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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Texas A&M Agrilife Research
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DE, IL, IA, LA, MD, NC, TX, VA
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2020
Texas A&M, in collaboration with commodity boards and grower networks, will work with soybean, corn, and cotton producers across 8 states to enhance on-farm adoption of integrated herbicide-resistant weed management practices through a focus on cover crops and harvest weed seed control.
University of Illinois
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ID, IL, LA, MN, MT, NE, ND, SD, TX, WA
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2020
University of Illinois, in collaboration with Washington State University's Extension Program and cotton, corn, soy, and wheat producers, plans to deploy a data-intensive crop management system based on on-farm precision experiments. Farmers will use these tools to conduct site-specific, data-based evaluation of the yield costs of reducing nitrogen losses, enabling data-informed input management decisions.
Clemson University
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NC, SC
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2020
Clemson University will engage North and South Carolina cotton farmers, including Historically Underserved producers, to implement cover crops and conservation tillage. Participating producers will grow winter cover crops and use conservation tillage in cotton-based cropping systems to evaluate the impact on soil health in order to increase the adoption of these practices among cotton growers region-wide.
American Farmland Trust, Inc.
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CT
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2020
American Farmland Trust will stimulate the adoption of various soil health practices by involving farms in a coast-to-coast Soil Health Demonstration project demonstrating regionally appropriate soil health strategies across three regions covering seven states and six cropping systems. Through soil sampling, in-field assessment, and crop management protocols AFT will track the short-term soil, economic, and social changes occurring as farms transition to full soil health management systems.
University Of Hawaii Systems
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HI, AS, PR
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2020
The University of Hawaii will establish a network of on-farm Soil Health Management Systems demonstrations that are individually tailored, regionally adapted, and managed by farmers, in collaboration with participating farms in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and three Hawaiian islands. The project emphasizes engagement with historically underserved Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic farmers and restorative efforts on degraded or abandoned agricultural lands in rural communities.
North Carolina State University
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AL, AR, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, MD, MS, MO, NE, NH, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WI
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2020
This project adds new row crop farms to an existing network of producers in an online co-learning environment integrating technology, real-time data flow (aggregation, analytics, and visualization), and decision support tools to promote the use of soil health management principles including carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and water infiltration and storage.
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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TX
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2020
A collaborative effort between the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Texas State University, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, and Texas producers, this project focuses on the long-term regional implementation and evaluation of cover crops and improved/reduced tillage practices in degraded, subtropical soils on arid, water-limited farms. Researchers will recruit historically underserved farmers across the region to receive technical and financial assistance to improve soil health.
Vermont Land Trust, Inc.
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VT
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2020
Vermont Land Trust will work together with test farms to plan and implement a four-part Soil Health Management System for each site including: no-till seeding of forage and cover crops; nutrient management via application of compost and bioavailable soil amendments; non-invasive mechanical pasture improvement; management-intensive rotational grazing of livestock. Outcomes will be evaluated against five control sites and used to produce a predictive pasture health model.
American Farmland Trust
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OH
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2020
This project addresses water quality in the Upper Scioto River (USR) Watershed, and thereby the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the hypoxic dead zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico, by incentivizing agricultural producers to forbear application of Monoammonium Phosphate (MAP) and Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) during Fall fertilizer applications and in lieu, apply triple superphosphate (TSP) as a substitute. Unlike MAP and DAP, TSP does not contain Nitrogen (N).
American Farmland Trust
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MA
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2020
With crashing milk prices, rising land competition, climate change, & now the devastating impacts due to COVID-19, the future of agriculture in the northeast is in peril. To survive this &, future disasters, whether due to climate change or public health emergencies, agricultural industries across the spectrum must build resilience & improve longterm viability in part through the implementation of soil health management systems (SHMS). With improved soil health practices, Massachusetts farms can strengthen their financial standing, setting them up for greater stability & presence in our local food system. Leveraging data from American Farmland Trust’s (AFT) on-farm soil health demonstration (SHD) network, which includes four dairy & vegetable farms in Massachusetts, AFT will stimulate the adoption of cover crops & other soil health practices by women through the sharing of short-term soil, economic, & social changes that occur as the SHD farms transition to full SHMS. These examples will be shared & discussed with women farmers during three Soil Health Learning Circles, aimed at working with women landowners & women farmers including farmers of color, to improve access to resources & enable better stewardship & farmland protection. Following the Learning Circles, six in-depth profiles highlighting women farmers from across MA will be produced, capturing participants' stories of newly gained conservation knowledge or successful implementation of soil health practices. Additionally, in an effort to provide cover crop & no-till implementation education in a more technical & hands-on setting, we will also execute a soil-health demonstration field day highlighting on-farm soil health trials, & the use & operation of equipment such as a roller crimper, no-till seed drill, & a no-till vegetable transplanter.