2017
Research and Extension Efforts at the Soil Health and Agriculture Research Extension (SHARE) Farm (Year 4)
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Contributor/Checkoff:
North Dakota Soybean Council
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:
Abbey Wick, North Dakota State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Frank Casey, North Dakota State University
David Ripplinger, North Dakota State University
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Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
North Dakota Soybean Council
$82,513
Institution Funded:
North Dakota State University
$82,513
Brief Project Summary:

The Soil Health and Agriculture Research Extension (SHARE) Farm is more than a location, it is also a “concept” providing the framework for state-wide Extension programming in soil health. The SHARE Farm is located in Mooreton, ND and was established in 2013. Since then, extensive sampling has been completed on site for soil characteristics and 80 acres of tile drainage was installed on the north half of the quarter in direct response to producer questions about management in tiled versus untiled systems. And now, in the fall of 2015, full-scale tillage plots (strip till, vertical till and chisel plow) have been installed at the SHARE Farm and will be equipped with instrumentation...

Unique Keywords:
#sustainability
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

• Continued building of a data set for the SHARE Farm and development of an economic model as a decision guide for building soil health on-farm
• SHARE Farm Annual Field Day (expected attendance: 150)
• Soil Health Bus Tour (2-day tour, expected attendance: 50)
• Education and Mentoring Groups throughout the Red River Valley (1x per month in Tyler, Milnor, Gardner, Hillsboro, Grand Forks and Jamestown for 3 months during the winter – goals are to discuss and teach about topics related to whole systems approaches and get feedback from producers; expected number of producers reached: 275)
• Videos and Circulars (to provide information to producers etc. in multiple formats and to promote the SHARE farm; view at www.ndsu.edu/soilhealth; average video number of views: 200 – this will be increased this winter as we finalize agreements with national magazines to post and link to our video library)
• Webpage updates to the NDSU Soil Health and Land Management webpage
• Technical support to interested producers

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.