A three-year funded project presented to the Dairy Science Department at Virginia Tech by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) was announced on August 24, 2005.
(Pictured left to right: Charlie Stallings, Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Tech; Mark Hanigan, Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Tech; M. Denise Doetzer, State Conservationist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Bob Goodlatte, Chairman, House Agriculture Committee; Mike Akers, Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Tech; Katharine Knowlton, Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Tech; Bruce Knight, Chief, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Gerald Heatwole, Host and Owner/Operator of Cub Run Farm.)
This three year project will include an incentive payment program for dairy producers that are within 15% of their phosphorus intake requirements. In addition an intensive feeding management study will concentrate on 10 herds in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Extensive testing of feeds for phosphorus and other nutrients will regularly be conducted and educational programs and materials will be available to all Virginia dairy farmers and their consultants. Project personnel are Katharine Knowlton, Charlie Stallings, Bob James, and Mark Hanigan all in the Dairy Science Department at Virginia Tech.
For further information contact Dr. Charles Stallings at cstallin@vt.edu or 540-231-3066.
Click here for complete list of NRCS awards made 8/24/05. Click here for VT news article.
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