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Sustainable Farming
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Sustainable Farming: Practices That Protect Soil, Water and Yields
A plain guide to sustainable farming practices: how soil health, water protection, pest management, carbon storage and trees fit together…
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How USDA Organic Certification Works for Farms
A plain guide to how USDA organic certification works for farms, based on the Agricultural Marketing Service’s own pages.
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Manure Management: Storage, Nutrient Value and Water Quality
A plain guide to storing, testing and applying livestock manure, with safety guidance and the federal rules to confirm.
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Integrated Pest Management on Farms: Monitoring, Thresholds and Controls
How farm IPM works: scouting fields, using action thresholds, choosing controls in order of risk, managing resistance and keeping records.
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Agroforestry: Growing Trees, Crops and Livestock Together
A plain guide to agroforestry practices that combine trees with crops and livestock, and what official sources say about their…
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Crop Rotation: Planning Sequences for Soil Health and Pest Control
What official sources say about planning crop rotations for soil health and pest management, the organic rule, and the limits…
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Biochar on Farms: Production, Application Rates and Field Results
A source-based look at biochar on farms: production, rates, field results, limits and handling hazards.
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No-Till Farming: Benefits, Trade-Offs and Making the Switch
A plain guide to no-till farming: how it works, the benefits extension sources describe, the trade-offs and what the switch…
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Cover Crops: Choosing Species and Fitting Them Into a Rotation
A plain guide to cover crop species groups, planting windows, rotation fit and termination, drawn from extension and SARE sources.
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Storing Carbon in Farm Soils: Methods and Limits
How farm soils can store carbon, which practices are linked to gains, and what limits those gains, from saturation to…