WICST research themes

Core systems trial:

• Protecting the environment
• Outreach
• Prairie establishment
• Productivity/ profitability
• Soil health and biodiversity
• Soil fertility
• Core trial sites
• Weeds

Cover crops project
Decision aid tools
Grass based dairy
Manure management
Oak savanna restoration
Small grains initiative
Reduced input systems

Prairie Establishment

With this project we plan to establish native Wisconsin prairie plant species on the nutrient rich agricultural soils of the WICST plots. We will investigate how different planting mixes respond to intense weed competition, and whether this affects long-term success and/or ecological functioning. The WICST plots offer a unique opportunity to incorporate some of the ecosystem parameters from the cropping diversity to the native species diversity.

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