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Cover Crop Economics: Opportunities to Improve Your Bottom Line in Row Crops
Farmers around the country are planting cover crops on millions of acres to protect and improve the soil, and the more that farmers use cover crops, the more they value …...
Lessons Learned Series: Organic Recordkeeping for Materials
The records of a certified organic farm’s operations and activities demonstrate where promise and practice meet for an inspector and certifier. An annual mandatory inspection examines the...
Lessons Learned Series: Organic Recordkeeping for a Crop Audit
The records of a certified organic farm’s operations and activities demonstrate where promise and practice meet for an inspector and certifier. An annual mandatory inspection examines the...
National Organic Farming Handbook
The NRCS Organic Farming Handbook was developed to support NRCS conservation planners and other agricultural professionals as they work with organic producers. The handbook describes organic systems...
Tillage Timing and Nitrogen Loss on Organic Farms
In a study that spanned five years, Penn State researchers conducted intensive nitrogen monitoring in four different cropping systems designed to allow comparisons of soil nitrogen levels over time...
Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture: Water Quality
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Organic farming practices, such as the application of composted animal manure and the use of...
Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture: Soil
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Soil building practices such as crop rotations, cover crops, and organic fertilizers are central...
Lessons Learned: Nutrient Management
Sauvie Island Organics is a 25-acre fresh vegetable farm – certified by Oregon Tilth since 2009 – located 15 miles from the hubbub of downtown Portland. Farm manager Scott Latham …...
Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture: Energy and Climate Change
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Through the use of leguminous cover crops, compost, and other organic-approved materials for...
Nutrient Management Plan (590) in Organic Systems: Kentucky Implementation Guide
This document is an instruction guide for creating and implementing a nutrient management plan (NMP) on certified or transitioning organic lands. An NMP for organically managed lands describes the...