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 161 - 170 of 1802 projects
Michigan State University
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IA, MI
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2020
This project will stimulate the adoption of saturated buffers and improve water quality while maintaining crop productivity. The project will increase knowledge of the value of saturated buffers and inform farm-level siting of the practice for efficient nitrate removal.
North Carolina State University
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IA, NC, TX
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2020
This project will apply a 3D imaging system to increase the adoption of cover crops and provide site-specific weed control tactics to substantially reduce tillage. The 3D imaging system will map and quantify cover crops and weeds and will inform site-specific management of weed escapes, protecting soil and water quality through improved management.
Texas A&M Agrilife Research
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TX
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2020
To develop and demonstrate a biochar-assisted phytoremediation system for enhancing water quality during dairy manure application, improving knowledge of field-applied calcium hydroxide-coated biochar and how, when used in conjunction with plants, it can help enhance water quality during dairy manure application.
The Ohio State University
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KY, OH
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2020
This project will run a simulation model to optimize livestock ventilation system designs and install high efficiency direct drive electronically commultated (EC) motors, sensors, and controllers on a 2,400 head swine tunnel finishing barn and a 300 head dairy farm.
Texas A&M Agrilife Research
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CO
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2020
To inform the development of a decision and implementation tool applying fresh water and wastewater mixed with fresh water applied to open-lot surfaces to reduce NH3 emissions.
University of Illinois
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IL, IA, MN
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2020
This project will design and evaluate bioreactors and saturated buffers that address variable flow, increase the volume of water treated look at how site factors may impact performance, and test innovative nitrogen monitoring methods that could lead to market-based water quality solutions
Michigan State University
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IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MS, MO, NE, SD, TX, VA
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2020
In collaboration with corn, soybean, wheat, and cotton producers, MSU aims to reduce N fertilizer losses from agricultural fields by implementing two interconnected strategies: site-specific, data-driven, variable-rate N fertilizer application rates, and replacement of unprofitable and/or unresponsive areas with restored native vegetation.
Regents of the University of Minnesota
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IN, MN
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2020
Researchers will implement on-farm corn PNM (precision nitrogen management) and monitoring trials on farms in Minnesota and Indiana in order to assess the agronomic, economic, and environmental benefits of PNM technology in comparison with farmers current N management practices under diverse on-farm conditions.
Ridge To Reefs, Inc.
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PR
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2020
This project brings together a coalition of organizations representing academia, public, private, and non-governmental sectors in Puerto Rico to help farmers implement improved Regenerative Production Systems consisting of a suite of Enhanced Management Practices. Both small- to medium- scale farms will implement practices focused on their specific resource concerns and production goals.
Michigan State University
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IN, MI
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2020
Michigan State University will work with producers to field-test a low-cost remote sensor monitoring system in corn, soybean, and small vegetable production plots. MSU will assess adoption through surveys conducted in collaboration with partners Michigan Farm Bureau and Michiana Irrigation Association.