STRATEGIC INTEGRATION OF PERENNIALS IN ANNUAL CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

The ARS PI and the Cooperator will work collaboratively to: Objective 1. Identify methods for identifying low yielding, low stability, low return-on-investment, and/or high risk areas with which to create management zones to be converted to perennial systems. Objective 2: Develop an assessment framework for soil health and other ecosystem services metrics and economic metrics with the integration of perennial systems in an annual crop-dominated landscape.