Conservation Systems & Practices
The U.S. Farm Bill Conservation Program provides substantial resources for technical and financial assistance to conserve natural resources on agricultural lands to sustain long-term productivity and provide ecosystem services benefiting rural communities. Recent private/non-profit/public sector agricultural sustainability initiatives have generated a need for integrated approaches to resource assessment and conservation technologies.
OWSI provides a variety of data, modeling, analytical, and collaboration tools to facilitate integrated approaches to conservation management.
Expertise
- Resource assessment
- Natural resource data integration
- Environmental modeling
- Multi-criteria decision analysis
Tools
- Farm Irrigation Rating Index
- Forage Animal Balance
- Greenhouse Gas Emission and Carbon Sequestration Assessment
- Nutrient Loss Potentials
- Nutrient Management Tool
- Pasture Condition Score
- Pesticide Loss Potentials and Hazard Ratings
- Phosphorus Index, Nitrogen Index
- Quick Stocking Rate
- Rangeland Health Assessment
- Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion
- Soil Conditioning Index
- Stream Visual Assessment Protocol
- Yield Assessment
- Water Irrigation Scheduler for Efficiency
- Water Erosion Assessment
- Wind Erosion Assessment
Research Centers
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