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Reduced Tillage Project Uncovers Tarping Impacts for Organic Vegetable Farmers
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One farmer shared with us in early summer: “If we didn’t have a tarp down before our mixed greens this spring, we would have been in big trouble with our […]
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Breaking Ground with Dynamic Accumulators
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New research helps to support the popular permaculture practice. Since the term was first introduced in the 1980s, the use of dynamic accumulators on the permaculture homestead has become […]
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High Tunnel Research Increases Profits for NY Growers
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According to the latest Census of Agriculture, there are nearly 8000 U.S. farms growing tomatoes in protected settings including greenhouses or high tunnels with a total value of $419 million. […]
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Invasive Worms Threaten Forest Health
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A new and significant threat to forests, Asian earthworms, have cleverly disguised themselves — as earthworms. If you’re tired of hearing about new invasive forest pests, I’m with you. Seems […]
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Join Us for a Soil Health Conversation at Empire Farm Days
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Join us at Empire Farm Days from Aug. 6-8 in Seneca Falls, New York for educational events and conversations focused around soil health in the Northeast. Building soil health is […]
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Why Strip Tillage?
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Repeated, intensive tillage degrades soil structure and creates compacted layers than can restrict plant roots. Strip tillage targets soil disturbance to the planting zone and can help retain surface residue, […]
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New York Soil Health Trailer: Learn about Compaction and Soil Health in Northeast Pastures
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The New York Soil Health Trailer brought spring 2019 “Train the Trainer” programs, taught by New York Soil Health Trailer Coordinator and Cornell Extension Specialist Fay Benson, Soil Structure Consultant […]
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Roadmap Points Way to Better Soil Health in New York
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The Cornell-led New York Soil Health Initiative has just released its Soil Health Roadmap, which identifies ways farmers and land managers can adopt better soil health practices. There is a […]
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Tarping: Combining Freeville Research with Local Farm Experience
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Researchers working on reduced tillage take opaque tarps, simple and affordable tools with the potential to reduce tillage, to farms in the Finger Lakes Region and Hudson Valley to test […]
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New Roadmap Focuses on Soil Health in New York
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In a collaborative effort between the New York Soil Health Initiative and Cornell University, a new plan has been rolled out to help guide the adoption of soil health practices […]
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