Location: Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research
Project Number: 8070-13000-015-032-I
Project Type: Interagency Reimbursable Agreement
Start Date: Apr 15, 2024
End Date: Aug 31, 2031
Objective:
IRA GHG Quantification Action Area #2 – GHG Research Network
Action Area Objective:
1. Develop a research and monitoring network to collect and synthesize data on nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions from cropping systems that represent major agricultural sources of these two gases. Prioritizing which systems to monitor is a function of which data are most useful for other Action Areas to evaluate practices that can reduce emissions and improve models, including for conservation program outcomes, exploring model comparisons, and supporting the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (the National GHG Inventory).
Approach:
The proposed research will facilitate the quantification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from practices that address multiple Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Practice Standards (CPS). Northeast Area is charged with quantifying 4Rs of nitrogen management strategies (CPS 590), use of cover crops (CPS 340), reduced tillage (CPS 345), and crop residue management (CPS 329) techniques. Quantifying GHG emissions from these practices compared to prevailing agricultural methods will help to inform decision making models for NRCS. Data collection will focus on GHG emissions from agricultural management practices on croplands production systems.
