TITLE (click title to view slides)
AUTHOR
Taylor Randell Singleton Extension Sustainability Specialist
DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION (right click and select 'Save Target As...')
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SLIDE CONTENTS
- Pollinators / Cover Crops / Sustainability Taylor Randell Singleton Extension Sustainability Specialist
- Impact on day-to-day life: 30% of world’s food is pollinated 130 fruits and vegetable plants 1 in 3 bites of food Why should you care??? Pollinators support $18-27 billion in US crop yields annually Habitat also supports predators/parasitoids Pollinator Habitat on the Farm
- Implications for pesticide stewardship Supporting endangered/listed/sensitive species Promoting biodiversity Mitigation for runoff/erosion Indirect ROI…..hard to quantify Don’t directly increase yield, etc. Extra expense to install/maintain Pollinator Habitat on the Farm
- NRCS funding to install habitat/benefit pollinators on working farms 30+ cost-share programs Habitat installation Field borders Riparian buffers Filter strips Native grasslands Support @ National/State Level
- Georgia state standards: 9 broadleaves (flowering) 1 native grass Challenging to implement Low emergence Not competitive Extensive weed pressure NRCS Programs How to control weeds in pollinator sites??
- Year 1 = disaster
- Start with commercialized annuals, add in natives after establishment Fast growing Hardy Herbicide tolerance? Focus on PRE herbicides, screen for tolerance across wide range of products Zinnia, cosmo, marigold, Mexican sunflower Switch Focus ? Commercialized Annuals
- Screening for Everything (PRE)
- Screening for Everything (PRE)
- Creating a Systems Approach to Weed Control* *Fall 2024 – 1 location; 3 reps
- Understanding Planting Method Ground Coverage (%) Ratio: Zinnia/Cosmo/Marigold/Mex Sun
- Planting Method Influences Bloom
- UGA vs NRCS 2 species “mixes” UGA mix: Zinnia, Cosmo, Marigold, Mexican sunflower NRCS mix: 9 broadleaves Lanceleaf coreopsis, perennial lupine, lemon mint, sensitive pea, annual Indian blanket, slender lespedeza, showy goldenrod, greyheaded coneflower, starry rosinweed 1 grass Yellow Indiangrass 3 herbicide programs NTC, PRE treflan, POST cadre (NRCS only)
- NRCS Mixture – Site 1 PRE: treflan POST: none Flwr1-24 51 DAP No herbicide PRE: none POST: cadre
- UGA Mixtures – Site 1 Ratios = Zinnia/Cosmo/Marigold/Mexican sunflower 40/30/20/10 “low” seeding rate Flwr1-24 51 DAP 25/25/25/25 40/30/20/10 “high” seeding rate
- NRCS Mixture – Site 2 PRE: treflan POST: none Flwr2-24 Ponder Farm 51 DAP No herbicide PRE: none POST: cadre
- UGA Mixtures – Site 2 Ratios = Zinnia/Cosmo/Marigold/Mexican sunflower 40/30/20/10 “low” seeding rate Flwr2-24 Ponder Farm 51 DAP 25/25/25/25 40/30/20/10 “high” seeding rate
- Cover Crop Survey Please fill out my survey!!! Research directions New/updated resources Information delivery to you Cost share/incentive programs You can leave on the table, put in the box, paper airplane to the front…..please just fill it out! ?
- What’s Important? Variety/cultivar specific to different areas of GA Seeding rates How low can we go? Broadcast vs drilled Rates between cultivars Spreading before cash crop harvest Timing windows (i.e. cover after corn, etc.) Quantify intangible benefits ECONOMICS $$$$$$$$
- Warm Season Species Evaluation Data Evaluated Ground coverage Weed suppression Biomass accumulated Heat tolerance Height What warm-season covers are suitable? Row crop or vegetable? Throw it out and water in?
- Warm Season Species Evaluation Fallow Sunn hemp Buckwheat Cowpea Proso millet Foxtail millet Browntop millet Japanese millet Pearl millet Teff Sudangrass Sorghum-Sudangrass
- Warm Season Species Evaluation – 36 DAP
- Cool Season Species Evaluation Planted w/ grain drill Nov. 4 & Dec. 5 GCTA meeting/field day in Feb
- Small Grains Rye – Wrens Abruzzi 75 lb/A Rye – FL 401 75 lb/A Oats – Horizon (FL) 720 75 lb/A Oats – Coker 227 75 lb/A
- Clovers Crimson Clover – AU Sunrise 12 lb/A Crimson Clover – Dixie 12 lb/A Balansa Clover – Fixation 12 lb/A
- Vetch / Radish Vetch – AU Merit 12 lb/A Radish – Daikon Tillage 10 lb/A
- Commercial Pre-Mixes Mixon Seed – ReVive Cotton 40 lb/A Southeast Agriseeds – On Time Mix 40 lb/A
- “Homemade” Mixes Rye (Wrens Abruzzi) – 60 lb/A Vetch (AU Merit) – 8 lb/A Rye (Wrens Abruzzi) – 60 lb/A Crimson clover (Dixie) – 8 lb/A Rye (Wrens Abruzzi) – 30 lb/A Oats (Horizon 720) – 30 lb/A Crimson Clover (Dixie) – 5 lb/A
- Small Grain Seeding Rates Compare seeding rates by cultivar Cereal rye Wrens Abruzzi FL 401 Oats Coker 227 Horizon (FL) 720 Biomass accumulation, ground coverage, stand, ECONOMICS $$$
- Small Grain Seeding Rates - Rye Wrens Abruzzi FL 401 100 lb/A 75 lb/A 50 lb/A 40 lb/A 30 lb/A 20 lb/A 100 lb/A 75 lb/A 50 lb/A 40 lb/A 30 lb/A 20 lb/A
- Small Grain Seeding Rates - Oats Coker 227 Horizon (FL) 720 100 lb/A 75 lb/A 50 lb/A 40 lb/A 30 lb/A 20 lb/A 100 lb/A 75 lb/A 50 lb/A 40 lb/A 30 lb/A 20 lb/A
- Cover Crop Mixtures – NRCS Standards Following NRCS standards Rates, planting dates, mix composition Biomass accumulation, ground coverage, stand, ECONOMICS $$$, cotton growth/yield
- Cover Crops in Plasticulture
- Money for Growers Floating Around Climate-Smart Commodities Grant $3.1 billion for 141 project in US Cost-share, assistance, grants, etc. Projects 1-5 yrs NRCS funding Oversubscribed IRA (’23-’27) will add additional $19.5 billion EQUIP, CSP, Ag Conservation easement, etc.
- Cost-Share/Incentive Programs – Cover Crops Climate-Smart Commodities Grant – cover crop specific 5 different programs available in GA
- US Cotton Trust Protocol / Climate Smart Cotton Enrollment Jan-April 2025 Can enroll self Enroll @ gin Contact Maryn Contact Maryn Findley 352-805-3907 mfindley@cotton.org www.trustUScotton.org *Part of USDA Climate Smart Commodities grant
- Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative Enrollment July 2024-April 2025 Self enrollment Enrollment day @ buying point? Contact Allie Randell 386-209-2951 arandell@peanutusa.com www.sustainableUSpeanuts.org *NOT Part of USDA Climate Smart Commodities grant
- Thank you!
|
|