Sustainable Crop/Livestock Systems in the Texas High Plains

Project Overview

LS97-082
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1997: $222,125.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2003
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $269,369.00
Region: Southern
State: Texas
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Vivien Allen
Texas Tech University

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Agronomic: cotton, millet, sorghum (milo), wheat, grass (misc. perennial), hay
  • Animals: bovine

Practices

  • Animal Production: grazing - continuous, manure management, pasture fertility, grazing - rotational, stockpiled forages, watering systems, winter forage, feed/forage
  • Crop Production: conservation tillage
  • Education and Training: technical assistance, demonstration, extension, farmer to farmer, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
  • Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, budgets/cost and returns, agricultural finance, risk management, whole farm planning
  • Natural Resources/Environment: soil stabilization
  • Pest Management: chemical control, cultural control, economic threshold, field monitoring/scouting, integrated pest management, precision herbicide use, prevention, traps, weather monitoring, weed ecology
  • Production Systems: agroecosystems, integrated crop and livestock systems
  • Soil Management: earthworms, green manures, organic matter, soil analysis, nutrient mineralization, soil quality/health
  • Sustainable Communities: partnerships, sustainability measures
    Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.