What's Happening at CSWQRU

April 2012

In April 2012, USDA ARS scientists & technicians planted Giant Miscanthus on research plots at the University of Missouri's South Farm near Columbia, Missouri. The research project: “Landscape-Based Crop Management for Food, Feed, and Bioenergy” focuses in part on determining where on the landscape to best place alternative crops, such as perennial bioenergy crops. Field research is being conducted to evaluate the production, profitability, and environmental ramifications of bioenergy crops.

Planting Giant Miscanthus

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Research Projects: 

CSWQRU scientists conduct research primarily in:

• the Goodwater Creek Research Watershed, a 27 square mile ARS benchmark research watershed near Centralia, Missouri,
• at the University of Missouri Delta Center* in Portageville, and
• on land farmed by many farmer cooperators.

	Systems and Technologies for Sustainable Site-Specific Soil and Crop Management   Innovative approaches and components for managing agricultural practices on spatially variable soil landscapes. Publications
	Development of Alternative Practices for Improved Watershed Management This project participates in the national CEAP– Conservation Effects Assessment Project – with partners at 13 other ARS locations, and in cooperation with USDA-NRCS. Publications
	Optimizing Irrigation Management for Humid Climates Improved practices for profitable irrigated production. Publications

CSWQRU is located on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and collaborates with MU College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources* (CAFNR).  CSWQRU scientists are affiliated with CAFNR departments:

• Biological Engineering*,
• Plant Sciences*, and
• Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences* (SEAS).

*links to non-federal site