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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North Carolina State University
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NC
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2016
North Carolina State University proposes to harmonize P-Index results across southern state boundaries and provide more robust factors in Indices. As these linkages occur across southern States, information can then be transferred to and from other regions (i.e., Heartland and Northeastern). This will allow continued coordination and communication with the other regions of the country, as well as the National P Index CIG Integration project.
Center for Rural Affairs
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NE
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2016
The Center for Rural Affairs proposes to increase soil health literacy among Nebraska farmers and to achieve the following objectives (1) teach women, veteran, and beginning farmers about conservation practices informed by soil and climate science and enable them to implement these practices; (2) enable women, veteran, and beginning farmers to effectively use federal and state programs for conservation while developing recommendations to improve these programs; and (3) engage Natural Resource Districts (NRD) and other conservation professionals the project to maximize impact and replicability.
North South Institute, Inc.
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FL
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2016
The Institute seeks to address the resource concern of the denigration of water quality via working with seventy-five (75) farms at two (2) sites in the state of Florida, Indian River and Broward Counties. The project will serve Historically Underserved Producers, Veteran Farmers and Ranchers by implementing least cost innovative methods to reduce nitrate and phosphate run-offs and conserve on-farm Energy so that the target groups can minimize farm land erosion, reduce contamination of associated aquifers, and increase on-farm productivity and profitability through Energy conservation.
Arkansas Land and Community Development Corporation
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AR
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2016
Through this outreach project, the Arkansas Land and Community Development Corporation (ALCDC) will assign a trained staff member to serve as a field agent to NRCS District Conservationists throughout a 42 county service area while at the same time serving as a mentor to historically underserved producers. This project proposes to increase the number of new EQIP applications for historically underserved producers in each of the four service area regions, increase awareness of new technology applicable to the operation, work one-on-one with producers to create farm management plans, increase the long-term profitability for participants through farm/ranch improvements, and increase collective knowledge of sustainable agriculture throughout the service area by conducting quarterly workshops and training seminars in each region.
On-Pasture
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DC
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2016
This project is designed to build on the innovative tool of a novel publication using Internet and social media to reach new and beginning farmers with valuable tools to improve land management. Using its community-style, conversational approach, the publication will translate science for farmers and ranchers raising livestock on pasture, and make it accessible online in a weekly, easy-to-read format.
Operation Spring Plant, Inc
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NC
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2016
Operation Spring Plant proposes to illustrate to socially disadvantaged producers the benefits of adopting and implementing innovative proven NRCS conservation measures/technologies to address Nutrient Management, On-Farm Energy, Water Quality and Conservation Cover issues. A model of this demonstration will be made available by an on-farm installation project that addresses existing resource and production concerns that are obstacles to the success of the black small family farm. Operation Spring Plant will use these on farm demonstrations to make an impact on farmers’ confidence to adopt conservation and new technology practices.
Washington State University
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WA
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2016
Washington State University proposes to demonstrate technologies that can improve cost efficiency of transporting manure nutrients from regions of dense populations of animal agriculture operations to areas that have a demand for manure nutrients. The goals will be: (1) to successfully demonstrate the mobile unit at numerous dairies; (2) develop an effective regional P-recycling relationship between the WA dairy industry and forage growers; and (3) increase the understanding of phosphorus management by both industries.
Women, Food, and Agriculture Network
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IA
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2016
During 20 years of work on women’s agricultural outreach, the Women, Food and Agriculture Network has verified that women inheriting land, if they have not been actively involved with agriculture, are at an enormous disadvantage when it comes to awareness, understanding, and confidence in conservation on their land. Trends in land tenure in the Midwest show a generational turnover of land ownership and women inheriting farmland need conservation resources. This is an innovative project as it targets an audience that currently has no specialized outreach, and it will require innovative strategies to be successful.
Sustainable Conservation
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CA
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2016
Sustainable Conservation proposes to demonstrate that subsurface irrigation, a proven NRCS practice standard, can be modified to apply dairy effluent from lagoons (hereafter effluent) as a practice that will enable dairy producers to improve their nutrient applications.
University of Hawaii Systems
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HI, AS, GU
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2016
University of Hawaii proposes to demonstrate optimal irrigation management strategies and accomplish the following project objectives to address the issue/problem: A robust approach will be developed to optimize irrigation scheduling in intensive vegetable production systems across diverse climatic zones in the Pacific Islands. An online tool to address this issue was developed for California with high success rate (https://cropmanage.ucanr.edu). The University of Hawaii will expand on this proven technology and modify it for climates, soil types, and crops in the Pacific Islands. The objectives are to 1) develop a weather-based irrigation scheduling system to improve water use efficiency for selected vegetable crops, 2) design an online tool to enable real-time irrigation scheduling on a field-by-field basis, and 3) implement an outreach program targeting farmers and other agriculture professionals to enhance their awareness to adopt an irrigation management strategy that conserves water resources and enhances farm productivity.