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…Moisture Limitations on South Texas Dryland Farms (UTRGV) Impact of Cover Crops on Insect Community Dynamics in Organic Farming (UTRGV) Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Influences Growth and Insect Community Dynamics in…
…insect and disease damage and keep down weed pressure. To achieve those goals, we selected species that have vigorous growth, such as millet, which we accompany with buckwheat. Buckwheat is…
…and predator-insect habitat can ultimately lower the costs of inputs in organic production. Another issue is whether the cost of labor is higher in organic production systems. Most of the…
…the United States, most fruits and berries are produced in the semi-arid West where disease and insect pressure are lower than in the East. Organic production of fruits and berries…
…sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, increasing beneficial insect populations, improving soil water-holding capacity, controlling soil erosion, reducing leaching and runoff, and improving soil fertility. In temperate climates such as…
…brown rot, and insect feeding (especially by plum curculio) spreads the inoculum and opens the fruit to infection. Black knot on plum. Photo: Clemson University, Bugwood.org Black Knot Black knot…
…Other labor costs include items like weeding, irrigation, and disease and insect monitoring. A complete breakdown of the items is available here. Variable Costs, Year Two One of the things…
…high tunnel system, the possibility seems tantalizing real to me. Some black rot and insect damage can be found on the high-tunnel grapes, but compared to grapes grown outside a…
…I often observe rabbits and the foxes and hawks that hunt them (including the occasional Northern Harrier), a multitude of songbirds, and many insect pollinators in and around my planting…
…crop yields will decrease over time and the system as a whole will become more susceptible to attack from disease, insects, and weeds. Long-term lack of attention to soil fertility…