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A resurging interest in cover crops raises a new set of practical questions from farmers looking to improve soil health.
My Noble Summer: Brought to You by the Letter F
Brent Weiss has learned about feed efficiency, fire, feral hogs and more, during his time as a Lloyd Noble Scholar in Agriculture.
Partnership of Conservation Organizations Launches Needed Agricultural Water Quality Practice Assessment
The National Agricultural Water Quality Practice Assessment seeks to better understand how effective specific agricultural management practices are at improving water quality.
Cook receives honor for advancing rangeland management
Rob Cook, pasture and range consultant, has been selected as the 2017 Texas Section Society of Range Management (SRM) Association Outstanding Young Range Professional award recipient.
Farmers, ranchers set to gain new market opportunities for improving soil health
A national coalition convened by the Noble Research Institute announced its intent to create a new voluntary environmental services market that benefits agricultural producers and improves the environment for society at large.
Technologic advances provide tools, not 'magic beans'
Innovation might change the way producers view grazing management principles and practices, but the foundations should never be bypassed.
Association represents prescribed burn practitioners
Many landowners already use prescribed fire for accomplishing their management goals. However, most landowners do not, due to fear of liability as well as a lack of knowledge, labor and equipment.
Phone app provides soils data in the field
The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the University of California-Davis Soil Resource Lab recently developed an app for smartphone-using farmers, ranchers or others interested in land stewardship.
New Tool for Quick Stocking Rate Calculations
The Noble Research Institute has partnered with NRCS to test the development of tools that will help provide data-based information to farmers and ranchers. The first aims to more quickly and accurately calculate initial stock rates.
A Second Great Era
Bill Buckner, president and CEO, describes how the Noble Research Institute is providing solutions to farmers and ranchers as they, and others in agriculture, realize the opportunities offered by cover crops.