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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.
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.
Exploring the Global Frontier Under Our Feet
The Soil Health Institute brings new vision and energy to a cause that impacts the world.
Producer Spotlight: Dan Ham, Managing for Wildlife
Dan Ham began working with the Noble Research Institute in March 2008 shortly after he purchased property in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. We helped him develop a strategy to achieve his goals of managing the property for wildlife.
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.
Covered
A resurging interest in cover crops raises a new set of practical questions from farmers looking to improve soil health.
Flooding News and Resources
Farmers, ranchers and landowners can find flooding news and resources in the following links as well as from local county extension and NRCS offices.
How to Evaluate Your Soil Right in the Field or Pasture
All you need is a shovel and your senses to get an idea of your soil’s health.
Drought Management
Updated February 2018*While the years and numbers mentioned in this publication may be outdated, the strategies and principles listed are still accurate.*
Drought can be defined simply as 75 percent...