Priority Area: Stewarding land and water resources
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Evaluating nitrogen availability from solid-liquid-separated and composted manure
Manure is often applied to land to return organic matter and nutrients to the soil. Manure processing methods, such as solid-liquid-separation and composting, have grown in popularity to improve transport…
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Full implementation of automated rotational grazing and assessment of its impact on animals and on forage
Pasture systems are an effective and potentially economical way to produce feed for livestock, but grazing management can be a challenge. Previous Hub-funded research developed two prototype systems, physical and…
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Enhancing crop health assessment through acquisition of a porometer/fluorometer
Justen’s project will use a fluorometer/porometer to expand research capacity for novel research on dairy cropping systems and nutrient management at UW–River Falls. A fluorometer/porometer is an instrument that can…
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Reimagining 131/132 Agricultural Sciences Building to accommodate Hub-funded equipment to build research capacity
Sumner-Davis’s project will renovate AGS rooms 132 and 131 at UW–River Falls to accommodate previously Hub-funded equipment, an environmental test chamber and plant growth chambers. PI: Heather Sumner-Davis Sumner-Davis is…
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Supplemental funding for analytical lab and collaborative research space
Sumner-Davis’s project will use additional funds to complete renovations for the Analytical Lab at UW–River Falls, which will increase the college’s research and collaboration abilities. PI: Heather Sumner-Davis Sumner-Davis is…
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Electric Autoclave used to sterilize instruments, liquids, and biological wastes
This project will use a new electric autoclave for increasing teaching and research capacities at UW–River Falls. A purchase of a new autoclave will avoid the relocation of an older…
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Enhancing anaerobic digestion biogas analysis capabilities at UW–Platteville
Sanford’s project will use a gas chromatography system to analyze biogas samples from livestock systems, including O2, N2, CH4, and CO2, for anaerobic digestion research. This will expand current and…
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Enhancing elemental analysis capabilities for organic substances at UW–Platteville
Baxter’s project will use an updated carbon and nitrogen analyzer to better understand the benefits of carbon and nitrogen in soil, mature, compost, and biochar. This will expand UW–Platteville’s research…
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Equipment needs for measurement of dynamic soil properties
Baxter’s project will use three different instruments to determine soil properties that change with natural or anthropogenic disturbances within the human time scale, known as “dynamic soil properties’. Unlike basic…
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Plant growth chambers for forage and cover crop research
Justen’s project will use two PGR15 plant growth chambers for forage and cover research in order to improve knowledge of forage and cover crop physiology, variety performance, and agronomic management.…