- Multi-District Grant
- $75,000.00
- Fulton, White, & Pulaski SWCDs
- General Objectives:
- Reduce sediment and nutrients in the Tippecanoe River
- Promote “conservation on the ground” through the use of cover crops
- Total Acreage Enrolled (2014-2016)
- Fulton: 3,726 acres
- White: 3,442 acres
- Pulaski: 7,593 acres
Varieties of cover crops and cover crop mixes in the demo plot include:
- Rye Grass
- Rapeseed
- Clover
- Austrian Winter Peas
- Oats
- Common Vetch
- Mung Beans
- Phacelia
- Sudangrass
- Oats
- Radish
- Black Oats
- Cereal Rye
- Collards
- Kale
- Buckwheat
The demonstration plot also featured a cocktail mix made up of the following: Cowpeas, Buckwheat, Cahaba Vetch, Oats, Sorghum Sudangrass, Sunhemp, Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover, Pearl Millet, Sunflowers, Enricher Radish, Purple Top Turnips, and Dwarf Essex Rapeseed.
