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Virginia Tech information sheetwww.sare.org resources reduced-tillage-and-cover-cropping-systems-for-organic-vegetable-production

Reduced Tillage and Cover Cropping Systems for Organic Vegetable Production

Healthy soils comprise the foundation for organic food and fiber production. Sustainable soil management integrates cover cropping, other organic and natural mineral inputs, and judicious tillage practices to obtain high...

Cover page of an article entitled "Rangeland Management Strategies" featuring a photo of a man riding a horse through a fieldwww.sare.org resources rangeland-management-strategies

Rangeland Management Strategies

Features innovative SARE-funded research on creating and sustaining a healthy range. Throughout, researchers and ranchers share goals and successes in winter and multi-species grazing, managing forage and other vegetation and protecting...

Poultry Your Way Covernorthcentral.sare.org resources poultry-your-way

Poultry Your Way

Poultry Your Way is for anyone interested in commercially raising, processing, and marketing poultry. It is designed to help you consider alternatives, and to help you make decisions about which...

Manage Insects Cover featuring pictures of a field and different pollinatorswww.sare.org resources manage-insects-on-your-farm

Manage Insects on Your Farm

While every farming system is unique, the principles of ecological pest management apply universally. Manage Insects on Your Farm highlights ecological strategies that improve your farm’s natural defenses and encourage beneficial insects...

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Adapting Crop Share Agreements for Sustainable and Organic Agriculture

When the farming system deviates from a conventional corn-soybean rotation, the usual division of costs and returns in a 50-50 crop share lease may no longer fairly reflect the inputs...

Diversifying Cropping Systemswww.sare.org resources diversifying-cropping-systems

Diversifying Cropping Systems

Today's crop farmers, with their prices global and their costs local, are ensnared in an ever-tightening profit squeeze. Many of them have begun seeking alternative crops that command higher prices...

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Considering Sustainable Agriculture on Your Rented Land

Using sustainable agriculture practices on your rented land can help protect soil and water quality, increase income over the long term, and satisfy personal values for the landowner and/or the...

Estrategias Economico-Ambientales en la Crianza de Cerdoswww.sare.org resources estrategias-economico-ambientales-en-la-crianza-de-cerdos

Estrategias Economico-Ambientales en la Crianza de Cerdos

Granjeros que quieren producir puercos con éxito en pequeña escala pueden preservar su independencia de cara a la industria de puercos en proceso de consolidación. Estrategias Económico-Ambientales en la Crianza de...

reading on profitable porkwww.sare.org resources profitable-pork

Profitable Pork

Farmers who want to successfully produce pork on a small scale can preserve their independence in the face of the consolidating hog industry. Profitable Pork: Alternative Strategies for Hog Producers...

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Steel in the Field

Weed control demands time, labor and expense for every farmer every year. Steel in the Field shows how today's implements and techniques can control weeds while reducing—or eliminating—herbicides. In practical language, Steel in...

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