Entries by Rich Myers

Dale Strickler: Ranching for Rain and Drought Resilience

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In this video, Dale Strickler explains how to make your ranching operation more resilient. He goes in depth about optimizing your grazing to catch and hold more water in soil. Strickler is a rancher, educator, and agronomist who consults internationally on sustainable farming. His 2018 book, The Drought Resilient Farm, details myriad ways to restore […]

Episode 300. Learning from the Amskapi Piikani — Latrice Tatsey on Soils, Climate, and Culture, Part 1

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Farmers everywhere are facing significant challenges related to climate change and severe weather. Tune in to this illuminating two-part conversation from our archives that looks at both Western science and cultural approaches to dealing with these challenges.  Latrice Tatsey is a soil scientist, the cultural science lead, and the intern supervisor for the Piikani Lodge […]

Dale Strickler: Building Drought Resilient Soils

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In this video, Dale Strickler explains how to catch and hold more water on your ranch. Strickler is a rancher, educator, and agronomist who consults internationally on sustainable farming. His 2018 book, The Drought Resilient Farm, details myriad ways to restore soil biology, build resilience to droughts and floods, and create enduring health, wealth, and […]

Episode 299. She’s Raising Sheep: Wendy Auzqui of Wyoming

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What are the secrets to success in raising sheep? For Wyoming rancher, shepherd, and world champion stockdog trainer Wendy Auzqui, the answers lie in our attitudes, our powers of observation and communication, and our willingness to cooperate with rather than battle against nature. In this episode of Voices from the Field, Wendy has a conversation […]

Episode 298. Ag Professional Series with Brennan Washington of Southern SARE

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In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Felicia Bell continues her “Weekly Wednesday Workshop” webinar and podcast series by spotlighting the grants available from Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE).  Felicia enlists the help of Southern SARE’s 1890 Land Grant Institution Liaison Brennan Washington. He lays out the production and […]

Episode 297. Digging into Texas’ First Carbon Farm Plan

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In this episode of Voices from the Field, we dig into Texas’ first Carbon Farm Plan with New Leaf Agriculture Farm Director Matt Simon, NCAT Climate and Agriculture Program Manager Elise Haschke, and NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Darron Gaus.   Matt shares his “aha” moments in farming and his vision for ecological restoration and community-building on […]

Episode 296. Exploring the Rye Revival with Gary Zimmer

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In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Mike Lewis talks with Gary Zimmer, co-owner of Otter Creek Organic Farm in south-central Wisconsin and founder of Midwestern BioAg, a fertilizer company focused on biological and organic farming methods.  Gary is also a co-founder of Rye Revival, an organization that aims to […]

AgriSolar ‘Farm to Table’ Event Offers an Agrivoltaic Feast

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In February of 2023, the AgriSolar Clearinghouse held an AgriSolar “Farm to Table” event  at Biosphere 2 in Tucson, Arizona, in conjunction with the GreenBiz23 conference. Similar to the AgriSolar Clearinghouse “Follow the Sun” field trips, the AgriSolar “Farm to Table” events bring members of the agrisolar community together to see, touch, taste, and celebrate […]

WATCH Growing Hope: Climate and Community Resiliency

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The fifth session of NCAT’s annual conference, Growing Hope: Practical Tools for Our Changing Climate, looks at the connection between the climate and community resiliency. The session begins with a keynote address by Dr. Elizabeth Heilman of Wichita State University. A discussion follows featuring Kendra Kimbirauskas of Goat Mountain Pastured Meats and Senior Director of […]

Insurable Risk Reduction for Diversified Vegetable Production in the Northeast

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Cost-effective and simple access to a crop insurance program suitable for diversified vegetable operations could have a tremendous impact on the profitability and sustainability of specialty crop farms. Unfortunately, the USDA’s Whole Farm Revenue Protection Program (WFRP) has yet to achieve this goal. In this video, Jeff Schahczenski, NCAT Agriculture and Natural Resource Economist, offers […]