Progress 09/01/23 to 08/31/24
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, we reached multiple target audiences including the general public, farmers, non-profit organizations, forage industry personnel and crop consultants, academic researchers, and staff of government agencies at state and federal levels. Within academia we reached undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, extension educators, national and international forage agronomists and livestock researchers, crop and soil scientists, mathematicians, and data scientists. Below are details of our contact with our target audiences. General public: We launched our public-facing project website (ag-resilience.org) and our public Facebook group, Agricultural Resilience (https://www.facebook.com/groups/989304282540018). RCAP collaborators regularly create content for both of these assets and engage in comments within our Facebook Group. We also participated in a general public event in Madison, WI (see Products, "events" for details). We reached the general public through content for the Maryland Grows blog (https://marylandgrows.umd.edu/2024/05/27/creative-displays-starting-the-conversation-about-insect-ecosystem services/). Farmers: We engaged with farmers in multiple ways: through online media, extension outreach, non-extension outreach, and by facilitating events. Through the RCAP's National Farm Network we reached more than 80 farmers in 16 states (AR, GA, FL, IA, MD, MI, MN, ND, NE, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, WI, WY). We reached farmers through publication of eight extension bulletins/factsheets/articles (see Products, "extension materials"), and two non-extension outreach publications (see Products, "non-extension outreach"). We launched our farmer decision-support tool, MatchForage (https://forages.oregonstate.edu/matchforage) while under construction. MatchForage is a web-based application to improve selection of forage species for specific locations, intended uses, and management. We further engaged farmers by collaborating in the creation of a new tool to connect livestock producers and landowners throughout the Southeaster US. (available at https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2023/03/10/southeast-grazing-exchange-website-a-new-tool-to-connect-livestock producers-and-landowners-throughout-the-southeastern-us/). We reached farmers through creation of content for the Maryland Grows blog (https://marylandgrows.umd.edu/2024/05/27/creative-displays-starting-the-conversation-about-insect ecosystem-services/). We also engaged directly with farmers though field days on experiment stations, and field tours of local farms. (For details, see "Products - Events", and especially the combined annual meetings of NCCC-31 and RCAP, Fargo, ND, Aug. 12-15). Non-profit organizations: We reached agricultural policy-focused and sustainable agriculture-focused peers within non profit organizations via an invited presentation and a presentation at a workshop hosted by an agricultural non-profit organization. See "Products - Events" for details. Forage industry and crop consultants: We engaged crop consultants during a field day in North Dakota. Academia: We reached academic researchers and outreach specialists through publication of 22 refereed journal articles, a book chapter, 19 conference papers, 27 scientific presentations, 22 poster presentations, and attendance at national and international scientific conferences, including: American Dairy Science Association Annual Meeting, American Forage and Grassland Council Annual Meeting, Annual Horticulture & Crop Science Research Symposium, ASA/CSSA/SSSA, Dragonfly Society of the Americas Annual Meeting, Ecosystem Services and Market Consortium, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Growing Outreach Conference hosted by National Wildlife Federation, NCCCC-31 Annual Meeting, NIFA Grant Development and Grant Management Training for HSI Universities hosted by the University of Texas at Arlington, Oregon Forage and Grassland Council Annual Meeting, Perennial Grains Early Career Workshop hosted by The Land Institute, the Southern Economic Association Meetings, and our annual RCAP All-hands meeting in Fargo, ND (Aug. 12-15). Changes/Problems:Cross-cutting: In spite of numerous and repeated notifications to our collaborators, we faced challenges in getting all RCAP collaborators to include statements of NIFA funding on all of their publications, presentations, and other scholarly outputs. Thus, many of the items in the Products page indicate "No" to the question of whether NIFA acknowledgement was made. Aside from continued statements of policy that all collaborators must acknowledge NIFA funding, we do not have an immediate solution for policing the policy. We also faced considerable challenges meeting NIFA's new requirements for public access (Departmental Regulation 1020-006) since we received the notification of USDA's policy change after we had solicited and received annual report content from our 90+ collaborators; and we received the notification a mere 30 days before our annual progress report was due to NIFA. This short time frame for adapting to new policy did not permit us to: 1) complete the collection of digital personal identifiers; 2) verify existence of DOIs for all peer-reviewed materials produced with NIFA support in our project; and 3) give collaborators sufficient time to upload their materials to AgCommons and return to us a DOI. Also, there is no way in REEport to save submitted peer-review papers that are in review because they do not yet have DOIs. As a result, we were not able to include the following products on the Products page of REEport since they did not meet the criteria for certification of compliance with DR1020-006. Sincethere is no option in REEport to include non-compliant products/productivity, we report them here, below: Ashworth, A.J., A. Tyson, T. Prospt, L. Marshall, J.J. Volenec, M.D. Casler, M.T. Berti, E. van Santen, V. Picasso, J.L. Foster, and J. Su 2025. Knowledge graph applications for identifying climate-smart forage systems. Agronomy J. (under review). Ballerstedt, Peter J., Hannaway, David B., and Noakes, T.D. 2023. Why We Need a Ruminant Revolution: Combating Malnutrition and Metabolic Illnesses to Enable Sustainable Development. International Grassland Congress. Theme 3-1, 19. Univ. Kentucky: UKnowledge. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4265&context=igc https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/24/3/19/. No DOI, no ORCIDs, no NIFA acknowledgement. Dubeux, J.C.B., Jr., I.L. Bretas, D.M Jaramillo, D. Camelo, L.M.D. Queiroz, B.G. Homem. 2023. Ecosystem services in tropical pastures. In: M.V.F. dos Santos (ed.); Pastagens tropicais (livro eletrônico]: dos fundamentos ao uso sustentável. Visconde do Rio Branco, MG: Suprema Gráfica, 2023. ISBN 978-85-8179-199-9 p.321-354. Available at https://www.ppgz.ufrpe.br/media/3/download; NIFA Support Acknowledged: NO; missing DOI Igboke, O., Bortolon, E.S.O., Asworth, A., Tallksen, J., Picasso, V., and Berti , M.T*. 2024. Perennial forage systems enhance ecosystem quality variables compared with annual forage systems, Sustainability (under review).NIFA Support Acknowledged:YES.Missing DOI. Santos, E.R.S., J.C.B. Dubeux, Jr., L.E. Sollenberger, C.L. Mackowiak, C.C. Vela Garcia, G.M. Silva, M.C.B. Siqueira, D.M. Jaramillo, F.O.S. van Cleef, L. Zagato, D.S. Abreu, N. DiLorenzo. 2023. Grazing intensity effects on sward responses of UF Riata bahiagrass. Crop Science 2023; 63:3122-3135. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21069 NIFA Support Acknowledged: NO; Missing ORCID Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping. We encountered difficulties mapping some forage species in our MatchForage online tool due to limited availability of quantitative data on key suitability climate and soil factors. We will convene a panel of experts in Project Year 4 to parameterize these species based on professional judgement. We also faced challenges in map validation. In Project Year 4 our convened expert panel will also provide feedback for map validation. Student training is needed for geospatial skills. We will reach out to collaborators in Obj. 6 Education to devise recommendations for increase student training in GIS and allied skills. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment.Sub-objective 2.1 Forage Data Hub: It has been a challenge to locate legacy sources of forage data (e.g., data on 3-inch floppy disks in the offices of recently retired professors) and to find resources (i.e., students) to upload these data into the Forage Data Hub. We are working with RCAP collaborators to reach out one-on-one to recently retired and soon-to-be retired peer forage scientists to arrange for curation of their forage data into the Forage Data Hub, and to provide resources for students to enter the data into the Forage Data Hub. Sub-objective 2.2 National Farm Network Coordination & On-farm Research: Recruitment and retention of farmers and state collaborators has been unexpectedly difficult. The original recruitment target was 102 farms but we have recruited 85 in total, and eight have dropped out of our project. Failure to reach the original target of farms was caused by: 1) missed recruitment targets (four farms in Nebraska and Pennsylvania); 2) unwillingness of Cooperative Extension in one state to commit to our protocols (involving six farms Arkansas); 3) and exit of state collaborators from the project (involving 10 farms across Ohio and Alabama). State collaborators unanimously report that farmers of less diverse systems in particular are difficult to recruit and retain. Drop-outs of recruited farms were reportedly caused by exit of state collaborators from the RCAP project (four farms in Oklahoma), death of one farmer (North Dakota), and farmers who cited that participation was too much work. Scheduling farmer interviews has also been particularly problematic. We are planning to overcome this by coordination with state and regional extension personnel to arrange in-person meetings with farmers. Recruitment and data collection challenges led to planning for a second cohort of farmers which will have streamlined data collection and management overseen directly by RCAP Core PDs. All types of farms will be recruited and assigned to DPCS or LDS according to ranked continuum across the range of farming systems based on scores for perenniality, diversity, and circularity. We aim to recruit at least 50 farms for the second cohort beginning fall 2024. Sub-objective 2.3 Field Research: We lost two experiments in Wyoming because the Co-PI left the university. To compensate, we added two new experiments in Wisconsin. Sub-objective 2.4 Life Cycle Assessment: Planned publications and modelling indicated in last year's status report were delayed because of loss of the post-doctoral researcher who had primary responsibility for conducting the planned analyses and drafting of manuscripts. We subsequently hired a Ph.D. student for these tasks and expect their completion within Project year 4. Objective 3: Social Constraints. We experienced a major challenge of lack of participation of farmers in the National Farm Network, specifically in the first round of farmer interviews. The cause of the lack of response to requests to schedule interviews is not clear. We suspect that the complicated, hierarchical structure of the project - which sometimes involves as many as four levels of communication from project PI to farmer participant, and two or three horizontal diversions - is one of the major factors. Additionally, the Objective lead - Dr. Ann Finan - has changed positions, resulting in a variety of administrative changes and challenges, as well as changing contingent of collaborators. We are actively working with Extension collaborators and state collaborators to resolve the delay in scheduling farmer interviews. Objective 4: Economic Impacts. Nothing to report. Objective 5: Extension.Nothing to report. Objective 6: Education. Nothing to report. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Cross-cutting: We created plans to pilot transdisciplinary training in 2025 and to publish a peer-review paper on transdisciplinary practices. Our agenda for second All-hands Annual Meeting in Madison (October, 2023) centered on transdisciplinary training for RCAP collaborators, including: a keynote presentation on transdisciplinary team science, best practices in transdisciplinary collaboration, dialogue skills, interactive listening skills, building a transdisciplinary plan, and evaluation approaches to transdisciplinary science. Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping We provided mentorship to a graduate student to advance her GIS skills and connect her to the PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University and their climate data. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment For Sub-objective 2.1 Forage Data Hub, we provided training for a Ph.D. student in Mathematics for creation of a user-interface and data-intake pipeline for greater user ease and quality control of queries and data inputs. For Sub-objective 2.2 Farmer Network, two graduate students were hired to conduct statistical analyses (in FL and WI). For Sub-objective 2.3 Field Research we provided training for eight graduate students in experimental research, and graduate student A. Kurth (NDSU) completed her MS thesis. For Sub-objective 2.4 Life Cycle Assessment, we created training for one Ph.D. student. Objective 3: Social Constraints We provided research training for two undergraduate students. Objective 4: Economic Impacts We provided research training for one graduate student. Objective 5: Extension Nothing to report. Objective 6: Education We provided training for 11 undergraduate students who participated in a summer internship program for field research. We provided entomological field research training for three graduate students. We provided professional development for 14 graduate students across the RCAP through the RCAP Graduate Forum. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Cross-cutting We launched the RCAP monthly newsletter to distribute information and project outcomes to collaborators across the RCAP, sponsors, our Advisory Board, and allies. We launched a monthly informal RCAP seminar for collaborators to share works in-progress and results of analyses in an informal setting. The RCAP Seminar Series is for RCAP collaborators and our sponsors. Seminar recordings are available on-demand through the RCAP Collaborator web site, https://sites.google.com/view/rcapcollaboratorsite/home. Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping By incorporating species suitability maps and fact sheets for forage species into our MatchClover web-based decision support tool we have made information accessible to the public. Our refereed journal publications (in draft) will reach additional forage and livestock faculty and stakeholders. We presented our methodology at the RCAP Annual All-hands Meeting in August, 2024, and at professional conferences. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment Sub-objective 2.1 Forage data Hub: We presented progress on the development of the Forage Data Hub and it's methodology at the RCAP Annual All-hands meeting in August, 2024, and at national professional society meetings.A field tour for NCCC31 and R-CAP collaborators was held during the August RCAP Annual All-hands meeting. We visited farms integrating perennial crops and livestock grazing. Objective 3: Social Constraints We presented insights from our preliminary analyses at various social science and policy conferences, as well as the Tri-Societies annual meeting in St. Louis. We presented our approach and preliminary results at the Growing Outreach conference hosted by National Wildlife Federation. We presented our results thus far at the RCAP Annual All-hands Meeting in August, 2024. Objective 4: Economic Impacts We presented our methodology and initial results at the RCAP Annual All-hands Meeting in August, 2024. Objective 5: Extension We published the RCAP public-facing web site with content that is farmer-facing and for the general public regarding diverse perennial circular systems (DPCS), what DPCS systems are, what the benefits of DPCS are, and what the challenges are in transitioning to DPCS. We created online content for the RCAP Facebook Group. We published two peer-review papers in extension-focused journals. We hosted three extension events on DPCS and grasslands for livestock for Future Farmers of America (FFA), forage seed industry, and STEM education. Objective 6: Education We gave five oral presentations and posters within campus settings for undergraduate students at University of Maryland. We facilitated five educational sessions for 7-12 year old students at a farm in ND. We gave nine scientific presentations and multiple scientific posters at professional societies for researchers, teachers, and extensionists. The RCAP Graduate Forum drafted extension materials for use as content on the RCAP public web site and RCAP social media. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Cross-cutting As part of our transdisciplinarity goals, in Project Year 4 we will launch a secure online interactive deliverables and knowledge synthesis tool for RCAP collaborators. This tool will improve communications, and exchange of ideas and results among collaborators with the goal of illustrating project impact within, among, and beyond scientific disciplines. We will develop and deliver transdisciplinarity training at an upcoming conference of perennial cropping systems and continuous living cover peers in Madison. We will submit a paper on transdisciplinary competencies for collaborative research to an inter- or transdisciplinary journal (e.g., Ecology and Society). We will initiate our project's persistent library at MINDS@UW, a repository of research-based digital materials to store, index, preserve and distribute information. We will host our fourth Annual All-hands Meeting in collaboration with the annual meeting of NCCC-31. Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping In the next funding cycle we will implement our review process for input data and output maps, finalize species profiles within the MatchForage tool, and produce and distribute forage species factsheets. We will provide MatchForage demonstrations through online training and conference presentations. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment We anticipate seven graduate students will complete their studies, publish their theses, and graduate. Sub-objective 2.1 Forage Data Hub: we will finalize our user-interface and create a pipeline with the AgCommons. We will publish a peer-reviewed paper regarding additional analyses by RCAP collaborators using data from the Forage Data Hub. Sub-objective 2.2 National Farm Network Coordination & On-farm Research: We will recruit additional farms in the Network and continue collecting soils, cropping systems, and socioeconomic data from farms already in the network. Data analysis will continue, led by collaborators at University of Wisconsin and University of Florida. We will submit scientific papers to peer-review journals. We will give scientific presentations at national and international conferences. Several graduate students will complete their graduate studies and have their degrees conferred. Sub-objective 2.3 Field Research: We will select treatments from our 13 experiments across seven states to conduct a meta-analysis for evaluating whether productivity and soil parameters are impacted when perennials are integrated into annual row crop systems. We will submit at least four scientific articles. We will complete fall soil sampling, and conduct data analysis. Students will complete lab and statistical analyses and write their theses. Sub-objective 2.4 Life Cycle Assessment: We plan to complete a second meta-analysis that will compare grain-based annual cropping systems with systems that include perennial forages. The second meta-analysis will include additional impact categories beyond those in the recently published article. We plan to complete this analysis and submit it for publication in Project Year 4. We plan to begin modeling with Simapro and conduct an LCA to determine if cropping systems that include perennials have beneficial environmental impacts compared to annual row crop systems. Objective 3: Social Constraints In Project Year 4 we will complete data collection for an initial round of farmer interviews, begin data collection for our survey project, and begin the participatory policy development activities identified in the project proposal. We will provide training opportunities for undergraduate students in social science. We will initiate Sub-objective 3.3 to evaluate human health impacts of diverse perennial circular systems, and compare these impacts with those of annual crop-based systems. We will make communication and data pipelines between researchers in this sub objective and other collaborators across the RCAP to ensure reliable exchange of data and results, and to coordinate collaborative publication of results. Objective 4: Economic Impacts We will complete our study of the diversity component of diverse perennial cropping systems with regard to economic benefits in change to more diverse cropping systems and crop rotations. We will initiate a national-scale, field-level analysis of land cover change and economic impacts of transitions to perennial cropping systems. We will submit at least one paper in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. We communicated our results with peers at national conferences and the fourth RCAP annual All-hands meeting. Objective 5: Extension In Project Year 4, we will maintain our public-facing website and contribute engaging and informative content. We will add a web site analytics tool to understand user interactions with our site. We will continue to add content and moderate our Facebook group. We will publish at least four Extension bulletins on agricultural resilience. We will reach the beta testing stage for our online ecosystem services tool. We will present information at national and regional conferences, and at the RCAP Annual All-hands meeting. Objective 6: Education We will continue the RCAP Graduate Forum and our Summer Internship Program in 2024-25. We will design agricultural resilience curriculum materials for higher education. We will present information at national conferences and the RCAP Annual All-hands meeting.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Overall Accomplishments: We added transdisciplinary objectives for the project as a whole: creation of a roadmap for transdisciplinary knowledge synthesis across the project, and identification of transdisciplinary core competencies. We partnered with leaders of four SAS CAP projects and engaged with NIFA officers to identify additional opportunities to support transdisciplinarity and USDA priorities. We created plans to pilot transdisciplinary training in 2025 and to publish a peer review paper on transdisciplinary practice. We finalized our Data Management Plan and guidelines for each objective. We hosted our second and our third All hands Annual Meetings in October 2023 in Madison, WI and August 2024 in Fargo, ND. Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping We launched our decision-support tool, MatchForage, while under construction. We designed a peer-review process to ensure quality of input data and output maps for the tool. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment Sub-objective 2.1, National Forage Data Hub. We began the development of a public user interface for queries and download of data. We designed a process for utilizing the USDA AgCommons as a pathway for increased public access to the Hub. We published a peer-review paper. Sub-objective 2.2, National Farm Network Coordination & On-farm Research. We coordinated on-farm data collection on 77 farms among 13 states. We completed soil sampling on 69 farms. We conducted agronomic surveys for 68 farms and socioeconomic interviews on 12 farms. Preliminary analysis indicates benefits in some soil parameters favoring diverse perennial circular systems over other systems. Sub-objective 2.3, Field Research: A) 14 of 16 field experiments reported in 2023 are ongoing in FL, MI, ND, NE, OH, TN and WI. All above ground biomass and soil sampling are complete. Analyses and reporting are partially complete. B) One experiment at NDSU compared integration of alfalfa and camelina to other cropping systems; findings indicate integration of alfalfa or winter camelina into annual rotations may be beneficial for enhancing cropping system resilience. Alfalfa outperformed other crops in terms of yield consistency, economic benefit, and importance to nutrient cycling in crop rotations. Alfalfa continued as high-yielding with high forage nutritive value. Corn-alfalfa and sorghum-alfalfa intercropping experimentis on-target for completion in fall 2024. C.) At MSUwe collected data from two experiments involving intercropping of corn into alfalfa, living mulch, and evaluation of biological nitrogen fixation in alfalfa-grass mixtures. Sub-objective 2.4, Life Cycle Assessment: A) A Ph.D. student was hired to complete LCA efforts begun by a postdocwhoresigned due to family emergency. The student completed initial analyses and submitted a paper, recently accepted. The paper includes results of meta-analysis comparing environmental impact of annual vsperennial forages. Results showed perennial forages lowered environmental impact in eutrophication, terrestrial acidification, and ecotoxicity. Objective 3: Social Constraints We collected interview data and conducted initial analyses. We presented results to applied and theoretical crop, soil, and agronomic scientists at the annual Tri-Societies' meeting (ASA-CSSA-SSSA) in St. Louis (2023). We also conveyed our results to a peer audience at the "Growing Outreach" conference hosted by National Wildlife Federation in Madison (2024). We updated methods of outreach to address low survey response rate and lack of engagement. We developed a plan to recruit additional respondents through various professional networks with focus on underrepresented social groups and regions where we have fewer respondents. Objective 4: Economic Impacts We initiated our study of the diversity component of diverse perennial cropping systems with regard to economic benefits in change to more diverse cropping systems and crop rotations. We examined county-level changes in land cover across years, and corresponding county-level changes in rates of farm loan delinquency. Our preliminary results indicate that agronomic diversification is associated with increased loan delinquency. These results indicate misalignment of existing economic mechanisms for de-risking cropping systems with desired change for greater diversification in cropping systems for soil health, ecological and climate resilience benefits. We communicated these results with peers at the RCAP annual All-hands meeting in Fargo. Objective 5: Extension We formed an 8-member committee to fulfill Extension objectives. We created templates for branding future project publications. We drafted four Extension bulletins. We launched a moderated Facebook Group (Ag Resilience) to form social media linkages among farmers, researchers and policy makers; to distribute information on resilience-oriented extension programming; and to foster educational discussions. We worked with RCAP Graduate Student Forum (see Obj. 6) to convert graduate students' research results into Extension formats for distribution to farmers. We identified a database at University of Arkansas for developing our online ecosystem services tool. Objective 6: Education We continued to facilitate hands-on learning at summer camps for children. We assisted on-farm demonstrations on principles of diverse perennial circular systems. We continued to develop educational materials (i.e., curriculum) for high school students. We continued the development of courses for undergraduate and graduate students, for example, the Perennial Crop Breeding and Crop Genetic Diversity course at Cornell University. We crafted modular educational materials for undergraduates on the technology and methods for DNA barcoding for hands-on learning experience in molecular biology. We continued our undergraduate summer internship with 11 students at four academic institutions. Students shared their findings through seminars in a peer "mini-conference" virtual event. The RCAP Graduate Forum, a student-led multi-institution learning and professional development group, continued for a second year. Monthly meetingswere run by students and agendas were created by students. The Graduate Forum created and implemented an undergraduate mentoring program to support student learning in research projects. The Graduate Forum developedoutreach materials for the RCAP Extension committee (Objective 5) to bedistributedthrough RCAP social media and our public website.
