2015
Nebraska Research Consortium for Water and Energy in Agriculture
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Nebraska Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
AgricultureBiodiversityCarbonField management Land Use SustainabilityU.S. Soy reputation
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Michael Nastasi, University of Nebraska
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
775
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Nebraska Soybean Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Nebraska
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Water, Energy and Agriculture Initiative (WEAI) was created in 2008 among the Nebraska Soybean Board, the Nebraska Corn Board, the Nebraska Public Power District through the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research (NCESR) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the Agricultural Research Division at UNL.

The goal of the Water, Energy and Agriculture Initiative-Phase 2 is to maximize the efficiency with which water and energy resources are used to sustain economic development in Nebraska agriculture. Maximizing the efficiency with which water and energy resources are used is essential to endorsing the profitability of crop and livestock production. Increasing agricultural...

Unique Keywords:
#sustainability
Information And Results
Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.