Transitioning To Organic Production provides essential guidance on USDA organic requirements, covering crop rotation, cover cropping, and organic practices, along with strategies for livestock, crops, and business planning for successful organic farming.

Discover sustainable practices to enhance soil quality and crop yields. Our resource highlights the importance of healthy soils, cover crops, and smart tillage for growing organic food, benefiting both farmers and researchers alike.

To succeed in organic farming, it's crucial to focus on building and maintaining healthy soil. This guide covers everything you need to know, including effective crop rotations, the right soil amendments, and strategies for improving soil health. It also delves into carbon sequestration, the philosophies behind organic agriculture, and relevant field research to support your efforts.

This guide provides in-depth information on organic agriculture, covering everything from its history and legal requirements to the practical aspects of labeling, marketing, and managing pests and weeds. It also includes two detailed field examples: one on organic soybean production and another on organic apple farming. Whether you're looking to understand the basics or dive into specific crop management, this resource offers valuable insights and practical tips.

This publication focuses on enterprise budgets for organic growers, showcasing a four-year crop rotation that includes corn, soybeans, oats with alfalfa, and a second year of alfalfa. These budgets help farmers and researchers plan for profitable organic production.

Choosing which organic crops to grow and setting the right prices can be challenging, especially with uncertain markets. This publication guides farmers and researchers on how to adapt enterprise budgets specifically for organic crops.

This publication offers valuable resources for both farmers and researchers to compare organic and non-organic agricultural prices. It covers the costs involved in organic production and provides practical advice on how to set fair prices for organic crops. Additionally, the publication includes case studies that share real-life insights from experienced organic farmers and ranchers, helping you learn from their successes and challenges.

This publication, the second in our high tunnel grape production series by Dr. Elena Garcia at the University of Arkansas, discusses selecting and building trellis systems, pruning grapevines, and training them effectively.

Identify key diseases affecting cherry production with this handy guide. Learn about their causes and solutions to help protect your crops.

This identification sheet, produced by ATTRA NCAT, covers key insect pests of plums and apricots, including plum curculio, peach tree borers, Oriental fruit moth, codling moth, tarnished plant bug, and spotted wing drosophila. For each pest, it describes identification features, damage symptoms, and low-spray or organic management solutions.

Blueberries are the most widely grown fruit crop in the United States. Blueberries are well-suited to organic culture, and good markets exist for organically grown blueberries. This production guide addresses key aspects of organic blueberry production, including soils and fertility, cultural considerations, pests, weeds, and diseases, as well as marketing. Additional resources are provided for further investigation.

This guide covers key aspects of organic tomato production, including site and variety selection, organic seed sources, grafting, planting methods, soil fertility, crop rotation, and pest management. It also touches on harvest yields and regional marketing principles for organic tomatoes.