Photo of wildflower planting in buffer strip to provide habitat for pollinators.

Promote Pollinators by Focusing on Habitat

A blog post from the Xerces Society suggests that the best way…
Person wearing hat holds basket of beets with tops inside high tunnel frameworkUSDA Media by Lance Cheung.

Organic Research Hub Collects Resources for Farmers

The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) has debuted a…
Grow Enrichment’s silvopasture system includes hybrid chestnuts, mulberry, pecan, sassafras, and persimmons, and the understory is seasonally grazed by a herd of goats.

Minnesota Grants to Support Continuous Living Cover Crop Development

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced 10 grant recipients…

Symposium Showcases Role of Grazing in Fire Prevention

The Rustici Rangeland Science Symposium held recently in California…
You can assess soil health with your senses and simple tools

Long-term Study Explores Impact of Management Practices on Soil Organic Carbon

Michigan State University scientists published results of a long-term…
close up of red and white onions(USDA photo by Rene Carranza)

Results of On-farm Onion Variety Trial Available

Practical Farmers of Iowa published the results of a trial of…
Woman selling fruit in the US Virgin Islands

Agriculture Education Program Serving Youth in USVI

The Center for Educational Growth (CFEG), an education-based…
sunflowers

Research Summarizes Results of Using Cover Crops for Phytoremediation

The Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research summarized the…
jerseys grazing

Heat Stress Impacts Dairy Production, Especially on Small Farms

A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…