
Test Driving the New LandPKS Land Monitoring App
In my work on NCAT’s Soil for Water Project, I’ve tried a lot of different ways of monitoring land and soil health. For years, I’ve been hearing about LandPKS (Land Potential Knowledge System), a mobile app that has been under development by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) since 2013. I was excited to hear that a full version was released earlier this year, and a couple weeks ago I finally got around to installing the app on my phone and running it through some tests.
By Mike Morris, Director of NCAT’s Southwest Regional Office
By Mike Morris, Director of NCAT’s Southwest Regional Office

Overgrazing and the Maturing of an Adaptive Grazing Thought Process
Close to 20 years ago, we noticed a discouraging event slowly unfolding on our pivot-irrigated pasture of 12 acres: The first 120 feet of the pasture starting from the pivot point was producing less and less grass in comparison to the remaining perimeter of the pivot.
By Dave Scott, NCAT Livestock Specialist
By Dave Scott, NCAT Livestock Specialist

Infiltration Ring with Ray Archuleta
In this video, Ray Archuleta of the Soil Health Academy and Understanding…

Episode 168. Water Quality Trading
In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture…

Episode 164. Soil Sessions: Understanding Soil pH
In this episode, Nina Prater, a soil specialist with NCAT’s…

Episode 162. Starting a Farm: Soil Considerations
Today’s episode of Voices from the Field is part of the occasional…

Soil Health Principles – Application and Results of Investing in Your Soils
In this video, farmers Paul Kaiser and Ward Burroughs tell how…

Episode 151. Erosion Control and Mitigation
In today’s episode of Voices from the Field, we hear from Kara…

Episode 149. Using Cover Crops to Sequester Carbon
In today's episode of Voices from the Field, we will learn about…

Economically Viable Management Tools to Improve Land Health
In this video, Sustainable Agriculture Specialists Colin Mitchell…
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