Starting a garden to grow your own vegetables is a worthy endeavor, but there is an upfront cost to consider in addition to ...

After thirty years, the plant species richness around the cultivated crop had doubled on organic farms compared to ...

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Agricultural researchers around the world continue to unearth new insights into growing produce. Check out four recently ...

Wilbur-Ellis has launched BenVireo TerraLux 10-0-0, a liquid organic nitrogen (N) fertilizer that brings an ammonium nitrate, ...

Besides water to moisten the mix, have a pan of water on hand that’s big enough to rinse your soil-blocker in occasionally, so it doesn’t get clogged. A tool to scrape excess soil from the outside ...

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Installing physical barriers is a straightforward way to prevent pests from reaching crops. Row covers, insect-proof nets, ...

Hosted by Purdue Extension, the Indiana Organic Grain Farmer meeting increases participant understanding of organic transition, certification, and cropping systems through peer learning and networking ...

and releases vast quantities of the nitrogen essential to all plants for healthy growth. Therefore, these "organic" farms require much more nitrogen fertilizer in the form of compost, manure ...