Completed Competitive Grant

Feasibility of organic soybean production following CRP land

Project ID: 1999-49

Abstract

What is the potential for organic crops on land returning to production after being idled in a conservation program? On-farm demonstrations explored the effects of different tillage methods, weed control efforts, and cropping systems on organic soybean growth.

Lead investigator: Kathleen Delate, ISU Horticulture and Agronomy, et al

Year of grant completion: 2002

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Corn-soybean cropping systems, Conservation practices, Organic production practices and comparisons

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