2019

• Project approval & kickoff
  
• Introduction of Model Farms Project during the Sugarcane Research Station field day
• Began soil and water management plans, and planting activities and implementation of cover crops in sugarcane and grain crops
• Began development of extension materials
• Installation of weather station to monitor surrounding conditions

2020

• Commencement of field visits for education: grains and sugarcane
• Installation of ISCO automated water sampler to collect data
• First field day held in spite of Covid-19 restrictions

2021

• Soil Health Forum
• Mead & Marshall Hardwick present at Textile Sustainability Conference in Dublin, Ireland
• Annual field days held at the Sugar and the Grain Model Farms

2022

• Annual Field Days held at the Sugar and the Grain Model Farms
• 6,800 people attended Field Days hosted by the Taylor Grant
• 2,600 people participated in field fays and workshops-featured talks about the Taylor Grant
• Three graduate students involved in the project graduated

2023

• Annual Field Day held
• Sustained a total of 540 acres of field planted to rice, corn, soybean, and sugarcane with BMP usage
• One graduate student involved in the project graduated

2024

• Investigation of best management soil fertility practices and field day events to showcase ongoing research
• Two graduate students involved in the project graduated
• Redesign of the website and social media pages
• Annual Field Day held