Tag Archive for: Soil

algal blooms in water

Harmful Algal Blooms in Farm Ponds: Risks to Humans, Livestock, and Pets

By Tammy Barnes, NCAT Agricultural Specialist Now, as we enter…
Cereal rye cover crop

Episode 304. Phosphorus and the Beauty of Biology 

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Agriculture Specialists…
Cattle grazing in a silvopasture

Episode 352. Principles Before Practices with Jenny Pluhar

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture…

Episode 344. Meet NCAT: Tammy Barnes Shares Her Journey

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture…

Can Cover Cropping Heal Abused Soil? A Mad Farm Reflection

By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist In my past two…
Hereford cattle grazing on an ARS research range in Montana.

Episode 341. The Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management: A Conversation

This week’s episode of Voices from the Field is a conversation…
Grow Enrichment’s silvopasture system includes hybrid chestnuts, mulberry, pecan, sassafras, and persimmons, and the understory is seasonally grazed by a herd of goats.

Agroecological Crop Selection, Part 2

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Agriculture Specialist For the past…

Agroecological Crop Selection, Part 1

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist For…
Closed high tunnel system

High Tunnel Soil Management for Season Extension

By Chris Lent, NCAT Agriculture Specialist When I began to…
Sunn Hemp Plants

Retaining Soil Moisture at Lighthouse Herb’n Farm

By Luz Ballesteros Gonzalez, NCAT Agriculture Specialist When…
person operating tractor with bright sunlit backgroundUSDA

Extreme Heat: Don’t Let Summer Be a Bummer

By Luz Ballesteros Gonzalez and Darron Gaus, NCAT Agriculture…
Sign at Mad Farm

Practicing Resurrection: Using Green Manures on a Small Semi-Urban Homestead

By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist The garden entrance…