The University of Missouri's Bradford Research and Extension Center is embarking on the university's first nationally funded organic farming research project. The cover crops of cereal rye and hairy vetch, are the first stage in a project funded by the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) with a grant of US$740,000 (€554,452.4).
The project hopes to advance organic cropping systems with a focus on weed suppression, minimising greenhouse gas emissions, increasing fertility in an environmentally friendly way and improving grain productivity. MU joins 23 other institutions that shared US$19 million (€14.236 million) in grants from NIFA. Read more ...
The project hopes to advance organic cropping systems with a focus on weed suppression, minimising greenhouse gas emissions, increasing fertility in an environmentally friendly way and improving grain productivity. MU joins 23 other institutions that shared US$19 million (€14.236 million) in grants from NIFA. Read more ...
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