2022
MU Certified Strip Trial Initiative: Cover Crop Trials
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
Parent Project:
MU Certified Strip Trial Initiative
Lead Principal Investigator:
John Lory, University of Missouri
Co-Principal Investigators:
Kaitlyn Bissonnette, University of Missouri
Kent Shannon, University of Missouri
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Project Code:
378-22
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
$70,000
Institution Funded:
University of Missouri
$70,000
Brief Project Summary:

A signature Missouri program helping farmers validate management decisions on their farm and document efficiency and environmental stewardship. The “MU Certified” Strip Trial Program is uniquely focused on management questions and challenges associated with cover crops and other agronomic practices.

Key elements of the program include:
• Reliance on a farmer panel to annually identify and prioritize strip trial options offered.
• Statistically valid side-by-side comparisons of two or three management strategies in a trial, ideally tested on multiple Missouri farms for two or more years.
• Provide the farmer access to professional support to answer questions and facilitate implementation...

Unique Keywords:
#cover crops, #crop management, #crop management systems, #soil & tillage management
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

The campus team integrates farm-specific results across locations and years while protecting the identity of participating farmers. Farmers receive a report summarizing yield results and a subsequent report integrating results with other trials around Missouri. Our goal is to have regional working session in the winter with farmers that have an interest in strip trials and strip trial results, within the limits created by the COVID situation. Additionally, we appreciated the opportunity to work with Missouri Soybean Association last winter and participate in regional meetings giving a summary of trial results; we hope to continue this participation. We also continue to improve our web page with MU Extension.

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.