Fertile Soil: Understanding Fertility Levels and Inputs

Fertile Soil: Understanding Fertility Levels and Inputs

Fertile soil is a goal of every farmer, gardener and orchardist, but achieving fertile soil and maintaining fertile soil takes some understanding of the soil ecosystem, including minerals, microbials and other inputs will affect your soil fertility.

High-Quality, High-Yielding Crops: Measure to Manage

High-Quality, High-Yielding Crops: Measure to Manage

By Neal KinseyFrom the October 2013 issue of Acres U.S.A. magazine High-quality, high-yielding crops are the goal for most farmers. But where do you begin? Some even insist that to have both is simply impossible to accomplish. For those who think that way, it will...
Organic Weed Control: Cultural and Mechanical Methods

Organic Weed Control: Cultural and Mechanical Methods

Weeds happen. That is a fact of life for organic farmers, and therefore many of our field operations are designed to make sure that the health and quality of our crops are not jeopardized by the inevitable weed pressure.

Tractor Time Podcast

Tractor Time Podcast

The Tractor Time podcast features in-depth interviews with newsmakers and trendsetters in the ecology and agriculture industries.