Entries by Rich Myers

Customer Pickup: COVID and Sustainable Ag

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NCAT’s ATTRA Agriculture Specialists are producing short videos to share what they are doing on our farms and homesteads, in hopes of giving people ideas for building food security and resiliency at home and in their communities. In this video, Devona Bell, director of sustainable agriculture and communities as well as the NCAT ATTRA sustainable […]

Spring Pasture Management. Part 2.

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In this video, the second in a two-part series, NCAT Southeast Regional Director Margo Hale takes us on a short tour of the pastures on her farm in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, as spring approaches. Margo discusses the importance of forage diversity in pastures to provide high quality forage and to build pasture health. This video […]

Spring Pasture Management. Part 1

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In this video, the first of a two-part series, NCAT Southeast Regional Director Margo Hale takes us on a short tour of one of the pastures on her farm in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, as spring approaches. Margo discusses how she manages winter paddock recovery after feeding round bales. This video is produced by the National […]

Soil Sampling: A Management Strategy

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Regular soil testing should be a part of every farmer’s management strategy, but a soil test’s results are only as good as the samples you take. This video will help you understand how to be sure you are sampling correctly, either with a soil probe or a sharp-shooter shovel. NCAT Soil Specialist Nina Prater takes […]

Sustainable Livestock in Arkansas: COVID and Sustainable Ag

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NCAT’s ATTRA Agriculture Specialists are producing short videos to share what they are doing on our farms and homesteads, in hopes of giving people ideas for building food security and resiliency at home and in their communities. Nina Prater and her husband Jeremy have a sustainable livestock operation in the Ozarks of Arkansas. Join them […]

Potting Mix: COVID and Sustainable Ag

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NCAT’s ATTRA Agriculture Specialists are producing short videos to share what they are doing on our farms and homesteads, in hopes of giving people ideas for building food security and resiliency at home and in their communities. In this video, Tammy Howard, an NCAT horticulture specialist, shares her recipe for potting mix from her cut […]

Maintaining Your Tractor – Preparing to do Maintenance

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What do you to do before getting under the tractor and doing your own maintenance? Let ATTRA Specialist Andy Pressman and Farm and Equipment Educator Shane LaBrake walk you through the process of identifying the maintainable parts of your tractor and what you need to do to get ready. The tractor that Andy and Shane […]

Market Adjustments: COVID and Sustainable Ag

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NCAT’s ATTRA Agriculture Specialists are producing short videos to share what they are doing on our farms and homesteads, in hopes of giving people ideas for building food security and resiliency at home and in their communities. In this video, Dave Scott, a livestock specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA program and co-owner of Montana Highland Lamb […]

NCAT’s ATTRA Specialists: Marketing Adjustments

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NCAT’s ATTRA Agriculture Specialists are producing short videos to share what they are doing on our farms and homesteads, in hopes of giving people ideas for building food security and resiliency at home and in their communities. In this video, Dave Scott, a livestock specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA program and co-owner of Montana Highland Lamb […]

Farmers on COVID 19: Let’s Learn from Each Other

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On March, 30, 2020 The Virginia Association for Biological Farming partnered with the National Center for Appropriate Technology to conduct an online listening session with farmers to learn about the challenges and opportunities associated with the COVID 19 pandemic. Members of each organization, as well as a number of farmers, talked about their strategies ranging […]