Integrating livestock with crops enhances soil health by cycling nutrients and feeding microorganisms. Learn more about the potential benefits and challenges of crop-livestock integration in this short factsheet.

This guide outlines an effective weed management strategy for organic small grain production. It emphasizes crop rotation, sanitation, cultural practices, careful seed selection, cover crops, tillage, and organic herbicides to enhance crop health and yield while minimizing weed competition.

This publication introduces the multifaceted comprehensive strategy of weed management used for organic small grain production, combining techniques including crop rotation, sanitation, cultural practices, variety and seed selection and planting, cover crops, tillage, use of organic herbicides, and others.

This publication provides a comprehensive overview of organic small grain production. It covers fundamental production principles, offers tips for transitioning to organic methods, and suggests ideas for designing crop rotations.

This guide covers organic blackberry and raspberry production, including site selection, establishment, pruning, and trellising. It offers insights on fertility, weed, disease, and insect management, along with greenhouse production, season extension, and marketing strategies to enhance your farming practices effectively.

Foliar fertilization, or foliar feeding, involves spraying nutrients directly onto plant leaves and stems, where they are absorbed. This publication covers the basics of foliar feeding, including how to formulate foliar sprays and the types of fertilizers suitable for this approach.

Alternative poultry production is growing due to consumer demand for specialty products from cage-free and free-range birds. This publication discusses the differences between alternative and conventional production systems, and considerations surrounding organic production are presented. Production topics such as outdoor access and pasture management, pasture rotation, and predator control are also discussed.

Learn about key diseases affecting pear production with this guide. Identify symptoms, causes, and solutions to protect your crop.

This publication explores the principles of grazing multiple livestock species on pastures, highlighting the benefits for productivity, profitability, and pasture health. It discusses how different animals utilize grazing resources, fencing and facility requirements, predator control, mineral supplementation, and parasite management.

Farmers can use solarization to harness the sun's energy, laying clear plastic mulch on moist soil to raise temperatures that kill pests and pathogens. This factsheet provides information about the benefits and drawbacks of solarization on the farm.

Identify key insect pests affecting apple production with this guide. Learn about their causes and solutions to protect your crop.

This publication introduces you to creating and using vermicomposting bins to make compost. It covers the types of worms to use, their food and bedding, how to introduce them to the bin, and how to maintain them with proper feeding and temperature control.