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www.sare.org news enterprise-budgets-for-diversified-farms Enterprise Budgets for Diversified Farms
SARE’s newest bulletin, Enterprise Budgets for Diversified Farms: Tools for Understanding Your Bottom Line provides guidance on using enterprise budgets, recordkeeping systems and partial budget analysis to evaluate management decisions for diversified farm operations.
western.sare.org news testing-prickly-pear-cactus-as-a-crop-and-fire-break Testing Prickly Pear Cactus as a Crop and Fire Break
Liron Brish sees protecting farming in the United States as his life's mission. The tech innovator has launched several ag-focused ventures (including a new banking platform called Thombar for specialty crop growers) and he and his wife bought 10 acres in the hills above Santa Barbara, California to farm themselves. There were just a few […]
northeast.sare.org news 2026-farmer-grant-recipients 2026 Farmer Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the 2026 Northeast SARE Farmer Grant recipients. These farmer-led projects explore innovative research and education techniques across production systems, including vegetable, livestock, poultry, fruit, hemp, and mushroom production, agroforestry, aquaculture, and apiculture. This was a highly competitive year with 207 applications. The slate includes 33 new projects across ten states. The funded work […]
southern.sare.org news southern-sare-seeking-nominations-to-fill-new-military-veteran-member-seat-on-the-administrative-council-2 Southern SARE Seeking Nominations to Fill New Military Veteran Member Seat on the Administrative Council
GRIFFIN, Georgia – The Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE) program is seeking a military Veteran to fill the vacant Veteran Member seat on its Administrative Council, the governing body for the program in the Southern region. SARE is a USDA-funded program that provides both research grant funding opportunities and educational resources for farmers/ranchers, […]
western.sare.org news safeguarding-chickpe 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 […]
southern.sare.org news 2026-southern-sare-producer-grants-funded 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 […]
northeast.sare.org news combating-extreme-weather-events-in-high-tunnel-raspberry-production-while-analyzing-methods-for-organic-weed-control 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 […]
www.sare.org news sare-ctic-2025-2026-national-cover-crop-survey-now-open-for-farmer-input 2025/2026 National Cover Crop Survey Is Now Open for Farmer Input
Farmers across the U.S.—whether they use cover crops, formerly used them, or have never planted covers—are invited to share their insights on cover crops in the National Cover Crop Survey.
western.sare.org news domes-bridging-agriculture-in-wyoming-the-pacific Domes: Bridging Agriculture in Wyoming & the Pacific
At first glance, agriculture in Wyoming and agriculture on Hawaii or Guam don’t have much in common. But growers in both the tropical Pacific and the northern prairie can benefit from enclosed production spaces – structures like hoop houses, high tunnels or geodesic domes – which is why Wyoming-developed domes will soon be popping up […]
western.sare.org news agritourism-montana-conference-builds-stronger-collaborations 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 […]