Join Kiernan Brandt and Olivia Amundson in this Cattle HQ episode as they explore organic farming insights with Madison, SD organic farmer Aaron Johnson, offering valuable perspectives for farmers and researchers alike.

Join the Kansas Rural Center for an hour-long panel discussion featuring experienced local growers. The speakers will share their practical experiences and policy recommendations for Kansas legislators to promote and maintain healthy soils.

Developed by K-State Research and Extension, the Grassland Heritage Foundation, and Kansas Rural Center, this free guidebook helps farmers establish native plant borders and buffers along croplands. It covers goal-setting, site preparation, seed selection, planting methods, and maintenance — with appendices on cost-share assistance and regional native seed suppliers.

Compared with black plastic mulch, biomulches are a more sustainable option because they break down in the soil. However, they can degrade slowly and may not meet organic standards. This study looked at how different methods affect how quickly two types of biomulch break down in the hopes of finding ways that farmers can make biomulch decompose faster.

This workbook, produced by the Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES, now Marbleseed), provides recordkeeping templates that can be used for both organic certification and crop insurance reporting – a valuable way to optimize your recordkeeping time when you are participating in both of these programs.

Explore this informative podcast series, now in its third season, brought to you by the Organic Agronomy Training Service (OATS).

This webinar, produced by the Kansas Rural Center, features Jeff Moyer – Executive Director of the Rodale Research Institute. Tune in as Jeff discusses the importance of soil health to agricultural systems and outlines several key soil health-building practices. This presentation was given at the 2015 Farm & Food Conference (Manhattan, KS).

This Kansas Rural Center survey report presents findings from 144 farmers, ranchers, and agricultural professionals statewide on soil health practices and policy preferences. While 94% want to adopt more practices — including cover crops, managed grazing, and no-till — cost remains the primary barrier. Respondents favor grants and cost-share programs, supporting legislation like H.B. 2310 to incentivize soil health improvement.

Common SOC-building management practices include cover cropping, compost/organic fertilizer application, and reduced tillage; however, recent studies have also indicated that SOC can be enhanced by adjusting crop resource availability in a manner that induces a physiological shift in plant C allocation, resulting in the deposition of carbon-rich exudates into the soil. This study reviews the existing literature on belowground C deposition and posits several ways in which farmers might tap into the physiological responses of crops to enhance SOC.

Check out this Organic Crop Insurance resource kit from the Organic Agronomy Training Service (OATS).  In it, you'll find a wide variety of helpful resources, including links to a short course, a podcast series, useful factsheets, articles, and more.

Anders Gurda and Paul Dietmann work with organic farmers every day. Join host Dr. Erin Silva for part two of this four part series on transitioning to organic farming, where Anders and Paul discuss how to improve your organic business, how to navigate the financials of switching, and where to find the best buyers for your grains.

In this webinar, put together by Albert Lea Seed, Ryan Koory, Vice President Economist for Agriculture at Argus Media, provides a comprehensive market review of U.S. organic commodities, highlighting key price movements and supply-demand dynamics. He also offers a forward-looking perspective on market and price risks for the upcoming year, helping producers and buyers navigate uncertainty and plan strategically.