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Livestock and Crops: Leon Stangl’s Specialty Crop Operation

November 19, 2020/in Crops, Video

Leon Stangl is a Montana farmer whose Yourganic Farm near Hamilton, Montana, produces a diverse selection of vegetables and directly sells its produce through CSAs and local markets. To add […]

Livestock and Crops: Korey Fauque’s Montana Dryland Farm. Part 1

November 19, 2020/in Crops, Video

Korey Fauque and his wife Wendy farm 4,500 acres of dryland ground in northern Montana where there is a 10-inch to 12-inche average rainfall. They grow spring wheat, winter wheat, […]

Livestock and Crops: Tyrel Obrecht’s Montana Angus Operation

November 18, 2020/in Livestock, Video

Tyrel Obrecht is the fifth-generation rancher operating Louie Petrie Ranch, a commercial Black Angus cow/calf operation in northern Montana. He and his family have been retaining and breeding their own […]

Livestock and Crops: Korey Fauque’s Montana Dryland Farm. Part 2

November 18, 2020/in Crops, Video

Korey Fauque and his wife Wendy farm 4,500 acres of dryland ground in northern Montana where there is a 10- to 12-inch average rainfall. They grow spring wheat, winter wheat, […]

Episode 178. Blockchain and Agriculture

November 18, 2020/in Business and Marketing, Podcast

In this episode of Voices from the Field, Jeff Schahczenski, NCAT agricultural and natural resource economist, and Marieke de Ruyter de Wildt discuss issues surrounding the possibly disruptive technology of […]

Putting Your Garden to Rest: Soil Health Virtual Workshop

November 13, 2020/in Crops, Video

In this virtual workshop, NCAT Soil Specialist Nina Prater and Horticulture Specialist Luke Freeman shared soil health practices for the fall and winter seasons on produce farms and market gardens. […]

Fall Planting Fruit Trees

November 13, 2020/in Blog, Crops

All across the South and as far north as USDA Climate Zone 5, fall planting of fruit trees can help get fruit trees off to a big head-start compared to fruit trees planted in spring. Why? The answer is a small thing and as thin as the thinning hairs on my old head.
By Guy Ames, NCAT Horticulture Specialist

Beekeeping for Beginners

November 12, 2020/in Livestock, Video

Are you interested in keeping honeybees or just learning more about them? Or are you a beginning beekeeper who would like to deepen your understanding of honeybees? In this virtual […]

Episode 177. Working-Lands Conservation Programs

November 11, 2020/in Business and Marketing, Podcast

In this episode of Voices from the Field, Jeff Schahczenski, an agricultural and natural resource economist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology, discusses working-lands conservation solutions with NCAT outreach […]

Creating Habitat for Beneficials to Control Aphids in Pecans

November 6, 2020/in Blog, Pest Management

For the past growing season, my staff and I have been involved with designing and managing a cover crop mix in pecan orchards in Northern California to attract beneficials, which provide some control of two species of pecan aphids.
Rex Dufour, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist