Episode 97. Bear Paw Meats: Selling Beef to Schools
In this episode of Voices from the Field, In this podcast, Al Kurki, a program specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, interviews Karla Buck, co-owner of Bear Paw Meats […]
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Ellen Polishuk: Is It Time to Scale Up? Ready to Grow More Produce?
/in Business and Marketing, VideoHow do you know if you are ready to grow more produce? Dive into how a properly done profit-and-loss sheet from your bookkeeping can be used to sketch out different […]
Episode 170. Native Seeds
/in Crops, PodcastIn this episode of Voices from the Field, Kara Kroeger, a sustainable agriculture specialist who works out of NCAT’s Southwest Regional Office in San Antonio, Texas, talks with Bill Nieman, […]
Interested in Letting Livestock Do the Work?
/in Livestock, VideoThis webinar demonstrates how integrated crop-livestock systems may provide sustainable alternatives to terminate cover crops, reduce fertilizer, and improve the water cycle. Thought-provoking Montana State University research by Devon Ragen […]
Beekeeping Basics: Making Splits
/in Blog, LivestockBack in the day, I learned beekeeping at Prairie View A&M University Greenhouse where I started their apiary. Cecil Fry, one of the university’s electricians, started me off and even gave me a hive. With his training as a launch pad, we trained agriculture students and local producers how to be beekeepers.
By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
Episode 169. Livestock Guardian Dogs
/in Livestock, PodcastIn this episode of Voices from the Field, Linda Coffey, a Livestock Specialist with NCAT’s Southeast Regional Office in Fayetteville, Arkansas, talks with Janet Vorwald Dohner, a farmer and noted […]
Managing Your Flock, Part 2. Preventing Internal Parasites
/in Livestock, VideoIn this video, the second of a two-part series, NCAT Livestock Specialist Linda Coffey joins Dr. Joan Burke, ARS/USDA researcher at the Dale Bumpers Small Farms Center in Booneville, Arkansas, […]
The CART Before the Horse: Understanding Access to Federal Assistance for Conservation Solutions
/in Blog, Business and MarketingBy Jeff Schahczenski, NCAT Agricultural and Natural Resource Economist If you had to allocate $3.3 billion of taxpayer dollars to farmers and ranchers who voluntarily wish to change how they […]
Episode 168. Water Quality Trading
/in Podcast, SoilIn this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Colin Mitchell is joined by Brian Brandt, the Agriculture Conservation Innovations Director at the American Farmland Trust. Colin […]
Managing Your Flock, Part 1. Diagnosing and Treating Sick Sheep
/in Livestock, VideoIn this video, the first of a two-part series, NCAT Livestock Specialist Linda Coffey joins Dr. Joan Burke, ARS/USDA researcher at the Dale Bumpers Small Farms Center in Booneville, Arkansas, […]
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