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…cropping rotation and a diverse vegetable production system. Here, Research Associate Devon Ragen describes the effectiveness of using sheep to terminate sweet clover and buckwheat cover crops. This video is…
…hoop houses, or floating row covers to keep birds physically away from crops. It is costly and used on high-value crops like wine grapes, blueberries, brambles, and aquaculture operations. Repellents…
…these beneficials in agricultural systems. They can be further encouraged through the use of beneficial habitats, or refugia, in the form of cover crops, strip plantings of diverse crops, and…
…start with summer cover crops planted in the spring the year before planting grapes or winter cover crops planted in the fall. Ensure that the cover crops have been incorporated…
…long growing season and late harvest, pecans are ideally suited to cover crops. They’re generally harvested in October, and if the trees are irrigated with microsprinklers, cover crops can be…
By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist In my past two blogs, I reflected on planting cover crops on small plots and gardens. If you missed them, you can read them…
…consider: perennial pasture and crops, cover crops in rotation for annual crops, and good grazing management for livestock producers. These practices build soil carbon, which is the key to fostering…
…near future. Short-rotation hybrid poplar trees. Photo: NREL Energy crops can be grown on farms using practices similar to those used with other agricultural crops. Trees and grasses, particularly those…
…a conversation about cover crops. In addition to specific crops, Mike and Shawn talk about the timing of planting cover crops and the benefits they can bring to a farmer’s…
…the problem of limited insurance options for so-called “specialty crops” (defined by the USDA as “fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops”) disproportionately harms organic producers because…