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Northeast SARE

From funding to field findings.

Follow three completed projects from the questions they asked to the trials they ran, the results they reported, and what those findings could mean for farmers.

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An independent OpenAgData sample built from public SARE final reports. This is a selected example, not the complete Northeast SARE portfolio or a SARE endorsement.

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Impact · Follow the evidence

See how an award becomes a field finding.

Choose a project. Follow the question into the field, inspect the findings, and explore the practical application.

Reported in the source Application to discuss

Funding to field / ONE17-293

04 / Measured findings

What was measured, and what did it show?

Public final report
Measured result

No significant sweet-corn yield differences were reported at Borderview and Pomykala.

Source locationResearch results: Tables 10 and 14 and discussion

Measured result

Winter-terminated covers released nitrate earlier in spring than overwintering covers in this trial.

Source locationSummary; Research conclusions

ONE17-293 · Read the SARE report
Step 4 of 5

Connections trace the project report, not the size of a treatment effect. Reported adoption and original targets stay separate from measured findings.

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ONE17-293: Measured findings, step 4 of 5.

Explore the evidence

Three grants. A traceable field story.

Choose a project to follow its funding, methods, findings, and open questions.

ONE17-293 · FINAL PROJECT REPORTOpen source report

Winter-terminated cover crop strategies for vegetable farms in northern New England

Award

$14,996 · 2017

Recipient

University of Vermont

Research lead / co-lead

Heather Darby

01 / The question

Can winter-terminated cover crops support nutrient cycling and soil cover in northern vegetable systems?

02 / In the field

Borderview: 17 treatments plus control, four replicates. River Berry: three treatments; Pomykala: four; three replicates each. Soil nitrate, biomass and crop responses tracked.

Reported study period: 2017-2018. Study years and award years may differ.

Vermont

Borderview Farm, Alburgh · Pomykala Farm, Grand Isle · River Berry Farm, Fairfax

03 / What the project reported

Measured result

No significant sweet-corn yield differences were reported at Borderview and Pomykala.

Source location and context

Research results: Tables 10 and 14 and discussion. Read in the final report ↗

Measured result

Winter-terminated covers released nitrate earlier in spring than overwintering covers in this trial.

Source location and context

Summary; Research conclusions. Read in the final report ↗

04 / What it could mean for farmers

Match cover-crop winter survival and planting date to the following crop. Treat these findings as one-season evidence.

OpenAgData interpretation of the reported evidence.

What remains unresolved

Strawberries at River Berry were not due for harvest until 2019; the broad summary does not establish a yield result there. Longer-term soil-health effects remain unresolved.

Research & outreach outputs

Research reports and a vegetable cover-cropping bulletin.

A question for review

Is the narrower yield statement appropriate, given the unharvested strawberry crop?

Built for a useful conversation.

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This hub is a starting example of how a public grant record can connect to field implementation and reported outcomes. SARE feedback can help refine the connections and identify the next projects to include.

Sources and review method

Three public SARE final reports were checked at the claim level on September 13, 2026. Findings were not independently reanalyzed. No effects were pooled across projects, no precise field coordinates were inferred, and award totals were not treated as spending or economic returns.

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