Cover Crops and Soil Temperature
Do cover crops that survive the winter keep the soil colder than fall tilled soils? Results of a study appear to indicate the answer is NO.
Youth Summer Camps
Three natural resource youth camps are available: Range Days, Range Camp and Natural Resource Youth Camp.
On-site Guide for Livestock Operators
An operator’s guide to self-assessing their operation and its relative risk for impacting surface and ground water.
New Magazine for Grazing
Check out the first issue of the new “On Pasture” magazine. It’s FREE! Learn how to turn your livestock into land managers. Find the link here http://onpasture.com/2013/03/19/welcome-to-on-pasture/
Cover Crops Help Control Weeds
Martha Mintz produced a good article on how cover crops help suppress weed populations. A-Cover-Crop-Bonus-Weed-Suppression-No-Till-Farmer This NRCS photo of cover crops looks pretty good!
Support Agriculture by Supporting Bumblebees
Bumblebees do best in areas of high plant diversity. Support healthy populations of crop pollinators by supporting plant diversity.
Keeping Farm Land in Production
Flathead Farm Hands and the Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) are working on a new project to get beginning farmers both in class and on-the-ground training.
Forest Stewardship Workshop 2013
This year, MSU Extension Forestry has scheduled Forest Stewardship Workshops for Thompson Falls in June and Yaak in July.
Soil Health Website Has Wealth of Information
Check out this website for lots of good information about improving the health of your soils without sacrificing profits. Click on the link here
Managing Cover Crops Profitably
This book, published in 2007, can be downloaded for free from SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education) at this link