www.sare.org publications smart-water-use-on-your-farm-or-ranch water-management smart-irrigation-2 Smart Irrigation Unlike traditional irrigation controllers that operate on a preset schedule to deliver a uniform amount of water across a field, variable rate irrigation systems allow you to change the water rate either from one irrigation event to the next, or to apply different rates in various zones of a field during a single event. These […]
www.sare.org publications smart-water-use-on-your-farm-or-ranch water-management managing-salinity Managing Salinity As salt accumulates in the soil, crops have more difficulty taking up the water that’s available. High salinity in the root zone also causes nutrient imbalances and affects plant growth and yield. High concentration of specific ions can be toxic to crops. Salinization occurs when irrigation water evaporates, which leaves salts behind. It is especially […]
www.sare.org publications conservation-tillage-systems-in-the-southeast references-10 References Chapter 1: Introduction to Conservation Tillage Systems Chapter 2: Conservation Tillage Systems: History, the Future and Benefits Chapter 3: Benefits of Increasing Soil Organic Matter Chapter 4 The Calendar: Management Tasks by Season Chapter 5: Cover Crop Management Chapter 6: In-Row Subsoiling to Disrupt Soil Compaction Chapter 7: Cash Crop Selection and Rotation Chapter 8: […]
www.sare.org publications farmer-field-day-toolkit hosting-virtual-field-days Hosting Virtual Field Days In June 2020, NCR-SARE worked with Maggie Norton, farmer outreach coordinator for Practical Farmers of Iowa, to offer two webinars for SARE grantees about hosting virtual field days. The first webinar was hosted with agricultural professionals and educators in mind, while the second webinar was geared toward farmers and ranchers. Select the one that works […]
www.sare.org publications smart-water-use-on-your-farm-or-ranch smart-water-use-introduction Smart Water Use: Introduction When Pat Purdy returned home to join his father Nick at Picabo Livestock Company near Picabo, Idaho, in 2008, his desire was to beef up the farm’s environmental efforts with a fresh perspective. The farm has been in the family since the 1880s with the goal of living in harmony with Silver Creek, which runs […]
www.sare.org publications cultural-practices-for-root-knot-and-root-lesion-nematode-suppression-in-vegetable-crop-rotations introduction Introduction Growers of vegetable crops in the mid-Atlantic have typi-cally used nematicides to control root knot nematodes (RKN) and root-lesion nematodes. The loss of many nemati-cides from the market due to environmental concerns and con-straints of use, such as the length of the period when crops cannot be planted following application for currently labeled fumigant nematicides, […]
www.sare.org publications rangeland-management-strategies introduction Introduction The American West evokes images of vast vistas, unyielding independence and quiet authority, a region that is at once easy to define and hard to comprehend. Within this awesome world of grass and sagebrush, which comprises 80 percent of the area from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean, a new kind of landowner is […]
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series finding-a-catalyst-for-change-in-agriculture Finding a Catalyst for Change in Agriculture Transcript for Our Farms, Our Future Podcast episode 021 - Finding a Catalyst for Change in Agriculture featuring Sami Tellatin and Elizabeth Reaves Sami Tellatin: A lot of people are farming rented land. And a lot of land owners are absentee landowners, so they’re not actually on their land. And that’s fine that they do it […]
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series advocating-for-sustainable-agriculture Advocating for Sustainable Agriculture Transcript for Our Farms, Our Future Podcast episode 020 - Advocating for Sustainable Agriculture featuring Margaret Krome and Paul Wolfe Margaret Krome: That is what’s deeply gratifying. That if you don’t allow yourself to fall into typecast we/they assumptions about who is with us. The people who can support us can absolutely surprise you. Mallory Daily: […]
www.sare.org publications our-farms-our-future-podcast-series sustainability-on-the-farm Sustainability on the Farm Transcript for Our Farms, Our Future Podcast episode 019 - Sustainability on the Farm featuring Eric Klein and Wayne Martin Wayne Martin: Whether alternative or conventional, we are still susceptible to the laws of efficiency and supply and demand and competition and cost. All of those factors go into making sustainability work. Mallory Daily: Welcome to Our Farms, […]