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Safeguarding Chickpeas

Montana chickpea growers – who produce a third of the U.S. chickpea crop – face a serious foliar crop disease known as Ascochyta blight. It’s caused by a poorly understood pathogen- Ascochyta rabiei that requires growers to make multiple fungicide applications each season. That’s not only expensive, it’s a recipe for fungicide resistance development. “Some […]

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2026 Southern SARE Producer Grants Funded

GRIFFIN, Georgia – Over $344,000 in grants from the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) program has been funded for farmers to further sustainable agriculture production and marketing practices throughout the Southern region. Topics including interseeding cover crops into cotton, establishing native wildflower cover crops in apple orchards, building local corn seed production, and […]

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Combating Extreme Weather Events in High Tunnel Raspberry Production While Analyzing Methods for Organic Weed Control

Congratulations to Rebekah Alstede Modery for completing her farmer grant project, FNE24-072 Combating Extreme Weather Events in High Tunnel Raspberry Production While Analyzing Methods for Organic Weed Control! Rebekah and her team grew raspberries at their New Jersey farm under the cover of a modified high tunnel. According to Farmer Grant Administrator Emma Marks, one […]

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Agritourism: Montana Conference Builds Stronger Collaborations

The Montana Agritourism Association (MAA) hosted their successful two-day 2nd annual conference, “Opening the Gate: Unlocking Agritourism Opportunities to Connect, Collaborate, and Innovate” in November with over 160 attendees. The conference met its stated goal of bringing together farmers, ranchers, tourism partners, educators, and community leaders and in creating a space to connect, learn, and […]