Gregg Sanford
Expert on Cropping System Ecology, Soil Organic Carbon and related Soil Health metrics, Ecological Intensification, Organic Farming, Rotational Grazing
Assistant Professor, Soil Carbon & Cropping System Ecology; Director, Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Work: 608-333-5447 gsanford@wisc.edu Home page Twitter: @@gregg_sanford
Topics
- Cropping System Ecology: Long-term cropping systems studies, crop rotation, cash-grains, dairy-forage, rotational grazing, organic & non-organic, prairies and native grasslands
- Soil Organic Carbon: Assessment of soil organic carbon stocks in Midwestern agroecosystems. Gold standard methods - dry combustion, equivalent soil mass, deep sampling, time series
- Ecological Intensification: Optimizing agroecosystem performance via management of ecosystem structure and function, such as species composition and diversity; competition and facilitation; and trophic dynamics.
- Organic Farming: Director of the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial (WICST) home to the longest running organic grain and forage research in Wisconsin (est. 1990)
- Rotational Grazing: Organic Farming: Director of the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial (WICST) home to the longest running rotational grazing study in Wisconsin (est. 1990)
Achievements
- Director of WICST, a large-scale (24 ha), long-term (est. 1990) cropping systems experiment in southcentral Wisconsin. International recognized for its size, breadth, and scientific contributions.
- Director of the Soil Organic Carbon network (SOCnet) a tri-state (WI, MN, IA) farmer-scientist collaboration assessing long-term deep soil carbon stock dynamics on farm.