Description
The Century Experiement, a project of the UC Davis
Agricultural Sustainability Institute, is a 100-year study measuring long-term impacts of crop rotation, farming systems,
and
inputs of water and nutrients on agricultural sustainability. The experiment is based at the Russell Ranch Sustainable
Agriculture Facility in Davis, California. At its founding in 1993, the Century Experiment was named the Long Term Research
on Agricultural Systems (LTRAS) project. The collection includes Century Experiment/LTRAS program materials including
experimental design documentation, data, laboratory notebooks, maps, photographs, slides, and reports.
Background
The Century Experiement, a project of the UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute, is a 100-year study measuring
the long-term impacts of crop rotation, farming systems, and inputs of water, nitrogen, carbon and other elements on
agricultural sustainability. The experiment's seventy-two test plots are located at the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture
Facility in Davis, California. At its founding in 1993, the Century Experiment was named the Long Term Research on
Agricultural Systems (LTRAS) project, later changing its name to the Long Term Research on Agricultural Sustainability
project.
Restrictions
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Availability
Collection is open for research.