…organic this year, and you’ll save money and give the people and places you care about a health boost. Learn how to fertilize your garden and keep bugs at bay…
Agri View: Soil Care
…in soil health, a land manager can determine if a set of practices is sustainable. See Soil Health Assessment and Soil Health Management principles for soil health for more information….
Almond Board: Nitrogen Sampling
…or at a time when no uptake can occur, is not only costly: nitrogen in the form of nitrates may then move through the soil beyond the root zone, potentially…
Getting Garden Ready
…Plant potatoes as soon as the grass begins to green up. If you live north of the Mason Dixon line plant grapes as soon as the soil is workable. Southern…
Orleans Parish 4-H and Bayer to Break Ground on Pollinator Garden
…need to thrive. For more information on Bayer’s bee health initiatives, please visit: http://beehealth.bayer.us. You can also follow and share with us on Twitter @BayerBeeCare, on Facebook at facebook.com/BayerBeeCareCenter and…
Increasing Organic Matter in Orchards
…it was about 30 tons per acre of organic matter we put back in the soil,” Holtz says. “We saw nitrogen and potassium levles increase in our soil and leaf…
Reports Positive for Garlic and Onion
…says their policy is to not go back to land that has the disease in the soil. Drought conditions over the last four years have complicated the issue, especially on…
Bus Stop Farmers Markets
…create solutions” like the fresh market, he said. “We are excited to partner with Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful to provide our riders a new convenient time-saving way to purchase healthy…
Agri View: Food Protection
…after contact with cows, sheep, or goats, their food or treats, or their living environment . General Information E. coli Infections (NIH MedlinePlus) Trusted health information on causes, symptoms, treatment,…
NMPF Supports New Senate Food Labeling Bill Approved Today by Agriculture Committee
…worldwide. Included are the World Health Organization and the American Medical Association. Up to 80 percent of the food available in the United States contains genetically modified ingredients. NMPF-Commends-GMO-Bill 030116_final.pdf…
EPA Moves to Cancel the Insecticide Flubendiamide
…intent to cancel all Bayer CropScience, LP and Nichino America, Inc., flubendiamide products that pose a risk to aquatic invertebrates that are important to the health of aquatic environments. Required…
Using Product to Fight White Rot
…using left over product is showing good results. The research is basically looking at putting some of the product back into the soil as those compounds may have an affect…
NRCS Video: Profile in Soil Health: David Harold, Part 1
David Harold’s holistic farming approach, based on building soil health through the use of diverse cropping rotations, diverse cover crop species and integrated grazing, is now the cornerstone of his…
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
…for people with bad teeth. Five years later, the Kellogg brothers, whose focus then looked at holistic health and nutrition, patented the process of preparing peanut butter with steamed nuts….