Supporting Leopold Center research through on-farm trials and demonstrations

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dc.contributor.author Exner, Derrick
dc.contributor.author Thompson, Richard
dc.contributor.department Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
dc.date 2018-02-17T03:03:02.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T05:51:40Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T05:51:40Z
dc.date.embargo 2015-10-15
dc.date.issued 1995
dc.description.abstract <p>This project addresses sustainable agriculture's need for farmers who (1) can develop the skills to conduct research trials (some replicated) of various innovative practices, and (2) who are also willing to demonstrate practices and share results. In conjunction with university scien­ tists, Practical Farmers of Iowa (a private, nonprofit, educational organization) has de­ veloped a procedure for generating statisti­ cally reliable information on working farms. From 1987 to 1993, they conducted approxi­ mately 340 trials. The scientists benefited from having data collected at multiple sites with particular soil characteristics, or where specific management abilities are employed (sustainable agriculture technologies fre­ quently depend on superior management).</p>
dc.identifier archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/leopold_grantreports/72/
dc.identifier.articleid 1062
dc.identifier.contextkey 7731758
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dc.identifier.submissionpath leopold_grantreports/72
dc.identifier.uri https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/53395
dc.source.bitstream archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/leopold_grantreports/72/1992_43.pdf|||Sat Jan 15 01:44:01 UTC 2022
dc.subject.disciplines Agricultural Education
dc.subject.keywords Human systems
dc.subject.keywords demographics and beginning farmer programs
dc.title Supporting Leopold Center research through on-farm trials and demonstrations
dc.type article
dc.type.genre article
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