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Small Grains InitiativeBased on our largely positive experience with CS3, the Small Grains Initiative promotes the inclusion of small grains and cover crops in corn-soy rotations. Working with about 40 producers in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, the project offers technical assistance, a participant stipend for record keeping, site visits, newsletters, a producer manual, participant workshops, and some marketing assistance to growers who agree to plant a small grain and cover crop on at least 20 acres. Most producers plant either oats or wheat, and use either frost seeded or companion seeded red clover. Data is collected from each producer on agronomic, economic and environmental measures, and results are disseminated to participants and other interested parties. Initiated in 1997, the program is funded largely by the North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program and the federal Fund for Rural America (FRA). For further information contact John Hall at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute at jhall@mfai.org or Josh Posner at jlposner@facstaff.wisc.edu Links: Oatlink |
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