www.sare.org news innovative-assessment-helps-farmers-in-the-northeast-improve-soil-health
Innovative Assessment Helps Farmers in the Northeast Improve Soil Health
Improving soil health without understanding the soil's condition is not easy and traditional soil tests, though important management tools, don't provide information on the physical structure or microbial life living...
www.sare.org news new-book-farming-with-soil-life-a-handbook-for-supporting-soil-invertebrates-and-soil-health-on-farms
New Book: Farming With Soil Life: A Handbook for Supporting Soil Invertebrates and Soil Health on Farms
...Farms is a user-friendly guide to identifying, understanding and better managing soil life to improve the sustainability of your farming system. Written by the Xerces Society and published by SARE...
www.sare.org news supporting-farmer-training-programs-in-the-west
Supporting Farmer Training Programs in the West
...(CCCD). Harkleroad states, “While ALBA was carrying out its work, the CCCD was organizing a “best-practices in farmer education” training for the International Rescue Committee (IRC). ALBA shared its experience...
www.sare.org news manage-weeds-on-your-farm-an-ecological-approach
Manage Weeds on Your Farm: An Ecological Approach
...help organic and conventional farmers alike better understand and manage weeds efficiently, effectively and ecologically. Manage Weeds on Your Farm features profiles of five farmers who use the physical, ecological...
www.sare.org what-we-do impacts-from-the-field cover-crop-innovators-video-series ray-gaesser-corning-iowa
Ray Gaesser - Corning, Iowa
Cover Crop Innovators Video Series Ray Gaesser, a soybean producer from Corning, Iowa, is president of the American Soybean Association (ASA). He currently serves as chairman of the Farm Bill Task...
www.sare.org news improving-nutrient-use-efficiency-in-montana-wheat
Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency in Montana Wheat
"This was a landmark study because we knew we were losing nitrogen, we just didn't know how we were losing it," says farmer Curtis Hershberger. When nitrogen fertilizers are applied...
southern.sare.org news researchers-recommend-new-strategies-to-suppress-southern-potato-blight
Researchers Recommend New Strategies to Suppress Southern Potato Blight
PAINTER, Virginia – Earlier planting dates coupled with disease-tolerant cultivars of potatoes are recommended strategies to suppress southern potato blight, according to Virginia Tech researchers. The fungal disease, caused by...