, interseeding, and cover crop-livestock integration. This project will create a formal, farmer-led group dedicated to demonstrating SHMS that incorporate cover crops and livestock integration with cover crops on a regional scale and disseminate findings to peers, agricultural professionals, and the general public.
The Regents of the University of California
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CA
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2021
Through this on-farm trial, the Regents of the University of California will address barriers faced by small-scale historically underserved producers in the San Joaquin Valley of California to adopting soil health practices. The project will build flexibility for producers to adapt practices to their own operations and to trial combined practices to determine the best combination for their situation. Results will be shared with a wider audience of small-scale farmers in California to support adoption of soil health practices and provide research-based information on adaptation of combined practices to address financial, resource, and environmental challenges.
Piikani Lodge Health Institute
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MT
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2021
Piikani Lodge Health Institute will work with Tribal Nations to support greater adoption and implementation of regenerative grazing practices within Montana's rangelands and irrigated pastures. The project will support regenerative grazing by prioritizing adequate rest/recovery periods, stocking animals at higher, and committing to shorter graze periods.