Cody Creech, assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture and dryland cropping systems specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center, has been selected to receive a $40,000 grant from the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) for the project, "Developing Winter Barley as an Alternative Crop to Capture an Emerging Market and Increase Diversification and Sustainability."
"This project will evaluate feasibility of winter barley production under rainfed conditions in the High Plains," Creech said. "Experiments will be conducted to identify suitable varieties, populations, and fertility requirements to meet yield expectations of farmers and grain quality parameters of the grain purchaser."
This grant was awarded as part of NCR-SARE's Partnership Grant Program. For the 2021 Partnership Grant Program, NCR-SARE awarded more than $638,000 to 16 projects, including Creech's. The Partnership Grant Program is intended to foster cooperation between agriculture professionals and small groups of farmers and ranchers to catalyze on-farm research, demonstration, and education activities related to sustainable agriculture. Learn more about the NCR-SARE Partnership Grant Program online at http://www.northcentralsare.org/Grants/Our-Grant-Programs/Partnership-Grant-Program.
More details at: https://agronomy.unl.edu/news/creech-awarded-cssa-early-career-award