Is Organic Corn the Way to Go Next Year?
Let’s face it. Input costs for seeds and chemicals cost a lot when growing field corn. Will the new farm bill step up to the plate and cover these costs with its new higher price floors? Is it worth...
View ArticleA Taste Of Farming In Maine
You can’t get more land-locked than Nebraska, where I grew up. So I find going to Maine and seeing the very different ways of life and livelihoods through food in that state fascinating. Mainers also...
View ArticleOrganic Tomato Farm’s Soils Produce High Yields During Terrible Drought
Today’s post is reprinted by permission of Charles M. “Chuck” Benbrook, who is a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University....
View ArticleIn the Bigger Picture…. Friday Edition
6 Recommended Agricultural Links ○ ○ ○ 1 . The world has been hoping for a breakthrough in antibiotic science, and now it seems one has emerged from the vast microbial world in soil. Perhaps this is...
View ArticleLeaf Illustrations and Charts to Help Diagnose Plant Nutrient Deficiencies
For the farmer or gardener, it is important to be able to read your plant. The seasoned grower develops an intuitive sense over time in response to plant signals of stress. The key is observing and...
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