Agro-ecosystem Research Funding

Integrating Grazing of Crop Residues and Cover Crops into Beef Production Systems across a Precipitation Gradient in Nebraska: Implications for Sustainability Tuesday, October 1, 2013 to Wednesday, September 30, 2015

ARD Funding: $150,000

Aaron Stalker, Department of Animal Science

Humberto Blanco Canqui, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Charles Burr, West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center

Gary Hergert, Panhandle Research, Extension, and Education Center

James MacDonald, Department of Animal Science

Walter Schacht, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Timothy Shaver, West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center

Matt Stockton, West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center

Jerry Volesky, West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center

Exploring the Management and Biology of Palmer Amaranth and Western Corn Rootworm in Tough to Control Environments of Southwestern Nebraska Tuesday, October 1, 2013 to Tuesday, September 30, 2014

ARD Funding: $150,000

Lance Meinke, Entomology Department

Greg Kruger, West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center

Blair Siegfried, Entomology Department

Timothy Shaver, West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center

Evaluating the Feeding Value of Field Peas for Growing and Finishing Cattle in a Western Nebraska Production System Monday, July 1, 2013 to Tuesday, June 30, 2015

ARD Funding: $196,896

Karla Jenkins, Department of Animal Science

James MacDonald, Department of Animal Science

Matthew Luebbe, Panhandle Research, Extension, and Education Center

Chris Calkins, Department of Animal Science