Legume Adoption Practices:

Project Title: Legume adoption practices in western central United States: economic and environmental benefits in face of increased climatic variability

Project Goal: The goal of this project is to use a systems approach to develop new dryland wheat-legume crop rotation systems that sequester more carbon, reduce energy-intensive nitrogen fertilizer use, decrease greenhouse gag emissions, improve water use efficiency, and integrate crop and livestock production in mixed systems. The region's ability to sustainably produce food, feed and fiber will be assessed and an integrated extension and education program will be developed to promote adoption.

• Climatograms (pdf)
• Regional Legume Cropping Assessment as it pertains to Nitrogen Budgeting and Climate Forcing (pdf)
• Crop Production and Cattle Census for the 5-State Project Area (pdf)
• Simulating the Effect of Climate Change on Winter Wheat Production Systems for Conditions in Eastern Wyoming (pdf)
• Seed Scarification Methods and their Use in Forage Legumes (pdf)

• Adapting to Climate: The Transformation of North American Wheat Production, 1839-2009 (pdf)
• Communicating the Science of Climate Change (pdf)
• IPCC - Climate Change Synthesis Report 2007 (pdf)
• IPCC - North America (pdf)
• Simulating Alternative Dryland Rotational Cropping Systems in the Central Great Plains with RZWQM2 (pdf)
• The DSSAT Cropping System Model (pdf)
• The Long-Run Impact of Corn-Based Ethanol on the Grain, Oilseed, and Livestock Sectors: A Preliminary Assessment (pdf)