Publications
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2023
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Ashworth, A.J., L. Marshall, J.J. Volenec, M.D. Casler, M.T. Berti, E. van Santen, C.L. Williams, V. Gopakumar, J.L. Foster, T. Propst, V. Picasso, and J. Su. 2023. Framework to develop an open-source forage data network for improving primary productivity and enhancing system resiliency. Agronomy Journal. 115, 30623073
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2024
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Jacobs, A.A., M.D. Flythe, D.G. Ely, L. Munoz, J.B. May, J.A. Nelson, V. Stanton, R.K. McGrail, K. Pham, and R.L. McCulley. 2024. Biochanin A feed supplementation alters dynamics of trace gas emissions from lamb urine-amended soil. Journal of Environmental Quality
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2024
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Jacobs, A.A., R.S. Evans, J.K. Allison, W.L. Kingery, R.L. McCulley, and K.R. Brye. 2024. Tillage and cover crop systems alter soil particle size distribution in raised-bed-and-furrow row-crop agroecosystems. Soil Systems 8(1): 6
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2023
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Jaramillo, D., J.C.B. Dubeux, Jr., A.R.S. Blount, J. Cavadini, S. Harrison. 2023. Black oat (Avena strigosa) as an alternative forage species for the US upper Midwest. Crop, Forage, & Turfgrass Management 9(2)):e20249
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2024
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MacDougall, A., E. Esch, Q.Q. Chen, O. Carroll, C. Bonner, T. Ohlert, M. Siewert, J. Sulik, A. Schweiger, E.T. Borer, D. Naidu, S. Bagchi, Y. Hautier, P. Wilfahrt, K. Larson, J. Olofsson, E. Cleland, R. Muthukrishnan, L. OHalloran, J. Alberti, T.M. Anderson, C.A. Arnillas, J.D. Bakker, I.C. Barrio, L. Biederman, E.H. Boughton, L.A. Brudvig, M. Bruschetti, Y. Buckley, M.N. Bugalho, M.W. Cadotte, M.C. Caldeira, J.A. Catford, C. DAntonio, K. Davies, P. Daleo, C.R. Dickman, I. Donohue, M.E. DuPre, K. Elgersma, N. Eisenhauer, A. Eskelinen, C. Estrada, P.A. Fay, Y. Feng, D.S. Gruner, N. Hagenah, S. Haider, S. Harpole, E. Hersch-Green, A. Jentsch, K. Kirkman, J.M.H. Knops, L. Laanisto, L.S. Lannes, R. Laungani, A. Lkhagva, P. Macek, J.P. Martina, R.L. McCulley, B. Melbourne, R. Mitchell, J.L. Moore, J.W. Morgan, T.O. Muraina, Y. Niu, M. Partel, P.L. Peri, S.A. Power, J.N. Price, S.M. Prober, Z. Ren, A.C. Risch, N.G. Smith, G. Sonnier, R.J. Standish, C.J. Stevens, M. Tedder, P. Tognetti, G.F. Veen, R. Virtanen, G.M. Wardle, E. Waring, A.A. Wolf, L. Yahdijian, and E.W. Seabloom. 2024. Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8:1877-1888.
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2024
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McGrail, R.K., A.E. Carlisle, J.A. Nelson, R.D. Dinkins, and R.L. McCulley. 2024. Tall fescue and endophyte genetics influence vertical transmission and seed characteristics under climate change scenarios. Phytobiomes.
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2024
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Picasso, V.D. & Pizarro, D. 2024. Silvopastoral transitions in Latin America: toward diverse perennial systems. Agroforestry Systems
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2024
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Pizarro, D.M., Zarza, R., Boggiano, P., Cadenazzi, M, Picasso, V.D. 2024. Botanical composition.
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2023
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Rusch, H., J.C.B. Dubeux, Jr., L.M.D. Queiroz, M.O. Wallau, C.H. Wilson. 2023. Species richness and functional diversity enhance winter annual forage productivity and nutritive value. Crop Science 2023; 63:3136-3150.
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2023
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Santos, E.R.S., J.C.B. Dubeux, Jr., C. Mackowiak, L.E. Sollenberger, G.D. Farias, B.G. Homem, D.M. Jaramillo, L. Zagato, L.M.D. Queiroz, D.L. Wright, N. DiLorenzo, M. Ruiz-Moreno. 2023. Above and belowground litter decomposition of cover crops grazed at different intensities. Grass & Forage Science, 2023, 78:376-389.
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2024
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Salazar, R., Alegre, J., Pizarro, D., Duff, A.J., Garc�a, C., G�mez, C.2024. Soil carbon stock potential in pastoral and silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon. Agroforestry Systems.
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2023
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Santos, E.R.S., J.C.B. Dubeux, Jr., L.E. Sollenberger, C.L. Mackowiak, C.C. Vela Garcia, G.M. Silva, M.C.B. Siqueira, D.M. Jaramillo, F.O.S. van Cleef, L. Zagato, D.S. Abreu, N. DiLorenzo. 2023. Grazing intensity effects on sward responses of UF Riata bahiagrass. Crop Science 2023; 63:3122-3135.
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2023
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Santos, E.R.S., J.C.B. Dubeux, Jr., C. Mackowiak, D. Wright, G. Anguelov. 2023. Integrated crop-livestock systems result in less nitrate leaching than ungrazed crop systems in North Florida. Journal of Environmental Quality, 52(4):847-858.
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2023
Citation:
Siebert, J., M. S�nnemann, Y. Hautier, A.C. Risch, J.D. Bakker, L. Biederman, D.M. Blumenthal, E.T. Borer, M.N. Bugalho, A.A.D. Broadbent, M.C. Caldeira, K.F. Davies, A. Eskelinen, N. Hagenah, J.M.H. Knops, A.S. MacDougall, R.L. McCulley, J.L. Moore, S.A. Power, J.N. Price, E.W. Seabloom, R. Standish, C.J. Stevens, S. Zimmermann, and N. Eisenhauer. 2023. Drivers of soil biological activity across global grasslands. Communications Biology 6, Article number: 1220.
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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Spohn, M., S. Bagchi, L.A. Biederman, E.T. Borer, K.A. Brathen, M.N. Bugalho, M.C. Caldeira, J.A. Catford, S.L. Collins, N. Eisenhauer, N. Hagenah, S. Haider, Y. Hautier, J.M.H. Knops, S.E. Koerner, L. Laanisto, Y. Lekberg, J.P. Martina, H. Martinson, R.L. McCulley, P.L. Peri, P. Macek, S.A. Power, A.C. Risch, C. Roscher, E.W. Seabloom, C. Stevens, G.F. Veen, R. Virtanen, and L. Yahdjian. 2023. The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate. Nature Communications 14, Article number: 6624
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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Teixeira, Edmar,Jing Guo, Jian Liu, Rogerio Cichota, Hamish Brown, Abha Sood, Xiumei Yang, David Hannaway, Derrick Moot. 2023. Assessing land suitability and spatial variability in lucerne yields across New Zealand. European J. Agron. Vol. 148. Vol. 148.
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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Wei Yang, Di Fang, Jada Thompson, and Rudy Nayga. 2024. Public Acceptance of Beef Carbon Tax Earmarks. Food Policy.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Acuna, J.P., J.C.B. Dubeux, Jr., L.E. Sollenberger, C.L. Mackowiak, N. DiLorenzo, A. Martin-Ryals, L.M.D. Queiroz, K.R. Trumpp, K. Oduor, I.L. Bretas, L. Garcia, M. Ruiz-Moreno. 2023. Tracking nitrogen pathways on contrasting cover cropping systems utilizing 15N-labeled urea. ASA/CSSA/SSSA International Annual Meeting Abstracts, St. Louis, MO.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Ashworth, A.J., Marshall, L., Volenec, J., Berti, M., van Santen, E. Williams, C., Gopakumar, V., Foster, J. 2024. Invited to present to the Ecosystem Services and Market Consortium (ESMC) Non-Profit on Creating a National Forage Database for Resiliency and Carbon , 2023
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Berti, M.T. 2024. What is the value of alfalfa in a diverse multicrop rotation? ND Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting. Dickinson, ND, 19 September, 2024 Invited speaker YES
Chiavegato, M.B., Mammana, A.F., Rodriguez, C.Y. 2023. Productive Grasslands The Role of Adapted Species to Increase Ecosystems resilience. International Grassland Congress, Covington, KY, 14-19 May, 2023. (invited presentation).
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Brucchieri, A. 2024. From pond to pest patrol: Enhancing dragonfly habitats for sustainable agriculture. The University of Maryland 3-Minute Thesis Competition, College Park, MD.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Brucchieri, A. and W. Lamp. 2024. Use of farm ponds to promote dragonfly reproduction for conservation biological control. Dragonfly Society of the Americas Annual Meeting, Marietta College, Marietta, OH.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Craig, H., Tiwari, A., Kohn, R., Rico, E., Lamp, W. 2024. Black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) as a climate mitigating protein supplement: Preliminary data. Department of Entomology Annual Retreat. University of Maryland.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Craig, H., Kraemer, J., Lamp, W. 2023. Undergraduate research within a multistate, transdisciplinary project: Integration with principal investigators and graduate students. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. National Harbor, DC.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Dhariwal, A. 2024. "Rooting for Perennials: Evaluating Silflower as an Intercrop & a Forage". September 28, 2024. Presented at the Perennial Grains Early Career Workshop, hosted by The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Dubeux, J.C.B., Jr., D.M. Jaramillo, E.R.S. Santos, L. Garcia, L.M.D. Qeuiroz, K.R. Trumpp. 2023. Sustainable intensification of livestock systems using forage legumes in the Anthropocene. Proceedings of the XXV International Grassland Congress, 14-19 May 2023, Covington, Kentucky, USA. Print ISBN: 978-1-7138-8028-8. eISBN: 978-1-7138-8029-5
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Dubeux, J.C.B., Jr., E.R.S. Santos, J.E. Portuguez-Acuna, L.M.D. Queiroz. 2023. Nutrient cycling and crop responses on integrated crop-livestock systems. Proceedings of the XXV International Grassland Congress, 14-19 May 2023, Covington, Kentucky, USA. Print ISBN: 978-1-7138-8028-8. eISBN: 978-1-7138-8029-5.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Fang, Di and Posey, Sean. 2024. Misperceptions and Strategic Firm Response. Southern Economic Association Meetings Nov. 26th. Washington, D.C.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Igboke, O., Berti, M.T., Mosqueda H/, Lindell, H., Islam, Md.S., Morocho-Lema, M., and Omeye, F. 2024. Comprehensive life cycle assessment of forage cropping systems for sustainable agriculture. Annual meeting NCCC31 Forage committee and R-CAP, Fargo ND, 12-15 August, 2024.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Igboke, O., Bortolon, E.S.O., and Berti, M.T. 2024. Terrestrial acidification, ecotoxicity, eutrophication potential are reduced in production systems that include perennial forages. North American National Alfalfa Improvement Conference, Pasco, WA, 24-26 June 2024.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Islam, Md.S., and M.T. Berti. 2024. Intercropping alfalfa and sainfoin with sunflower boosts forage production, soil health, and biodiversity. North American Alfalfa Improvement Conference, Pasco, WA, 24-26 June 2024.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Lamp, W., Craig, H., Brucchieri, A., Evans, K.C., Kerner, L., ni Chochlain, L., Saenz, A.M., Salerno, R.J., Shokoohi, A. 2023. Does management of plant diversity enhance arthropod-mediated ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes? Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. National Harbor, DC.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Mammana, A.F., Stachler, C., Chiavegato, M.B. 2023. Identifying Grazing Targets for Improved Forage Quality in Ohio. In Proceedings of ASA, CSSA, SSSA International, St Louis, MO, Oct 29-Nov 1, 2023. (oral presentation).
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Mammana, F.A., Chiavegato, M.B. 2023. Identifying Grazing Targets for Improved Forge Quality in Ohio. 16th Annual Horticulture & Crop Science Research Symposium, Wooster, OH.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Marshall, L., 2024. National Forage Data Hub: a platform for sharing valuable datasets for resilience. May 21. Presented at NIFA Grant Development and Grant Management Training for HSI Universities, hosted by the University of Texas at Arlington.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
McGrail, R.K., R.C. Pearce, S.T. Lucas, L. Moe, and R.L. McCulley. Fall 2023. Nutrient dynamic considerations for fiber dew retting. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
McGrail, R.K., R.C. Pearce, S.T. Lucas, L. Moe, and R.L. McCulley. Fall 2023. Inclusion of industrial hemp in Kentucky's cropping rotation: effects on agroecosystem function. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Salerno, R., and Brucchieri, A. 2024. Graduate student forum: Past, present, and future. Resilience CAP Annual All-hands Meeting. Fargo, ND.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Mosqueda H., M.T. Berti, S. Bibby, A. Kurth, and H. Lindell. 2023. Integrating Alfalfa into Corn or Forage Sorghum to Increase System Diversity and Perenniality. [Abstract] ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Conference, St, Louis, MO, 29 Oct-1 Nov, 2023.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Pizarro, D.M., D.A. Plata-Reyes, C.G.Mart�nez-Garc�a, C.A. G�mez-Bravo, V.D. Picasso, and M.A. Wattiaux. 2024. Perception of changes in agroecological practices of dairy farms by smallholders in Peru and Mexico. ADSA Annual Meeting. June 16-19th 2024. West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Salerno, R., and Lamp, W. 2024. Assessment of soil properties under different land use types on a cattle farm in central Maryland. NCCC31 Ecophysiological Aspects of Forage Management. Fargo, ND.
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Salerno, R. 2024. Beneath our feet: Cultivating resilience with agricultures hidden heros. 3 Minute Thesis Competition. University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Wolfe, A.J., A.A. Jacobs, J.A. Nelson, A.E. Carlisle, R.K. McGrail, and R.L. McCulley. Fall 2023. Effect of grass-endophyte symbiotic diversity on pasture soil health in Kentucky. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
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Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Jenkins, Jonathon Matthew. 2024. Using Annual Forages to Replace Declining Cool-Season Grass Pasture Availability. Thesis Defense. Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. April 12, 2024.
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Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Kurth, A. 2024. Integrating Alfalfa and Winter Camelina Into Wheat-Sunflower-Soybean Rotations Enhances Biodiversity and Cropping System Resilience. North Dakota State University, Plant Science M.S. thesis. https://ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/integrating-alfalfa-winter-camelina-into-wheat/docview/3106367587/se-2?accountid=465
- Type:
Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Jenkins, Jonathon Matthew. 2024. Using Annual Forages to Replace Declining Cool-Season Grass Pasture Availability. Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/agronhortdiss/260/
- Type:
Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Hartman, Margaret. 2024. Odonata species composition in agroecosystems: Preliminary surveys with an emphasis on potential for biological control on farms. Masters thesis, University of Maryland.
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Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Shokoohi, Alireza. 2024. Enhancing biological control by ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) through agricultural drainage ditch management practices. Masters thesis, University of Maryland.
- Type:
Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Portuguez-Acu�a, J. 2024. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF DIVERSE GRASS-LEGUME SYSTEMS. University of Florida, Agronomy Department, July 2024. 140 p.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Bretas, I.L., J.C.B. Dubeux, Jr. 2023. Southeast Grazing Exchange Website: A New Tool to connect livestock producers and landowners throughout the Southeastern US. NIFA Support Acknowledged: NO Available at Southeast Grazing Exchange Website: A New Tool to Connect Livestock Producers and Landowners throughout the Southeastern US | Panhandle Agriculture (ufl.edu)
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Craig, H. 2024. Creative Displays Starting the Conversation About Insect Ecosystem Services. Maryland Grows Blog. https://marylandgrows.umd.edu/2024/05/27/creative-displays-starting-the-conversation-about-insect-ecosystem-services/
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Craig, H., Lamp, W. 2024. UMD Libraries as a resource in educating and empowering students on the importance of insect ecosystem services. UMD Libraries STEAM Salon. University of Maryland, College Park.
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Dubeux, J.C.B., Jr., K. Waters, and N. DiLorenzo. 2023. Road map to develop forage-based systems. Progressive Forage, March 7, 2023. NIFA Support Acknowledged: NO Available at Road map to develop forage-based systems | Ag Proud
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Dubeux, J.C.B., Jr., L.D. Queiroz, D. Jaramillo, L. Garcia, E.R.S. Santos, I.L. Bretas, M. Bernardini, K.R. Trumpp, J. Portuguez, H. Koury, K. Oduor, M. Ruiz-Moreno. 2023. Is a year-round grazing system feasible in North Florida? NIFA Support Acknowledged: NO Available at Is a Year-Round Grazing System Feasible in North Florida? | Panhandle Agriculture (ufl.edu)
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Dubeux, J.C.B., Jr., K.R. Trumpp, L.D. Queiroz, I.L. Bretas, M. Bernardini, J. Portuguez, L. Garcia, K. Oduor, F. Simili, B. Bizzuti, M.A. Lira, Jr., M. Ruiz-Moreno. 2024. Forage Legumes: A Potential Way to Reduce N Fertilizer Inputs. The Florida Cattleman and Livestock Journal, February 2024. V. 88, n.5, p .42-44. NIFA Support Acknowledged: NO
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Dubeux, J.C.B., Jr., I.L. Bretas. 2023. Southeast grazing exchange: a new tool to help integrating crop and livestock systems. The Florida Cattleman and Livestock Journal, November 2023, v. 88, n. 2, p.12-20.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gruss, S. (July 2024). Forage Assessment and Recovery Following Flooding. Iowa Beef Center Press Release.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gruss, S. (June 2024). Forage Options with Prevented Planting Fields. ICM News.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gruss, S. (2024). Pasture Pay in Many Ways. (Oral Presentation). Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference, Ottumwa, IA
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Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Mammana, A., F., Otaviano, E.K., Ribeiro, R.H., Chiavegato, M.B. 2024. Maximizing Forage Quality Through Targeted Grazing of Native Warm-season Grasses. Factsheet. Ohio State University Extension. In press.
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Pizarro, D.M., Akins, M.S., Picasso, V.D., Wattiaux, M.A. 2024. Use of Kernza Intermediate Wheatgrass Straw on Dairy Heifer Diets. Forage Focus. Midwest Forage Association. August 2024. Page 9.
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Wallau, M., A. R. Blount, E. Rios, J. M. B. Vendramini, J.C.B. Dubeux, M. A. Babar, K. E. Kenworthy, and K. H. Quesenberry. 2023. 2023 Cool-season forage variety recommendations for Florida. EDIS SS-AGR-84
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Wallau, M., A. R. Blount, J. M. Campos-Krauer, M. A. Lashley, E. Rios, J. M. B. Vendramini, J.C.B. Dubeux, Md. A. Babar, C. L. Mackowiak, and K. H. Quesenberry. 2023. A Walk on the Wild Side: 2023 Cool-Season Forage Recommendations for Wildlife Food Plots in North Florida.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Berti M.T. 2023. Weed control in established alfalfa and terminating a stand. Forage Focus Magazine December 2023. Midwest Forage Association, St. Paul, MN p. 14
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Atiemo, Kniss and Islam. 2024. Evaluating the effect of management practices on soil health in different cropping systems in Wyoming. RCAP and NCCC31 meeting, August 12, 2024, Fargo, North Dakota. (poster).
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Akins, M.A., Cavadini, J.S., Wells, K.G., Pizarro, D.M., Wattiaux, M.A., Picasso, V.D. 2024. Effect of nitrogen fertilization on yield and nutritive value of fall-stockpiled tall fescue, meadow fescue, or orchardgrass. Journal of Dairy Science. 107(Suppl. 1): 366.
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Brucchieri, A. and Lamp, W. 2024. Characteristics of farm ponds that promote dragonfly
reproduction for conservation biological control. EntoQuest, Entomological Society of America Meeting, Jefferson Township, NJ. (Poster)
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Pizarro, D.M., Plata-Reyes, D.A., Mart�nez-Garc�a, C. G., G�mez-Bravo, C.A., Picasso, V.D., Wattiaux, M. A. 2024. ?Perception?of?agroecological?performance?of?dairy?farms?by?smallholders?in?Mexico?and?Peru. Journal of Dairy Science. 107(Suppl. 1): 373.
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Other Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Plata-Reyes, D.A., Mart�nez-Garc�a, C. G., Pizarro, D.M., Wattiaux, M.A. 2024. Agroecological performance of smallholder dairy cattle systems in Aculco, Mexico. Journal of Dairy Science. 107(Suppl. 1): 374.
