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Managing Your Flock, Part 1. Diagnosing and Treating Sick Sheep

September 4, 2020/in Livestock, Video

In 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, […]

How Farmers and Ranchers Can Find Recovery Assistance and Plan for Resilience

September 4, 2020/in Blog, Business and Marketing

By Ann Baier, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Instead of the usual “traffic and weather” last week our local radio stations provided a regular “traffic, weather, and wildfire report.” These updates […]

Late Summer on an Ozark Farm

September 2, 2020/in Blog, Livestock

As we round the corner from summer into fall, I always like to look back and assess how we did on our farm during the busy summer months. We did not suffer a bad drought this summer, though it was touch and go for a few weeks in July. We had to feed hay for about ten days to make sure we didn’t graze the grass too short, but it wasn’t as dire as it has been some years.
By Nina Prater, NCAT Agriculture Specialist

Episode 167: Veterans Discuss USDA Programs

September 2, 2020/in Business and Marketing, Podcast

In this episode, Margo Hale, NCAT’s Southeast Regional Director and Director of NCAT’s Armed to Farm Program, talks with Eric Grandon and Sara Creech. Eric is an Army veteran and […]

How to Tell if Pears Are Ripe

August 28, 2020/in Crops, Video

In this short video, NCAT Horticulture Specialist Guy Ames takes us out to his orchard to demonstrate how to determine ripeness in apples and pears. For more on the subject […]

Montana Farm-to-Grocery Webinar

August 28, 2020/in Business and Marketing, Video

Catch up on our virtual convening of growers, grocery store managers, and community members to learn about farm-to-grocery partnerships from active players in Montana. For farmers and food processors, building […]

Helping a Neighbor—and helping NCAT, too

August 27, 2020/in Blog, Crops

I’ve spent most of my life working in large-scale crop production. Through this work, I’ve developed a passion for growing food and feeding people, which feels even more important right now, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Andrew Coggins, NCAT Rocky Mountain West Regional Director

Episode 166. Agriculture in Turkey

August 26, 2020/in Organic Farming, Podcast

In today’s episode of Voices from the Field, Justin Duncan, sustainable agriculture specialist at NCAT’s Southwest Regional Office in San Antonio, Texas, interviews Helen Smiley, a sustainable agriculture consultant located […]

Mississippi Food Justice Collaborative: Transforming Mississippi Food Systems

August 21, 2020/in Blog, Local Food Systems

Food culture is very rich here in Mississippi. No matter where your adventures lead you, food will navigate you across the state to people, culture, landmarks, history, and all of the things that I feel make The Magnolia State so great.
By Asha Tillman, NCAT Agriculture Specialist and Co-Coordinator of the MS Food Systems Fellowship

Episode 165. SIFT Farm’s Unusual Year

August 19, 2020/in Crops, Podcast

In this episode, Andrew Coggins, director of the National Center for Appropriate Technology’s Rocky Mountain West office, has a conversation with farm manager John Wallace about the unusual growing season […]