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ARS Home Midwest Area Madison, Wisconsin U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center Dairy Forage Research Research





- Franco, Jose
- Duff, Alison
- Food Animal Production (101)
- Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems (215)

Research Project: **Location:
                            Dairy Forage Research** Project Number: 5090-21500-002-015-N
                        
                        Project Type: Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement Start Date: Mar 1, 2022
                        
                        End Date: Feb 28, 2027 **Objective:**
                        
                        Develop, integrate, and evaluate cropping system strategies, including the use of winter cover crop mixtures and flowering species, to diversify ecosystem services, such as providing pollinator forage resources and supporting beneficial insect populations, in dairy forage systems. **Approach:**
                        
                        Existing cover crop studies and new experiments will be developed to quantify a suite of ecosystem services provided by integrating conservation cropping system strategies in dairy forage systems. These include soil-derived services, beneficial insect and pollinator supporting and provisioning services, and forage production, and will allow for trade-off evaluations as well as economic assessments.


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