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Other Journal Articles
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Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Ronk, E., Erickson, M.G., Pizarro, D.M., Wattiaux, M.A. Careers and Curricular Topics that Interest Introductory Animal and Dairy Science Students. NACTA Journal. Volume 68, Supplement 1: 94
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Progress 09/01/22 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience: During this reporting period, we reached multiple target audiences including the general public, farmers, non-profit organizations, forage industry personnel and crop consultants, undergraduate and graduate students, extension agents and educators, forage agronomists and livestock researchers, data scientists. Below, we describe our contact with each of these target audiences. General public: We hosted a national photo contest open to the general publicwith awards for adults and youth. We advertised widely and targeted 4H groups across the U.S. Our competition solicited pictures that illustrate agricultural resilience and associated key concepts of crop diversity, perennial crops, integrated forage-livestock systems, and circular systems of soil nutrient cycling. Farmers: Through the RCAP's National Farm Network (includes multiple RCAP co-PIs) we reached more than 80 farmers in 18 states (AL, AR, GA, FL, IA, MD, MI, MN, ND, NE, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, WI, WY); we shared the RCAP's goals and objectives, and recruited participation in our on-farm data collection effort. We also reached farmers through field day activities in North Dakota. Non-profit organizations: We reached agricultural policy-focused and sustainable agriculture-focused peers within non-profit organizations via policy workshops we conducted at multiple locations. Forage industry and crop consultants: At Oregon State University, co-PD Hannaway engaged with crop and soil scientists via consultations. We engaged crop consultants during a field day in North Dakota. Academia: At University of Maryland (UMD), seven graduate students participated in a graduate seminar class entitled, "Challenges and Prospects for Sustainability in Agriculture". Discussions centered on the role of plant diversity on the ecosystem services provided by arthropods in agricultural settings. Three UMD undergraduate students participated in a RCAP Summer Internship Program that included research experiences combined with professional growth workshops and training in the RCAP. From Cornell University, five undergraduate students participated in summer internships for approximately eight weeks and each student conducted an independent project, participated in professional development activities, and presented results of their project. These students also attended two field days and visited a regional seed company. One student received a small undergraduate research award to support his project activities and will develop his internship program into an undergraduate honors thesis. Also at Cornell, 10 undergraduate and graduate students participated in a Perennial Crop Breeding seminar. At St. Cloud State University, two undergraduate students participated as Student Directors in RCAP survey efforts via SCSU's Survey Research Center. At Oregon State University, co-PD Hannaway engaged with extension and research colleagues through seminars and conferences. From across the RCAP, 11 graduate students participated in the RCAP Graduate Forum, a professional development and scientific community for, RCAP-funded graduate students, led by these same students, and supervised by a RCAP co-PD (Dr. Williams Lamp, UMD). Co-PD Dr. Andrew Stevens presented a seminar on economics of diverse perennial circular systems to the Grad Forum on April 18, 2023. He also guest-lectured in PD Dr. Valentín Picasso's undergraduate "Global Food Production and Health" course about the same topic. We engaged agronomic researchers (faculty) during a field day in North Dakota. A post-doctoral researcher was trained in software necessary for an upcoming Life Cycle Assessment (to be conducted in a subsequent reporting period). Simultaneous multiple audiences: We reached forage personnel and crop consultants, extension professionals, policy-makers, and research faculty and students in agronomic science, plant science, soil science, sociology, economics, ecology, and other allied sciences through presentations given at the American Forage and Grassland Council (NC, Jan.), at the combined annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy + Crop Science Society of America + Soil Science Society of America (MD, Nov.), and at the International Grasslands Congress in (KY, May). We reached multiple professional and academic audiences via publications by multiple RCAP personnel. We reached policy-oriented audiences by hosting several policy round table discussions. Changes/Problems:Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping.The PI for Oregon State was compelled at the last minute to re-design and teach an upper division course in sustainable agronomic systems. This reduced his time to contribute to the project for 12 weeks.Changes in forage faculty assignments have resulted in a reduction of forage faculty. National changes in USA support for forage-livestock faculty and retirement of senior faculty have made support for resilient, diverse, circular systems more challenging. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment.Participation in the National Forage Data Hub has been less than anticipated. Motivating researchers to contribute their data has been hindered by the complexity of data entry.Our National Farm Network coordinator left her postdoctoral position at Michigan State University to begin a new position as Assistant Professor of Forage Agronomy at Iowa State University. We continue to search for a replacement.Insufficient communication among researchers involved in field experiments has resulted in lags in recordkeeping.We lost a postdoctoral researcher at North Dakota State University who was leading a life cycle assessment. We continue to look for a replacement in the form of a Ph.D. student.Recruitment of and communication with farmers for our National Farm Network has proved challenging for multiple reasons, including: farmer reluctance, existence of multiple projects using similar research methods simultaneously seeking farmer participation (i.e., farmers are confused why so much related research isn't combined into a single project), and insufficient support from state-level extension experts in farmer recruiting.Collection of soil samples was delayed from fall 2022 to fall 2023 due to inadequate early recruitment. Objective 3: Social Constraints.Delays in farmer recruitment into the National Farm Network delayed the first round of farmer interviews. Objective 4: Economic Impacts.Nothing to report. Objective 5: Extension.Development and oversight of the RCAP's public-facing website is being led by personnel at Michigan State University. However, the web site is being hosted by the project lead institution - University of Wisconsin. Interfacing between MSU personnel and UW IT personnel has been challenged by long delays in communication on behalf of UW, and also the necessity for UW non-employee IDs for the MSU personnel to be credentialed to access the web site for editing. Objective 6: Education.Nothing to report. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping. Webenefitted from the contributions of 10 undergraduate researchers and one graduate researcher engaged at Oregon State University, the lead institution for this Objective. All students were majors in applied natural resources, biological sciences, sustainable environmental science, data science or mathematics. These students were mentored to improve their skills, including conducting literature searches, using R Studio statistical analysis tools, communicating about data, and data sets, writing professional emails, time management, and accurate data entry and cleanup. Three undergraduates completed their BS at Oregon State University; one secured employment at a National Laboratory before graduation. The graduate student completed a Masters Certificate.Three undergraduates continue with the project (one of these as a temporary cartographer at Oregon State University). The graduate student continues as a temporary cartographer. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment.Sub-objective 2.1, National Forage Data Hub. As part of the National Forage Data Hub effort, 20 students (undergraduate, graduateand postgraduate), and 25 professional staff have been trained on data science and database development.Sub-objective 2.2, National Farm Network Coordination & On-farm Observational Research. One post-doctoral researcher was trained at Michigan State University.Sub-objective 2.3, Field Experiments. As part of agronomic research, one Master of Science and one Ph.D. student were trained at North Dakota State University. One Ph.D. student was trained at Ohio State University. One Master of Science student was trained at each, University of Tennessee and University of Nebraska. One Ph.D. student was trained at University of Wyoming. A postdoctoral associate was trained in Life Cycle Assessment at North Dakota State University. University of Kentucky trained one undergraduate intern, two Master of Science students, one PhD student, and a postdoctoral associate. The undergraduate intern learned new lab and field techniques and was mentored one-on-one by the postdoc. Collaborator, co-PI Marilia Chiavegato participated in the Strategic Alignment for Research Success (CFAES/OSU) training on developing next generation research leaders.Sub-objective 2.4, Life Cycle Assessment. One post-doctoral researcher was trained at North Dakota State University. Objective 3: Social Constraints.Undergraduate research fellows at St. Cloud State University participated in sociological data collection, analysis, and dissemination of results. Objective 4: Economic Impacts.Co-Project Director Dr. Andrew Stevens was actively engaged in supervising a Research Assistant engaged in research related to this project. The student, pursuing a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is being trained both in economic research methods and interdisciplinary collaboration with respect to resilient agriculture. Objective 5: Extension.Nothing to report. Objective 6: Education.Our team members in Michigan presented a demonstration on agricultural resilience to student members of Future Farmers of America (FFA). The Michigan team alsohosted a session on forage crops at a dairy-industry.At Cornell University, one graduate student received training and professional development in her role as the coordinator of the undergraduate internship program. Five graduate students and three research staff members served as mentors in the internship program. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping.We interacted with farmers in RCAP's National Farm Network. We published MatchClover, a web-based application to improve the selection of clover species for specific locations, intended uses, and management: https://forages.oregonstate.edu/matchclover. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment.Outreach and promotion of theNational Forage Data Hub was achieved through publication of a peer-reviewed scientific article, and through presentations given at national conferences and other meetings. Information about other activities within this objective were disseminated through field days, presentations at conferences and other meetings,popular press, and informal interaction with peers beyond the RCAP. Objective 3: Social Constraints.We began to disseminateinitial results through presentations at national conferences. Objective 4: Economic Impacts.Nothing to report. Objective 5: Extension.Nothing to report. Objective 6: Education.Presentations were given at the annual American Forage and Grassland Council meeting in North Carolina. We hosted ~30 International Grassland Congress participants at our field site in May, as part of a coordinated day-long field trip. We have published multiple refereed journal articles. We hosted multiple groups of scientists, producers, and students for field tours. We published a lay-person article on the results of the work with the Alliance for Grassland Renewal. https://grasslandrenewal.org/2023/02/15/plant-mixtures-of-tall-fescue-cultivar-endophyte-combinations-for-better-fescue-productivity-persistence-and-soil-sustainability/ What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping.We intend to complete our remaining scope of work for our Objecting. This will include combining forage yield data with suitability maps to determine yield gaps that can be addressed with other species (potentially more suitable to locations where currently yield gaps exist), and thus increasing the diversity and perenniality of systems. We intend to continue collaboration with forage experts in the USA and globe to help in sharing information development. We intend to continue student mentoring and training. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment.We intend toincrease contributions to the National Forage Data Hub to increase number of entries in FY23. We will work with farmers in the National Farm Network to complete on-farm soil data collection and to encourage their participation in surveys. We will create a National Farm Network Facebook group and moderate it to encourage peer-to-peer learning. We will receive and compile results of on-farm soil samples collected on farms in the National Farm Network. We will begin analysis of these data. We will continue with field experiments. We will continue to host field days to feature RCAP research. We intend to submit a publication on our meta-analysis comparing perennial systems and annual systems. We intend to complete a literature review of research on annual and perennial forages. We intend to hire a Ph.D. student to complete the life cycle assessment comparing perennial and annual systems. We will start building models of agricultural resilience for annual and perennial systems. We will continue to give presentations at national conferences. We intend to continue student mentoring and training. Objective 3: Social Constraints.We intend to complete the first round of interviews of farmers in the National FarmNetwork. We will continue to conduct policy discussiongroups. We will develop a first round of policy recommendations. We will then begin our first large-scale survey of farmers which will include farmers outside the National Farm Network. We will continue to submit manuscripts for peer-review scholarly publications. We will continue to give presentations at national conferences. We intend to continue student mentoring and training. Objective 4: Economic Impacts.In the coming reporting period, we anticipate conducting analyses of economic and agronomic data collected and curated by a team within Sub-objectives 2.2 and 2.3. These initial economic analyses will help describe the basic economic trade-offs faced by agricultural producers who are contemplating adopting various resilient agricultural practices. He also anticipates finalizing and analyzing a dataset of field-level agricultural behavior across the continental United States. We will continue to train a Ph.D. student. Objective 5: Extension.The RCAP's public-facingwebsite will be published in November 2023. This will enable the launch of our national Extension program by providing a hub for reference materials.Dissemination of results from the 2023 growing season to producers throughout the U.S. will occur in winter/spring 2024.A field day for research trials is planned for summer 2024.We will recruit an Extension intern for summer 2024. We will give presentations at national conferences. Objective 6: Education.Across RCAP, graduate and undergraduate students will continue their activities, including training, mentoring, and development of educational and curricular materials. We will give presentations at national conferences.