North Dakota Grazing Coalition’s Summer Tour shows resilience of rotational grazing
The topic of drought was brought up on several occasions throughout the tour, Sand believes his management practices have cushioned the blow of the ad…
[Link] Cover crops’ role in soil health
We’ve found the soil becomes more workable, has less standing water after high rainfall and crops grow for longer as there is more moisture held in …
[Link] Tools for Transitioning to No-till Vegetable Production
Enjoy this tour of Simple Gifts Farm to learn from farm managers Jeremy Barker Plotkin and Dave Tepfer. Jeremy and Dave discuss the practices and tool…
[Link] Hit Hard By Drought, Farmers Get Creative
“It hasn’t been easy," Luhman tells me over the buzzing engine. “But we’re doing better than most.”
[Link] Modern milkman cuts out middleman with milk factory in a box I Glen Herud, Happy Cow Milk co.
A new innovative “milk factory in a box” can allow any farmer to sell safe, pasteurised milk to their local community and cafes with a secure paym…
[Link] What You Need to Know to Be a Successful Grazier – No Matter the Weather
With principles as a foundation, you can observe what’s happening and make good decisions no matter where you live or what the weather is.
[Link] Can Land Conservation and Dual-Use Solar on Farms Coexist?
Now, the team will be able to track how various types of agriculture fare under solar panels—from grazing animals to cranberry bogs and vegetable cr…
[Link] Reap benefits of environmentally friendly farming now
There are more important reasons than just selling carbon credits to seriously consider switching to more environmentally friendly farming practices …
[Link] How do nematodes help plants and soils?
It might be hard to believe, but you may never have seen the most abundant animal on Earth: soil nematodes! They represent eighty percent of animal li…
[Link] Why flesh-eating bugs are the real MVPs for humanity’s survival
Three years of research to understand two weeks of carrion beetle life and its impacts on the soil.