Grain and Forage from Intermediate Wheatgrass: A New Perennial Grain Crop
Minnesota team: Craig Sheaffer, Jake Jungers, Mitch Hunter, Bradely Heins Michigan team: Sieglinde Snapp, Vicki Morrone and Kim Cassida (Michigan State University) and Hampshire Farm Project Highlights One of the first studies to investigate dual-use of intermediate wheatgrass (IWG) for production of Kernza® grain and forage Sites in Minnesota and Michigan represent a wide gradient…
Read MoreBreeding and testing corn for organic farmers that combines high N efficiency, superior nutritional value, and cross incompatibility.
Investigator: Walter Goldstein Mandaamin Institute Elkhorn, Wisconsin View/Download Full Report in PDF Format Introduction Corn presently produces more grain than any other single cereal in the World. It is also the major cereal crop for both conventional and organic farmers in the Midwest (Anon. 2016). Because of consolidation of the seed industry and the predominance…
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CERES TRUST FINAL REPORT 2017 Dean G. Baas, PhD Educator, Sustainable Agriculture NCRSARE PDP Michigan State Coordinator, Michigan State University Extension, 612 E. Main Street · Centreville, MI 49032 Cell Phone: 269-967-9672 · Fax: 269-467-5641 · Email: [email protected] Final Project Status: The Michigan Organic Soybean Variety Trials were implemented over a six year period from…
Read MoreValue-added Einkorn for Organic Production in the Great Plains Region
Report submitted by Abdullah Jaradat, USDA North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, Morris, MN Dipak Santra, UNL Panhandle Research Extension Center, Scottsbluff, NE Steve Zwinger, NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center, Carrington, ND Joel Ransom, NDSU Extension, Fargo, ND Frank Kutka, Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society, Lamoure, ND Introduction: The purpose of this project was to…
Read MoreConsumer-Engaged Participatory Plant Breeding Model Comparison and Beet Flavor Breeding
Graduate Student: Solveig Hanson, Department of Horticulture, Plant Breeding Plant Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1575 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706 · 608-514-5466 [email protected] Faculty Advisor: Dr. Irwin L. Goldman Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin Madison · 608-262-1624 · [email protected] Abstract A resilient organic agriculture requires crop varieties bred for the agronomic and…
Read MoreEvaluation of carrot (Daucus carota, L.) for traits related to early seedling establishment and canopy growth in organic systems
Graduate Student: Sarah Turner, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [email protected] Faculty Advisor: Dr. Erin Silva, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [email protected] Project Period: 2015-2016 View/Download Full Report in PDF Format Abstract Carrots are an important crop for many organic vegetable growers, but weed control remains a major challenge due to slow emergence and delayed…
Read MoreOrganic Forage Blends (Response of row cropping of mixed seeds of corn and soybean at different seeding ratios on forage yield, nutrient yields and quality grown under organic condition)
Graduate Student: Ishwary P Acharya, Dairy Science Department, South Dakota State University Faculty advisor: Dr. David P Casper, Dairy Science Department, South Dakota State University View/Download Full Report in PDF Format Abstract A field plot study was laid out using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replicates to evaluate two organic corn hybrids…
Read MoreOpen Source Carrots
Graduate student final project report submitted to The Ceres Trust. Project Leader: Claire Luby, Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Horticulture Major Advisor: Dr. Irwin L. Goldman· University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Horticulture · 1575 Linden Dr., Madison, WI, 53706 Collaborators: Steve Pincus and Beth Kazmar, Tipi Organic Produce Ceres Trust Funding Awarded: $10,000…
Read MoreOrganic seed potato production and participatory breeding
[no_toc]The Ceres Trust Organic Research Initiative Final Research Report Investigators: Amy O. Charkowski; UW-Madison Plant Pathology Ruth Genger, UW-Madison Plant Pathology Russell Groves, UW-Madison Entomology Shelley Jansky, USDA-ARS and UW-Madison Horticulture Douglas Rouse, UW-Madison Plant Pathology Project locations: Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, Ohio View/Download Full Report in PDF Format Potato is the fourth largest…
Read MoreSelecting Rootstock and Scion Varieties for Organic Grafted Tomato Production
View/Download Full Report in PDF Format Final Report on Graduate Student Project “Guidance in selecting optimal combinations of rootstock and scion varieties for organic grafted tomato production” Bizhen Hu (Graduate Student) and Matthew D. Kleinhenz (Major Advisor and Extension Vegetable Specialist) Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development…
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