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Mole Control: DIY Trap Construction
Mole control methods range the gamut from simple and non-toxic to chemical-based and complex. My simple mole trap was founded on the basis of field trials and personal convictions I hold regarding the...
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Pollinators in Peril
Pollinators have a staunch ally in Graham White. White, a small-scale hobby beekeeper in Scotland, has been an international campaigner on the dangers of neonicotinoid pesticides since 2003. To this...
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Cover Crops on the Farm
Cover crops are increasingly being used by farmers across the country to suppress weeds, conserve soil, protect water quality and control pests and diseases. The fourth annual SARE/CTIC Cover Crop...
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Reducing Pesticide Use
A 2017 study, conducted in France by Lechenet, Dessaint, Py, Makowski and Munier-Jolain, reveals that conventional farmers could dramatically reduce pesticide use without crop or monetary losses. With...
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Barn Owls for Pest Control
Using barn owls for natural rodent control is gaining traction among farmers and those in other agricultural sectors. This has come about from increasingly critical environmental issues regarding...
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Aphid Control: Lady Beetle as Beneficial Insect
When searching for aphid control measures, turn to nature first. Numerous vendors sell beneficial insects via their websites along with offering plenty of useful information. For example, ARBICO...
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Natural Weed Control
Growers are only limited by their imaginations in implementing non-toxic weed control methods on their farm. The most obvious way is to take the chemical farming approach and find an organically...
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Citrus Greening Solutions
$3.3 billion. That’s what the National Agricultural Statistics Service rates the value of the citrus industry in the United States. Yet danger and some of the industry’s greatest challenges lurk in...
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Transitioning to Organic: Strategies for Success
With conventional prices for corn, beans, wheat and dairy really low right now and both prices and demand for organic products high, a lot of growers are thinking about transitioning to organic. For...
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Book of the Week: Preventing Deer Damage, by Robert G. Juhre
Fences are good for defense, but do it early. If fencing is to be part of your strategy to protect a new project, do it before you plant that orchard or till that vegetable garden. Acres U.S.A., the...
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No-Till Growing: Vegetable Production
Over the last 20-plus years of vegetable growing at Tobacco Road Farm in Lebanon, Connecticut, we have constantly sought ways to improve the health and vitality of our crops and soils, and going...
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Diatomaceous Earth for Pest Control
There is an ongoing circulation of bad, misinformed, incomplete, and overall biased information regarding diatomaceous earth. This article is intended to bring to light much of the research...
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Tractor Time Episode 17: Brendon Rockey, Potato Farmer and Speaker on...
This episode’s guest is Brendon Rockey, a third-generation Colorado potato farmer. He talks to us about how he manages his farm and his potatoes a little differently than the rest of the world. Acres...
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Minerals for Healthy Soil & High-Quality, Top Yields
It’s a new century, and there is more knowledge about farming and the role of minerals, and there are more farmers paying attention to it. When it comes to farming, we know what the “base” is: putting...
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Book of the Week: Tuning in to Nature
By Philip S. