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Northeastern United States · organizationOfficial website Updated Sep 13, 2026
Published award support · 1988–2026
$129,606,789
Grant programs
9
Projects with outcome reviews
3
Measured results, quoted from the papers
5
States with indexed work
3

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The five questions a board asks

Who was funded, on what, where, and what came of it.

Sources and limits for these answers

Each answer says what it is built from. Public records answer part of each question; the funder's own project list and reports complete it.

Who received the funding
2,793 awards from the funder's own records, 1988–2026 · 1,104 institutions
What it was spent on
2,793 projects from the funder's award records, 1988–2026 Farmer leads with 37% of projects.
Where the work happened
2 counties · 3 states; sites read from methods sections, never from an address
What came out of it
3 journal articles 5 measured findings from 3 sources, each quoted from its source; not yet checked by a reviewer.
What to fund next
Coverage by area and year from award records; a blank year is a listing gap until the full history is shared Completes it: The full award history, so a blank year reads as a real gap rather than a missing listing.

Evidence for the next decision

What the research found

Read the result, understand its limits, and follow the evidence to its source.

1 reviewed paper · 1 selected finding

Selected project-to-paper evidence. These examples do not cover the full portfolio. Findings, papers and independent experiments are different counts.

Hirsh & Weil · 2019

How much mineral nitrogen remained in the soil profile at the end of the growing season?

The 29-field survey documented a substantial residual nitrogen stock, but did not test a cover-crop treatment or measure avoided leaching.

1 paper · 29 sampled fields · 2014–2016. Individual field coordinates are unavailable in the reviewed manuscript.

Maryland & southeast PennsylvaniaCoastal Plain sediments; acidic and calcareous rock parent materials · Field-specific irrigation not established in this review

Residual mineral nitrogen

253 kg N ha⁻¹ · SE 23.5

Treatment
End-of-season soil inventory, 0–210 cm
Compared with
No treatment comparator for this overall mean
Result applies to
Mean across all 29 fields

Uncertainty: SE 23.5 kg N ha-1; N = 29 fields

Keep this result in context

A soil stock, not avoided leaching or a cover-crop treatment effect. It cannot predict nitrogen in a particular field.

Study conditions, methods & original values
Maryland & southeast Pennsylvania · 2014–2016

Coastal Plain sediments; acidic and calcareous rock parent materials. Field-specific irrigation not established in this review. Mixed crop and manure histories; mostly conservation tillage.

11°C · 1044 mm/year. Regional historical description cited by the paper; not weather measured at each field.

Experimental design
Observational field survey
Measurement method
Soil coring and mineral-N analysis
Sampling
0–210 cm profile, 2014–2016
Original reported values
treatment value: 253value unit: kg N ha-1standard error: 23.5sample size: 29
Table 1, accepted manuscript p. 15: all fields, 0–210 cm
What a board or practitioner can take from this

Use the measured soil profile to frame nitrogen-capture research. A field-specific recommendation still needs local sampling and treatment evidence.

OpenAgData interpretation of this source case.
Funding link & study design
Study design
Observational sampling of 29 fields; soil cores to 210 cm. Field histories and crops varied.
Funding connection
Project LNE14-338. Project attribution verified in both the final report and the paper. This review does not assign exclusive funding credit.
Original paper
Deep Soil Cores Reveal Large End-of-Season Residual Mineral Nitrogen Pool
Publications and newsletters: Hirsh & Weil (2019) Acknowledgments, accepted manuscript p. 9, lines 149–150: LNE14-338
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What the measurements showed

5 findings · 3 source records · each quoted from its source; not yet checked by a reviewer

Reported measurements in indexed research funded by Northeast SARE. Open a comparison to inspect reported directions and context.

Dual-purpose winter cover crops harvested as spring forage

The report describes spring forage yields of 1-2.5 tons dry matter/acre with appropriate management. · 1 source record · 1 finding

winter small grains · Comparator not recorded.

Reported directions across source records

0 increase · 0 reported no change · 0 decrease · 0 mixed · 1 unknown

Each identified record counts once in this comparison. Mixed means its measurements differ in direction; unknown means some direction is missing. Counts do not measure effect size or establish which practice is best.

Early September cover-crop establishment

Cover crops planted by early September reduced deep-soil nitrogen by December; responses varied with soil fertility and weather. · 1 source record · 1 finding

Crop not specified · Comparator not recorded.

Reported directions across source records

0 increase · 0 reported no change · 1 decrease · 0 mixed · 0 unknown

Each identified record counts once in this comparison. Mixed means its measurements differ in direction; unknown means some direction is missing. Counts do not measure effect size or establish which practice is best.

Winter-terminated cover crops vs Overwintering cover crops

Winter-terminated covers released nitrate earlier in spring than overwintering covers in this trial. · 1 source record · 1 finding

Crop not specified

Reported directions across source records

0 increase · 0 reported no change · 0 decrease · 0 mixed · 1 unknown

Each identified record counts once in this comparison. Mixed means its measurements differ in direction; unknown means some direction is missing. Counts do not measure effect size or establish which practice is best.

Winter-terminated and overwintering cover crops vs Other cover treatments and no-cover control

No significant sweet-corn yield differences were reported at Borderview and Pomykala. · 1 source record · 1 finding

sweet corn

Reported directions across source records

0 increase · 0 reported no change · 0 decrease · 0 mixed · 1 unknown

Each identified record counts once in this comparison. Mixed means its measurements differ in direction; unknown means some direction is missing. Counts do not measure effect size or establish which practice is best.

Baseline residual mineral nitrogen sampling

Mean residual mineral nitrogen was 253 kg/ha across the sampled 0-210 cm soil profile; 55% was below 90 cm. · 1 source record · 1 finding

Crop not specified · Comparator not recorded.

Reported directions across source records

0 increase · 0 reported no change · 0 decrease · 0 mixed · 1 unknown

Each identified record counts once in this comparison. Mixed means its measurements differ in direction; unknown means some direction is missing. Counts do not measure effect size or establish which practice is best.

Showing 5 of 5 comparisons. Source records may share experiments; these are not counts of independent trials. Each finding receives equal weight in a finding median.

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Works indexed for Northeast SARE
3
Shown in this public view
3
Partner view
county map, measured findings, board report
See a complete partner hub: American Malting Barley Association131 indexed works, 198 measured findings, study sites in 12 states

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What your records would add to this page

This page is built from public records. With Northeast SARE's project list, amounts and final reports we map the whole history: who was funded, on what, where, what came of it, and what to fund next.

  • Project list with investigator and institution per award
    Mapped · Who received the funding, every year
  • Award amounts and priority area per project
    Mapped · Funding by area and year, in dollars
  • Award history across years
    Mapped · Real gaps by area and year, not missing listings
  • Final reports per project
    Mapped · Outputs tied to each project, and measured results with their conditions
  • Trial sites, stations and partner farms
    Mapped · A county map of where the work happened
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Sources & coverage 1988–2026 award register

Independent portfolio example

1988–2026 award register

2,793
Awards indexed
3
Projects with outcome reviews
3
Research records indexed
3
Research records in this view

The award register is broader than the reviewed evidence. Reviews use public project reports; findings have not been independently reanalyzed. This example is not an organization endorsement. Project records and indexed publications are separate collections; links between them require verified sources. Indexed research includes public final project reports; journal-paper links are reviewed separately.

Award snapshot: Sep 14, 2026Report review: Sep 13, 2026Open portfolio source