Management Intensive Agronomy
In this Interview from the October 2023 Acres USA magazine, Oklahoma farmer Jimmy Emmons discusses using cover crops for drought resilience, how to influence policy changes, and more!
Small Grains Improve Organic Crop Rotations Overall
Small grains provide great value in a grain rotation, especially in an organic system. They break up weed, pest, and disease cycles in row crops, as well as open opportunities for cover crops before planting and after harvest.
Farming to Improve Soil Health
My main goal on my farm is to build soils and grow high-yielding crops without lots of synthetic inputs. That’s why I work in a lot of young, succulent cover crops and put on dairy manure and chicken manure. I also want to maintain or increase my organic matter levels, so I also use compost and humates on my fields and let some cover crops get more mature when I am focused on a soil-building year for a particular field.
Integrating Sheep into Organic Production
Using domestic sheep rather than traditional farming equipment to manage fallow and terminate cover crops may enable farmers who grow organic crops to save money, reduce tillage, manage weeds and pests and reduce the risk of soil erosion, according to Montana State University and North Dakota State University researchers.
Regenerative Dry Run
In this article from the November 2021 Issue, Ernie Friessen discusses his regenerative agriculture journey in Mexico’s arid climate.
