North Central SARE Multimedia
Videos and other educational multimedia produced by North Central Region SARE grantees and educators.
University of Nebraska SARE Agri-Marketing Website
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This is a web toolbox to support the SARE AgriMarketing Professional Development Program. It functions as a discussion board, and location link for media, professional, agrimarketing and program/organization resources.
Focusing on Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Production in High Tunnels
Type: North Central SARE Presentation
A 90-minute webinar presented by NCR SARE, Michigan State University, Purdue University and the University of Illinois on Nov. 13, 2008.
City Backyard Farming Video
Type: North Central SARE Multimedia
In this video clip, NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher grant recipient, Xe Susane Moua, talks about City Backyard Farming, LLC, an urban farming project in St Paul, MN.
Rainwater Catchment from a High Tunnel for Irrigation Use
Type: North Central SARE Multimedia
This Iowa State University video/fact sheet describes how to build a system to catch, store and reuse the rainwater for irrigation in a high tunnel.
Energy Conservation for Livestock and Poultry Production Webinar
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This webinar describes key ways to conserve energy while enhancing animal well-being and production.
Managing Field Operations to Reduce Energy Costs Webinar
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
This webinar makes the case for using minimum tillage, timely routine tractor maintenance, crop rotations with legumes and shorter maturity corn to reduce drying costs.
Irrigation Energy Webinar Series
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
In this three part webinar series, participants will became familiar with how to determine how much energy is required if all components of the irrigation system are operating at near peak efficiency.
Video: Improving Forage Production and Quality with Native Legumes
Type: North Central SARE Multimedia
NCR-SARE grant recipient, Craig Maier, discusses the research his team conducted to learn more about improving forage production and quality with native legumes in grazed warm-season grass stands.
Planting Your Own Corn Breeding Nursery Video
Type: North Central SARE Multimedia
This video from Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society explains how to plan, layout, and plant a home corn breeding nursery.
Video: A Quick Guide to Establishing Wildflower Plantings for the Conservation of Beneficial Insects
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Brett Blaauw's SARE research investigated the response of beneficial insects and their ecosystem services to the size of wildflower plots. This video is a quick introductory guide to help people establish wildflower plantings on their own for the conservation of beneficial insects.
Air-Propelled Abrasive Grit Management Video
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Air-Propelled Abrasive Grit Management (PAGMan) is a new technique for postemergence weed control in organic row crops. This video from SARE grantee Frank Forcella at the USDA-ARS Soils Lab shows PAGman in action.
SARE Cover Crops Webinars
Type: North Central SARE Presentation
As part of the Missouri SARE State Program, Debi Kelly hosted two webinars on Cover Crops in fall 2012. Presenters included Charles Ellis, a Natural Resource Engineer with the Lincoln County University of Missouri Extension Center, and Rich Hoormann, an Agronomy Specialist with Montgomery County University of Missouri Extension Center.
Greenhouse Energy Webinar Series
Type: North Central SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product
Growers can often reduce energy cost by 30 to 50% by using energy efficient growing practices, tightening the greenhouse enclosure to reduce infiltration losses, replacing inefficient heating systems, and installing curtain systems.
This 3-part webinar series covers energy measures for greenhouses, thermal curtain systems for greenhouses, and the use of biomass energy for heating greenhouses.
