2019
Cover crop and tillage effects on irrigation application efficiency, irrigation scheduling, soil physical properties, runoff, soybean yield, and economic return
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
AgricultureField management
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Jeff Johnson, Mississippi State University Delta Research and Extension Center
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
52-2019
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
$71,353
Institution Funded:
Mississippi State University Delta Research and Extension Center
$71,353
Brief Project Summary:

This research project plans to determine the effect of cover crops and tillage alone and combined with each other on irrigation efficiency, soil properties, runoff, and soybean yield and economic return. These efforts will support development of best management practices for using a combination of cover crops and tillage systems under irrigation.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

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.