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping.We developed forage suitability maps and a forage optimization tool. We identified climate and soil needs of specific forage species and categorization of agroecozones that match those needs. Thesemaps represent a fundamental change to quantitative, model-based prediction of suitability across the U.S. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment.This Objective is divided into four sub-objectives,described below. Sub-objective 2.1, National Forage Data Hub.We created a primary data entry templateto limit input errors, improve conformity of term use (including unit standardization), to better facilitate dataset identification, retrieval from the database, and subsequent use (i.e., analysis), including machine reading. Project collaborators uploaded 54,382 entries into the Hub database. We published peer-reviewed scientific articles and gave scientific presentations. We reported on an early analysis we conducted on data within the Hub: We found thatduring low-precipitation years, annual monoculture cropping systems achieved 67% of their expected yield, while perennial monoculture systems achieved 93%, and mixed perennial systems achieved 112% of potential yields (spanning 52,997 data entries at 108 unique locations and across 51 years). We conclude, then, diverse perennial circular systems were more resilient to climate-related stresses compared with annual forage systems. Development of the Hubunderscores the benefits of community-driven data sharing and curation for a given commodity to provide system-level sustainability assessments for identifying practices that promote ecological intensification and resiliency to climatic variability and change. Sub-objective 2.2, National Farm Network Coordination & On-farm Observational Research. We continued recruiting farmers to the Network. We held monthly meetings among state coordinators to share best practices for farmer recruitment, to disseminate instructions for on-farm soil data collectionand to advise on the nature and timings of farmer surveys conducted by members of the Socioeconomic team initiated in this reporting cycle (Objectives 3 and 4, below). As a result, we recruited 70 farmers (i.e., 35 statistical pairs) from across the U.S. We refined sampling protocols for on-farm soil data collection and completed logistical planning for labelling and shipping of samples to commercial soil testing labs offering the needed analytical packages. We finalized methods for compiling results of soil analyses involving use of a collectively editable spreadsheet. Sub-objective 2.3, Field Experiments. We continued our16 ongoing field experiments, occurring in six states and including integration of perennial and annual forages into annual cropping systems and grazing systems. We tested for soil permanganate oxidizable carbon, protein, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, bulk density, texture, soil organic matter, and aggregate stability. We also collected forage and plant samples and tested them for yield and quality. We obtained supplementary funding to further support these experiments. This additional support is enabling us to assess alfalfa as a living mulch in corn and to quantify nitrogen fixation in alfalfa-grass mixtures. Sub-objective 2.4, Life Cycle Assessment.We initiated the core team of collaborators contributing to a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and formed our overall strategy. As a first step,we hired a postdoctoral researcher to conduct an extensive literature review and metanalysis of existing research that compares environmental impacts and sustainability performance of annual v. perennial cropping systems. Methods and results from these studies will be used in the creation of a new model for our LCA in next steps. The results of the literature search and metanalysis are pending. Objective 3: Social Constraints.We initiated working group discussions on the societal benefits of perennial systems, and on water quality benefits of diverse perennial circular systems. We designed interviews and surveys for farmers in the National Farm Network. We informed state coordinators in the National Farm Network about the surveys and interviews so they could inform farmers of pending contact from our team. We established a centralized, anonymized database for survey and interview data. We began interviews with farmers and transcribed these interviews (10% completion). We began basic analysis of initial interviews but did not have preliminary results during this reporting cycle. Objective 4: Economic Impacts.Members of this research team collaborated with members of Obj. 3 in working group discussion. These efforts resulted in policy recommendations used during the development and refinement of Farm Bill-related legislation at the Federal level. Objective 5: Extension. We assembled a core of three members for our extension team who became active for creating a public-facing project website. We acquired a domain name for our website and negotiated web hosting through the University of Wisconsin's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. This website was designed using a proprietary platform (WordPress) and was beta-tested with feedback from RCAP collaborators. (The website became active in November 2023 and is available at ag-resilience.org). The site contains information of interest to a broad spectrum of stakeholders and includes farmer resources, information about our project's main research components that is of interest to students and researchers, policy findings, educational tools that will support K-12 and higher education teaching and learning, and practical information about our project's leadership and collaborators. Objective 6: Education.We supported an undergraduate student in Michigan to collect data for a research presentation and a student competition (upcoming spring 2024). We presented a demonstration on agricultural resilience to student members of Future Farmers of America (FFA) in Michigan. We hosted a session on forage crops at a dairy-industry-sponsored event for in-service training of high school STEM teachers.We continued the RCAP Grant Graduate Student Forum. We refined the Forum's organizational structure and functioning to bridge graduate students across our large, multi-institutional project to better enhance their professional development and to provide space for peer-to-peer learning. The Graduate Forum has met nine times since its commencement in January 2023. From May-August 2023, eleven undergraduate students from six universities participated in the new RCAP Summer Internship Program. Undergraduate students explored topics related to diverse perennial circular systems by conducting individual research projects, networking with RCAP collaborators across universities, and participating in professional development activities administered by RCAP collaborators in faculty, staff, and graduate student roles.
Publications
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Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Ashworth, A.J., L. Marshall, J.J. Volenec, M.D. Casler, M.T. Berti, E. van Santen, C.L. Williams, V. Gopakumar, J.L. Foster, T. Propst, V. Picasso, and J. Su. 2023. Framework to develop an open-source forage data network for improving primary productivity and enhancing system resiliency. Agronomy Journal https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21441.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Ashworth, A.J., Marshall, L., Volenec, J., Berti, M., van Santen, E. Williams, C., Gopakumar, V., Foster, J. 2023. Forage Data Hub a platform for sharing valuable datasets for resilience. In Proceedings of XXV International Grassland Congress, Covington, KY, 14-19 May, 2023
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Atiemo, Michael. University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Field Day at James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SAREC) near Lingle. Event date: Wednesday, August 9, 2023.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Berti, M.T. 2022. Life cycle assessment and ecosystem services delivery of cropping systems. In: Integrating technology with industrial crops and their products for a sustainable bioeconomy 33rd Annual Conference Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops, Bozeman, MT 9-12 October, 2022. Keynote speaker.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Berti, M.T. 2022. Sustainable intensification of cropping systems in the northern Great Plains. In Symposium-Sustainable Intensification Research on Major Food Crop Systems. [Abstract] ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 6-9 November 2022. https//scisoc.confex.com/scsoc/2022am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/143542 Invited speaker. (Abstract)
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Berti, M.T. 2022. Environmental benefits of intercropping systems in the northern Great Plains. In Symposium-North to South and East to West: Cover Crop Use within Production Systems across the U.S. [Abstract] ASA-CSSA-SSSA
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Berti, M.T. 2023. Benefits of crop intercropping. South Dakota Soil Health Coalition Annual conference, Sioux Falls, SD, 24-25 January 2023. Invited speaker.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Berti, M.T. 2023. Carbon intensity of industrial and food crop feedstocks: Its all about trade-offs. 34th Annual Conference Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops, Corvallis, OR, 27-30 August 2023. Keynote speaker.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Berti, M.T. and J. Rogers. 2022. Practicality and profitability of Missing Forages in Annual Crop Rotations. In: Connecting Soils, Plants, Animals, &Humans In A Changing Environment Conference, North Dakota Soil Water & Conservation Society. Carrington, ND, 7 December 2022. Invited speaker.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Berti, M.T., and A. Cecchin. 2023. Ecosystem services and life cycle assessment of perennial and annual cropping systems. In Proceedings of XXV International Grassland Congress, Covington, KY, 14-19 May, 2023.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Bhandari, K.B., and V. D. Picasso. 2022. Assessing resilience of alfalfa cultivars to drought stress in Wisconsin, United States. 29th General Meeting of European Grassland Federation. June 26-30, 2022, Caen, France.
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Bontrager, Paling, and Cassida. 2023. Analyzing yield and forage quality impacts of alfalfa grass forage crop mixtures. University Undergraduate Research & Arts Forum, April 14, 2023, East Lansing, MI. (poster).
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Cassida, KA. 2023. Forages can raise the resilience baseline. Hay & Forage Grower, April/May 2023, pp 14-15. Online May 3, 2023. https://hayandforage.com/article-4391-forages-can-raise-the-resilience-baseline.html.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Berti, M.T., A. Kurth. H. Mosqueda, S. Bibby, and J.V. Anderson. 2022. Cropping alfalfa to enhance above and belowground biodiversity. In: Proceedings, 2022 World Alfalfa Congress, 14-17 November, San Diego, CA. UC Cooperative Extension, Plant Sciences Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. See, https://alfalfasymposium.ucdavis.edu/+symposium/proceedings/2022/Articles/Marisol-Berti-2022-Cropping-Alfalfa-To-Enhance-Above-And-Belowground-Biodiversity.pdf.
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Cassida, K.A. Forage research update. MSUE Integrated Crop and Pest Management Update, East Lansing, MI. Dec. 19, 2022. See, https://mediaspace.msu.edu/playlist/dedicated/1_i436xaj2/1_yflcmdod/
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Cassida, KA. 2023. Quantifying N credits of alfalfa in rotation. Progressive Forage, online 2/7/23 https://www.agproud.com/articles/56942-quantifying-n-credits-of-alfalfa-in-rotation.
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Cassida, K.. Rotation and N Credit Benefits from Alfalfa. 54th Branch County Farmers Day, Coldwater, MI. Feb. 20, 2023. Field event.
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Cassida, K. MSU Forage Research Update. Great Lakes Forage & Grazing Conference, St. Johns, MI. Mar. 9, 2023. (Field day event.)
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Cassida, K., B. Lamp, and S. Gruss. 2023. Developing extension and educational and tools for resilience and sustainability. Proc. XXV International Grassland Congress. Congress. May 14-19, 2023, Covington, KY. (conference presentation).
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Craig, H,. A. Righter, W. Lamp. 2023. Assessment of ecosystems services provided by arthropods on farms: Preliminary use of sticky traps to sample flying insects. Report of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station. (Acknowledgement of NIFA not given in this internal report of University of Maryland.)
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Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Clark, Chelsea. 2023. Application of ArcGIS Suitability Mapping Methodology to Develop an Ecological Restoration Monitoring Framework for the Crooked River, Oregon. College of Forestry, Natural Resources Capstone paper. https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_projects/bz60d511h?locale=en.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Gruss, S., & KA. Cassida. 2023. Comparing resiliency for different agricultural production systems in the US. Proc. American Forage & Grassland Congress Conf, Winston-Salem, NC. Jan. 8-11, 2023. (conference poster).
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Hannaway, David, and Kayleen Schreiber. 2023. Fostering Resilience in Landscapes: Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems; Objective 1.1: Identifying Appropriate Forage Species. XXV International Grassland Congress, Kentucky.
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Jones, G., B. Nelson, and M. Halbleib. 2022. Oregon Pasture Forage Needs Assessment. Non-public report shared with Extension Administration, Oregon State University.
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Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Li, Z., F. He, Z. Tong, X. Li, Q. Yang, D.B. Hannaway. Metabolomic changes in crown of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) during de-acclimation. Sci Rep 12, 14977 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19388-x.
