2001 Recipients

1. Wind Power Karen & Elic Riley 10533 State Hwy. YY Elmo, MO 64445	2. Use of Small Grain Covercrop to Reduce Soil Erosion and Add Organic Matter Rodney Thompson 6898 Hwy. T Richmond, MO 64085
3. Developing a Small-Scale, Multi-Species, Rotational Grazing System Kerrin Smith and Jon Beck Stukey Hill, Rt. 6, Box 56 Kirksville, MO 63501	4. Evaluation on the Costs and Effectiveness of Bio-Fungicides for Production of Poinsettias from a Commercial Greenhouse William Regan Regan's Riverhill Gardens 7450 S. Nursery Rd. Columbia, MO 65203
5. Organic Butter Churn Barb Buchmayer 14649 Hwy. M Purdin, MO 64674	6. Missouri Chile Pepper Producers Julie Jones Price 3773 County Road 210 Kingdom City, MO 65262
7. Wood Fire Heating of a Greenhouse Eric Bright 34560 Mabry Rd. Bucklin, MO 64631	8. Transition from Fescue Pastures to Dairy Quality Pastures Using Millets and Brassicas as a Smother Crop Craig Witteveen Route 1, Box 165 B Norborne, MO 64668
9. Developing a Total Nutrient Management System for Mig Thomas Craft Rt. 4, Box 713 Butler, MO 64730
10. Evaluation of Common Missouri Apple Varieties for Potential Use in Hard Cider Production Sam Rademann 4820 Rainbow Hills Road Jefferson City, MO 65109	11. Profit Margin and Weed Control of Various Double Crops After Winter Wheat Michael Rice 33147 Windsor Rd. Windsor, MO 65360
12. Utilizing Electrified Fencing for Predator Control in Raising Pastured Poultry in Skid Housing Jim Hawthorne 13730 Norris Road Rayville, MO 64084	13. Adding Nutrition to Poor Quality Hay Dale Dintaman 6171 State Hwy. 96 Carthage, MO 64836
14. An Evaluation of Timed Management of In-Row Covercrops in Asparagus Culture Thomas Martin 2095 Four Mile Rd. Washington, MO 63090	15. Multi-Animal Flexible Pasture Improvement Jeannette Allen Johnson 18239 Lawrence 1030 Pierce City, MO 65723
16. Disease Control of Wine Grapes Using Aerated Compost Tea Sprays and other Sustainable Methods Sam Hilmer 568 S. Lewis Rd. Eureka, MO 63025	17. Heat Stress Management Utilizing Portable Shades on Mig Dairies Charles Fletcher KBC Dairy Rt. 1, Box 1872 Washburn, MO 65772
18. Increasing Farm Income with Prairie and Wildflower Garden Establishment Pieter Los 1002 Hwy. 19 N. Hermann, MO 65041	19. Web-Based GIS for Organic Farm Networking and Farmland Preservation Malissa Nowack 1660 E. McDaniel Springfield, MO 65802
20. Testing The Organic Winter Growing of Herbs and Cool-Weather Crops on Straw Bales in an Economical, Temporary Hoophouse Linda Williams 3503 Sand Creek Road Farmington, MO 63640	21. Bottling Milk in Glass for a Value-Added, Ecologically Sound Product Dave Kensinger 721 Whippoorwill Seymour, MO 65746
22. Small-Scale Irrigation to Enhance the Profitability of MIG on Dairies John McArthur Rt. 2, Box 83 Lockwood, MO 65682	23. Intensive Tree Culture, Truck Fuel by Gasification Norman Lenhardt 1118 St. Christopher St. Columbia, MO 65203
24. Comparison of Two Pastured Poultry Production Models to Evaluate Labor Savings, and Feed Conversion, and Pasture Utilization Kip Glass 2169 N. Farm Rd. 71 Bois D'Arc, MO 65612	25. Can Sheep Be Used Practically and Profitably to Clean Orchards and Provide Other Benefits Sharon Lee R.R. 2 Seymour, MO 65746
26. Brush and Weed Herbicide Applicator Using Bark Scarifier Bar and Rotary Wiper Jerome Rader 7023 W. Farm Road 68 Willard, MO 65781	27. Grazing Irrigated Corn Joe Heckemeyer Wolfhole Farms P.O. Box 830 Sikeston, MO 63801
28. Extended Vegetable Crop Production Kevin Johns 14007 State Hwy. WW Dudley, MO 63936	29. Strip Tillage/Fertilizer Placement Study Paul Lanpher 32598 County Rd. 309 Advance, MO 63730
1nd Alternate: Northwest Athletic Association Bryan Carroll 6098 Country Creek Road House Springs, MO 63051
2nd Alternate: Measuring Increased Yield of Omega-3 Fats in Eggs and Broiler Chickens by Including Flaxseed and Linseed Meal in Feed Rations Doug and Danielle Schroeder 22061 Poplar Rd. Higginsville, MO 64037

Questions? Comments? Please contact Joan Benjamin at: Joan.Benjamin@mda.mo.gov