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
Download PDF (Free) Order in Print ($28.00) Smart farmers know that healthy soil hosts a flourishing and diverse ecosystem of bacteria, fungi and invertebrates. But the complex relationships between soil...
www.sare.org news new-podcast-episode-breeding-squash-for-disease-resistance-and-eating-quality
New Podcast Episode: "Breeding Squash for Disease Resistance and Eating Quality"
If you’re interested in local seed cultivation, listen to this episode of ATTRA’s Voices from the Field podcast, featuring NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Justin Duncan’s conversation with Edmund Frost, the...
northeast.sare.org news rutgers-student-traces-genetic-trail-of-bmsb
Rutgers student traces genetic trail of BMSB
...using insect DNA to track the brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB, Halyomorpha halys). Within the past 20 years, BMSB has become a devastating pest across the mid-Atlantic, causing significant damage to...
southern.sare.org news cover-crops-reduce-pest-numbers-and-improve-cash-crop-yields
Cover Crops Reduce Pest Numbers and Improve Cash Crop Yields
GAINESVILLE, Florida – Preliminary research from University of Florida has found that incorporating root-knot nematode-resistant cover crops in a perennial peanut rotation reduces pest numbers in the cash crop and...
southern.sare.org news paper-or-pesticides-bagging-peaches-protects-from-insects-and-diseases-increases-yields
Paper or Pesticides? Bagging Peaches Protects from Insects and Diseases, Increases Yields
...production with 77,000 tons, researchers at Clemson felt that applying the technique to orchards was a worthwhile endeavor because peach growers in the southeastern U.S. face very high pest and...
western.sare.org news testing-cover-crops-in-new-mexico-vineyards
Video: Testing Cover Crops in New Mexico Vineyards
Watch our newest video describing this Western SARE funded work - Miranda Kersten, IPM Program and Gill Giese, Viticulture of New Mexico State University describe their work promoting putting cover...