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Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Mai, Kai, l Zhu Yu, Shuai Huang, Musen Wang, David B. Hannaway. 2022. Effect of Storage Period on the Fermentation Profile and Bacterial Community of Silage Prepared with Alfalfa, Whole-Plant Corn and Their Mixture. Fermentation 2022, 8(10), 486; https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation8100486.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Mammana, F.A., Chiavegato, M.B. 2023. Identifying Grazing Targets for Improved Forge Quality in Ohio. 16th Annual Horticulture & Crop Science Research Symposium, Wooster, OH.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Mammana, A.F., and M.C. Chiavegato. 2023. Importance of grazing management for native warm season forage quality. 2023. Ohio Forage and Grassland Council Annual Meeting. Invited Speaker, London, OH.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
McLeod, A., W. Yang, D. Fang, and R.M. Nayga Jr. 2023. Aligning values to labels: A best-worst analysis of food labels. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 125. doi:10.1017/age.2023.28.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Krome, M.L.; Finan, A.S.; Obudzinski, J. (2023, May 14-19). Diverse Perennial Systems: What Impedes and Favors Adoption? [Conference paper]. International
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Mosqueda, H and M.T. Berti. 2023. Biodiversity of intercropped corn or sorghum with alfalfa in establishment year. Soil Water and Conservation Society, Des Moines, IA 6-9 August 2023. See, https://calhaysymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-World-Alfalfa-Congress-Proceedings.pdf.
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Orcasberro, S., Astigarraga, L., Kohmann, M.M., Modernel, P., and Picasso, V.D. 2022. Ecological Intensification in Grasslands for Resilience and Ecosystem Services: the Case of Beef Production Systems on the Campos Grasslands of South America. Chapter 7. In. Rastandeh, A., and Jarchow, M. (Eds.) Creating Resilient Landscapes in an Era of Climate Change: Global Case Studies and Real-World Solutions https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003266440
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Peter J. Ballerstedt, David B. Hannaway, T.D. Noakes. 2023. Why We Need a Ruminant Revolution: Combating Malnutrition and Metabolic Illnesses to Enable Sustainable Development. International Grassland Congress. Theme 3-1, 19. Univ. Kentucky: UKnowledge. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4265&context=igc
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Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Picasso, V. 2023. Increasing resilience of agricultural systems with perennial crops. ICRISAT's Institutional Learning Seminars. February 1, 2023. Invited speaker. Hyderabad, India.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Picasso, V. and Williams, C. 2023. A transdisciplinary approach to landscape transformation towards perennial, diverse, circular systems: Why and how. Proceedings of XXV International Grassland Congress, Covington, KY, 14-19 May, 2023.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Stachler, C., Mammana, F.A., Chiavegato, M.B. 2023. Associated Effects of Grazing and Flooding on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Southern Ohio. 16th Annual Horticulture & Crop Science Research Symposium, Wooster, OH
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Teixeira, Edmar, Jing Guo, Jian Liu, Rogerio Cichota, Hamish Brown, Abha Sood, Xiumei Yang, David Hannaway, Derrick Moot. 2023. Assessing land suitability and spatial variability in lucerne yields across New Zealand. European J. Agron. Vol. 148. Vol. 148, August, 126853. https://doi.org/10.1015/j.ega.2023.126853.
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Gruss and Cassida, development and beta testing for project website to be published Oct 2023. Beta site URL: https://ag-resilience.qa.webhosting.cals.wisc.edu/. (Acknowledgement of NIFA support verified.)
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Progress 09/01/21 to 08/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period we reached multiple target audiences. These audiences included the general public, children, farmers, non-profit organizations, forage industry personnel and crop consultants, undergraduate and graduate students, extension educators, national and international forage agronomists and livestock researchers, data scientists, and federal policymakers. Below, we describe our contact with each of these target audiences. In a December 30, 2021, Wisconsin Public Radio broadcast a feature on our project, "UW researchers working to show perennials are profitable through new $10M project" (https://www.wpr.org/uw-researchers-working-show-perennials-are-profitable-through-new-10m-project). In this feature, Dr. Valentin Picasso (Project Director) and Dr. Andrew Stevens (Project Co-Director) described our project's research and outreach objectives. In a February 2, 2022 interview on YouTube entitled "Monoculture, Externalities, and Observations", Dr. Stevens discussed modern agriculture in the context of an art exhibition in Madison, Wisconsin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXn-EOzvTHc). The themes of this interview draw heavily from our project's objectives and the ongoing effort of this project. Educational activities during this reporting period reached two target audiences. We provided educational activities for K-8 children at summer schools, and engaged undergraduate students in research opportunities to expand their understanding of data management and data analysis. In North Dakota, five sessions were facilitated for attendees to 'Farm Camp 2022' at Harvest Hope Farm. Graduate students taught: 1) Llama-llama camp activity on the importance of worms for the soil, 2) Importance of pollinators in food production and they built bees mason houses they took home, 3) Soil health, including a demonstration of soil aggregation and importance of mycorrhizae, 4) Importance of forages and differences between legumes and grasses, 5) Importance of biodiversity of plants, insects and arthropods. Collaborators in Wisconsin delivered educational instruction to K-8 graders at a summer school field-based program on similar topics. Through focus groups we reached farmer organizations from 10 different states. Farmers of color were specifically recruited to participate in our Farm Bill Policy focus groups, and they made up more than 25% of participants. Women farmers were likewise recruited to participate in these focus groups, and they too made up more than 25% of participants. We reached non-profit organizations through the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, with over 140 member groups (https://sustainableagriculture.net/about-us/members/) and readers of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute's electronic newsletter.We raised the key points of our recommendations in public talks and in meetings with Wisconsin groups about Farm Bill development. One of our target audiences is forage industry personnel and crop consultants. We reached this audience through email and an existing, extensive network. More specifically, we engaged this network by requesting their expertise in ground-truthing forage suitability maps (described in Section 5). During the reporting period, we reached undergraduate students through hands-on research activities including data analysis and a GIS project. Two undergraduate students participated in data analysis with Co-PI Dr. Ann Finan at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Several other undergraduate students helped collaborators at Oregon State University develop forage models involving climatological and soil/land conditions. These students possess mathematical and mapping skills, but prior to this experience did not have forage and livestock knowledge. As a result of their involvement with our project, they have gained agronomic and animal knowledge for better understanding of how agriculture, ecological systems, and the environment are connected and how they interact. These students are also learning about how research is conducted in higher education and the Land Grant system of higher education. More than a dozen graduate students joined our project during the reporting period. Some of these students had already begun their programs of study and research prior to joining our project. During the reporting period these students were engaged in new research, education and professional development opportunities in our project. Three graduate students began their programs of study and research specifically as associates on our project. Graduate students supported by our project are at North Dakota State University, Ohio State University, Oregon State University, University of Arkansas, University of Maryland, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, University of Texas - Arlington, and University of Wyoming. A postdoctoral researcher joined our project during the reporting period. The postdoctoral associate is located at Michigan State University and is a major part of our extension efforts, and is the lead coordinator of our farm pairs network described below (Section 5). A project on-boarding protocol was developed for orienting students and all new personnel to our project (described more fully in Section 5). During the on-boarding students learned about NIFA and the SAS CAP program, and how our project is connected to wider agricultural research, education, and policy priorities at the national level. Extension educators were reached during formal and informal discussions at extension team meetings, commodity group meetings, field days, workshops, commodity newsletters, press releases, and personal contacts. Through attendance at the annual NCCC-31 meeting we reached national and international forage agronomists and livestock researchers, and forage producers and ranchers. NCCC-31 is a multistate research coordinating committee and information exchange group. At the 2022 annual meeting, we hosted a session themed on our project in order to inform and educate attendees about our project, its scope and aims. Similarly, we also reached national and international researchers through participation in the MetaLab hosted by Grassland 2.0 SAS CAP, and through attendance at the annual SAS CAP meeting hosted by NIFA. Our project manager extended our reach to researchers and transdisciplinary project coordinators through one-on-one mentorship and regular participation in the SAS CAP Community of Practice. Through our Forage Data Hub (described in Section 5) we connected with data scientists in the U.S. The Forage Data Hub is a project within our SAS CAP, seeking to collect existing forage data from across the U.S. and to make it accessible to the public through an online, queriable database. We have engaged with data science experts as we build this database and its user interface. Another audience for this project has been federal policymakers. Findings from our Farm Bill Policy focus groups were presented in white papers shared with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and Washington, D.C. policymakers. An April 1, 2022, blog post about these findings was also posted on the website of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (https://www.michaelfields.org/blog-posts/what-gets-in-the-way-of-diverse-perennial-farming-systems). Changes/Problems:Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping At times we have been challenged by software incompatibilities and have had to evaluate various systems to optimize creation of maps and selection tools. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment Lack of participation and data entering by Co-PIs receiving funds to enter data as part of the Forage Data Hub effort (e.g., to date, 31,186 of the 34,223 entries are from one Co-PI). The lack of point data in the repository will impact subsequent analyses and overall robustness of results but will not result in delays in grant deliverables. Lack of reporting on experimental updates from participating CO-PIs has made it difficult to keep track of experiments being implemented. Recently, we were able to track all experimental designs and begin POxC soil collections and analyses. The review of environmental impact was planned for December 2022, but with Dr. Andrea Cecchin leaving the project, we are delayed one year on this task. We have been trying to recruit a postdoctoral Research Associate at North Dakota State University since August to take over the tasks Dr. Cecchin had in this subobjective. We hope to have someone recruited by January 2023. Objective 3: Social Constraints Nothing to report. Objective 4: Economic Impacts No major challenges encountered. Objective 5: Extension NIFA unexpectedly began the project six months earlier than we requested, which un-synched the work from the agricultural production year and consequently delayed initiation of much work. Objective 6: Education Nothing to report. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping Six undergraduate students have learned about the land grant system, forage production and basic botany/plant physiology. One graduate student has applied GIS skills to the forage enterprise and learned about forage use and function in the production system and in the ecosystem. Research and extension faculty were educated about the Resilience CAP, and the implications for sustainable production. The project and its outputs were introduced to the PRISM climate group at Oregon State University. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment We trained graduate students, undergraduate students, a postdoctoral associated, and faculty co-PIs through web products, video tools, and workshops on database development on new data science skills and professional development. Objective 3: Social Constraints None. Objective 4: Economic Impacts Co-PD Stevens is actively engaged in supervising a Research Assistant engaged in research related to this project. The student, pursuing a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is being trained both in economic research methods and interdisciplinary collaboration with respect to resilient agriculture. Objective 5: Extension None. Objective 6: Education We have provided training to new graduate students who were responsible for outreach efforts over the summer. As part of undergraduate internships, we provided training on the Resilience CAP Project as a whole, as well as the value of diverse perennial circular systems to address agricultural and global challenges. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping No public dissemination of results at this time. