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Research Project: Implementing Sustainable Landscape Designs for Great Plains Bioenergy Supply Systems - Presley

Location: Soil Management Research

Project Number: 5060-11610-003-012-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Mar 1, 2021
End Date: Aug 31, 2021

Objective:
Facilitate implementation of a landscape design process for integrating cellulosic feedstock production into existing agricultural production systems within a feedstock supply shed.

Approach:
In collaboration with consultants and ARS collaborators at Akron and Ft. Collins, Colorado, field studies will be conducted in the Central and Southern Great Plains (KS, CO, OK, and TX) to quantify wind erosion and water conservation limits associated with sustainable feedstock production and harvest.