This tipsheet, produced by ATTRA NCAT, reviews botanical control options for leaf miners, covering quassia bark, chili pepper extract, neem, and walnut leaf tincture. It summarizes research on each botanical's effectiveness at killing larvae or deterring egg-laying adults, and provides practical preparation guidance, offering growers low-risk alternatives to synthetic pesticides for managing this widespread crop pest.

Join University of Idaho Extension Educator Ariel Agenbroad for an in-depth look at how to plan a CSA using your own financial and production goals as your guide. She will share useful tools she developed for calculating how much to grow, how much space each crop will need, how much seed to order, and how to schedule plantings and predict your future harvest.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, explains how microbial inoculants — including rhizobia, mycorrhizae, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, and endophytes — work to enhance soil health and plant productivity. It reviews the gap between promising greenhouse research and inconsistent field results, identifies key factors limiting effectiveness, and offers practical recommendations for selecting, applying, and supporting inoculants.

Join Lauren Golden, Agriculture Educator for University of Idaho Extension for a discussion about cover cropping on small Idaho farms. Learn about why cover cropping is important, as well as tips for selecting the best cover crop species and establishing management plans for controlling soil nutrients, managing weeds, and more.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, examines how nutrients move through pasture ecosystems via the rhizosphere, soil food web, and ‘liquid carbon pathway.’ It covers the roles of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, earthworms, and livestock in cycling nutrients, and outlines three key management practices — tall-grass grazing, high stock density, and compost application — for building productive, regenerative pasture soils.

Join Susan Fleugel from Working Gloves Farm for a discussion about hardy, easy-care plant combinations that can increase bee and insect pollinator numbers. Learn about why native pollinators are important and their benefits to crop yields and farm diversity.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, examines the relationship between U.S. agriculture and climate disruption, covering how farming both contributes to and can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. It surveys carbon sequestration practices, explores carbon market mechanisms including cap-and-trade and subsidies, and outlines opportunities for farmers and ranchers to reduce emissions while potentially generating value from carbon storage.

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) engages customers as valuable ‘subscribers’ to your farm products. Is this marketing strategy a potential fit for your farm? What are the basic components? How do you plan for a CSA? Learn from Ariel Agenbroad of University of Idaho Extension about how the CSA model has been used successfully by farms of all types and sizes.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, introduces soil properties, biology, and nutrient cycling as the foundation for healthy pasture management. It covers soil quality assessment, regenerative grazing principles, cover crop integration, and strategies for transitioning away from input-dependent systems, emphasizing that feeding soil microorganisms through managed grazing and living root cover is key to sustaining long-term pasture productivity.

In this webinar, Kyle Nagy, manager of the University of Idaho Sandpoint Organic Orchard, discusses organic management of orchard pests, including insects, diseases, and vertebrates. Topics include major and minor orchard pests, degree day tracking, and cultural control measures.

This comprehensive guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, introduces grass-based and seasonal dairy production for producers seeking lower-input, pasture-centered operations. It covers breed selection, forage and grazing management, facilities, dry cow programs, organic certification requirements, grassfed standards, and marketing strategies.

Join the University of Idaho for a webinar on financial and business development resources for farmers. Learn about how to apply for and obtain loans from the Farm Service Agency (FSA), as well as the AgWest Farm Credit Program, which provides financing to farmers and ranchers in the West.