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment No public dissemination of results at this time. Objective 3: Social Constraints We published a white paper and disseminated it to a variety of farming and conservation advocacy groups and legislative offices. Researchers associated with this project, especially Margaret Krome of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, used this study to provide expert input to the processes of developing recommendations for the 2023 Farm Bill, working with a variety of communities of interest, including national sustainable agriculture advocacy organizations, organizations promoting the interests of farmers of color, as well as those promoting conservation on agricultural lands. Objective 4: Economic Impacts Nothing to report. Objective 5: Extension Nothing to report. Objective 6: Education We have continued our preexisting outreach efforts, e.g., summer camps and field days, to include the value of DPCFS towards sustainability. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping We will continue with the current efforts and bring products to completion. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment We will increase contributions to the National Forage Data Hub so that the number of entries increases substantially in FY23. We are scheduled to give a presentation about the National Forage Data Hub as a platform for sharing valuable datasets for resilience, at the International Grasslands Congress being held in Kentucky, in May 2023. We are also preparing a manuscript, "Framework to Develop an Open-Source Forage Data Network for Improving Net and Primary Productivity and Enhance System Resiliency," to be published in a peer-reviewed journal in FY23. As outlined in the Resilience CAP Farm-Pair Research Handbook, farmers will be asked to participate in the project and we will train them in our protocols for collection of soil samples from one field on their farm. We will help them select the field from which they will collect soil samples. Soil samples will be sent for testing of soil health and soil texture. Samples will be sent to Ward Laboratories (Kearney, NE). Soil carbon, nitrogen, and bulk density will be determined at a regional lab chosen by a state coordinator for the respective state. Soil data will be compiled in a licensed/proprietary collaboration software (i.e., SmartSheet, licensed by University of Wisconsin). These data will be prepared/validated for statistical analysis, and statistical analysis will be conducted on the prepared/validated data. Economic measurements and social aspects also will be evaluated for the farms participating in this project. Preliminary results will be shared across the Resilience CAP in preparation for public dissemination. We will conduct at least one field day at the Ohio Research Station (The Ohio State University), and feature plots that are part of the Resilience CAP. We will continue to monitor progress among the experiments spanning several universities. We will analyze soil samples among these experiments and present preliminary results at a national conference. In the next reporting period, we will hire a postdoctoral research associate to conduct Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the Resilience CAP. LCA is a way to evaluate all of the benefits and disadvantages of cropping systems, and other systems. LCA also enables comparisons among different types of systems. The postdoctoral associate will submit and publish a review/metadata analysis of literature "Environmental impact of cropping systems including perennial forages compared with annual cropping systems." They will also start to build life cycle inventories and models for LCA for diverse cropping systems. Objective 3: Social Constraints We will continue data analysis. We will disseminate results for our Policy Focus Groups through multiple channels including academic conference presentations and peer-review publications. We will interview farmers in the National Farm Pairs Network, and we will analyze the collected data. We will facilitate additional focus groups with farmers of color, silvicultural practitioners, and other communities of interest not well-captured by the Farm Pairs - data collection and beginning analysis. We will survey farmers/ranchers who practice diverse perennial circular systems, as well as those considering such systems. From these interviews we will identify barriers to adoption, opportunities for adoption, current pathways of adoption. Objective 4: Economic Impacts In the coming reporting period, Co-Project Director Stevens anticipates analyzing economic and agronomic data collected and curated by a team working under Dr. Berti. These initial economic analyses will help describe the basic economic trade-offs faced by agricultural producers who are contemplating adopting various resilient agricultural practices. Objective 5: Extension We will begin dissemination of project results through several channels including extension publications, presentations at conferences of professional societies, and through public-facing websites. We are currently beginning the planning for our main public-facing website. We are scheduled to give presentations on the National Farm Pairs Network at the upcoming International Grasslands Congress being held in Kentucky in May 2023. Objective 6: Education In the next reporting period, we will develop curriculum materials for education K-12 that provide age-appropriate introduction to the subject of diverse perennial circular systems, and that provide age-appropriate in-depth study of agriculture and ecology. We will work with local agricultural farm museums/parks/community organizations/educators to provide demonstrations on diverse perennial circular systems. We will teach undergraduate students and the community about sustainable agriculture through hands-on community projects. We will publish an educational website for internal use to start development of public-facing content. We will develop a seminar series to provide transdisciplinary training to graduate students. We will create an outline for a textbook on diverse perennial circular systems.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: System Characterization and Mapping We developed an online forage species selection tool for public use. The tool directly supports the objective to identify and characterize prevailing and diverse perennial circular systems in major US agro-ecoregions by facilitating public access to maps of major US agro-ecoregions. The tool gives information about forage species suitability for each region. It is not finalized but we've made substantial progress in its development. The tool supports the project goal to foster climate resilience, ecosystem services, profitability, social inclusion, and human health by identifying, assessing, incentivizing, and promoting forages as perennial crops in circular systems of agriculture in order to achieve greater agricultural resilience. Objective 2: Resilience and Ecosystem Services Assessment A major accomplishment was creation of the National Forage Data Hub. The Hub serves as a central repository for existing forage data within the US. The purpose of the Hub is to make existing data available to the public, to minimize research redundancy, and to optimize regional systems. The Hub team created the framework for the Hub, and a template for data entry into the Hub. The team created a master file for co-PIs to enter legacy forage data for the Continental US. Students and scientists have been trained on the use and importance of the database. A user interface is under construction and will be tested and made available to the public in FY2023. One publication has been drafted, "Framework to Develop an Open-Source Forage Data Network for Improving Net and Primary Productivity and Enhance System Resiliency." Additionally, an invited talk on the Hub has been accepted for presentation at the International Grasslands Congress in FY23. We created a framework for a National Farm Pairs Network. The Network is a central research infrastructure for the Resilience CAP, and is integral to all six major objectives of the RCAP. The Network will allow us to compare multiple measures of resilience among farms across the US. that differ fundamentally in their approach to agricultural production. The framework consists of coordinators in 20 states (all states have more than one farm pair), a national farm pair coordinator located at Michigan State University, a complete set of data gathering protocols, the Resilience CAP Farm-Pair Research Handbook (described below), online forms, collaborative datasheets, and an approach to protection of farmer confidentiality. The Handbook serves as a master document for Resilience CAP researchers, state coordinators, and others assisting with the farm-pairs network. It contains eight chapters: (1) introduces the project, identifies team members, explains the hypothesis, objectives, experimental design and treatments, and establishes a timeline for completion of farm-pair research; (2) describes the criteria for farm selection, benefits to farmers, and the selection process; (3) identifies agronomic and agroecological data to be obtained from farmers including crop and livestock production and soil sampling; (4) describes economic measurements; (5) outlines social aspects; (6) describes other research activities such as measuring beneficial insects on farms; (7) documents extension, outreach, and educational activities to be completed; (8) provides answers to some frequently asked questions and instructions participating in data collection on their farm. Sixteen new and ongoing field experiments were conducted in six states. The experiments include integration of perennial and annual forages into annual cropping systems and grazing systems. Soil baseline samples were taken and are being tested for soil POxC, protein, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, bulk density, texture, soil organic matter and aggregate stability. Forage and plant samples were collected and tested for yield and quality. We have created the infrastructure necessary for quantifying and comparing the resilience and ecosystem services offered by prevailing agricultural systems and diverse perennial circular systems across the U.S. Our accomplishments in the reporting period support subsequent data collection at a scale necessary for scientifically rigorous methods to be applied across farms, and for reliable results to be produced. Objective 3: Social Constraints We conducted policy focus groups in Spring 2022, to better understand barriers and challenges farmers are facing, specifically those who are trying to access federal programs to support diverse circular perennial production systems. Four focus groups with 3-5 participants each were held over the course of six weeks. Participants included farmers from ten different states, and leaders from 16 farming organizations. 25% of participants were farmers of color, 25% were women, and a significant number were beginning farmers. We found that farmers who are college educated, have financial resources, have existing relationships with USDA and lenders, and know how to navigate agencies, are better able to get the help they need from USDA. Producers without these advantages were less able to get needed help. Some farmers who grow perennial crops wished federal programs would support entire diverse perennial production systems rather than just individual crops or products. We learned that crop insurance agents and lenders are not always aware of the merits and actual risks associated with diverse perennial systems. Thus, many farmers feel forced to invest more slowly in perennials than they would if they had easier, more rapid access to credit.Participants reported that USDA staff sometimes seem less willing to assist farmers who are Black, Indigenous, or Persons of Color, and farmers who have fewer resources than most farmers. Limited hours of operation at USDA offices was also mentioned as a barrier. Participants felt USDA staff were not always trustworthy. Participants mentioned they don't understand "USDA speak".They mentioned that when they don't receive satisfaction from an agency, they need an appeals process that works in real time. Initial analysis of focus groups resulted in an array of specific policy recommendations, presented in a white paper publication. Generalized descriptions of the findings are available publicly at https://www.michaelfields.org/blog-posts/what-gets-in-the-way-of-diverse-perennial-farming-systems. Objective 4: Economic Impacts Co-Project Director, Dr. Andrew Stevens, collaborated in the development and implementation of focus group interviews (described above in Obj.3). Through his collaboration, he gained understanding of agricultural producers with regard to economic and policy influences on their decision-making for crops, cropping systems, and related agricultural activity. Additionally, Dr. Stevens worked closely with Co-Project Director, Dr. Kim Cassida, to develop economic and demographic guidelines for recruiting farmers into this project's Farm Pair Network (described above in Obj.2). Efforts by the research team deepened our understanding of the economic and demographic dimensions of agricultural producers about whom we wish to know more. Objective 5: Extension Extension efforts focused on development of the National Farm Pair Network, described above in Obj.2.We have created the infrastructure necessary for developing extension activities in the future. Objective 6: Education We planned and presented our ideas among the Education Team members. We established subobjectives for specific aspects of the educational objective. We started planning a Graduate Student Forum for students involved with the Resilience CAP, for their professional development. Several activities involving K-12 students were organized by members in different states.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Jacobs, A.A., R.S. Evans, J.K. Allison, E.R. Garner, W.L. Kingery, and R.L. McCulley. 2022. Cover crops and no-tillage reduce crop production costs and soil loss, compensating for lack of short-term soil quality improvement in a maize and soybean production system. Soil and Tillage Research 218: 105310. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2021.105310.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Picasso, V., M. Berti, K. Cassida, S. Collier, D. Fang, A. Finan, M. Krome, D. Hannaway, W. Lamp, A. Stevens, C. Williams. 2022. Diverse perennial circular forage systems are needed to foster resilience, ecosystem services, and socioeconomic benefits in agricultural landscapes. Grasslands Research 1:123-130.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Krome, M., Serrano, N., Finan, A., and Obudzinski, J. (2022) Focus Group Results and Policy Recommendations re: Barriers/Drivers of Diverse Perennial Farming Systems, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute white paper. Available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KieZiDb9Oo-grJi5WAHic013cJ4PvnfiDrkHpX9Axng/edit
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Cassida, K., Berti, M., Finan, A., Gruss, S., Guretzky, J., Stevens, A., and Williams, C. 2022. The Resilience Cap Farm-Pair Research Handbook.
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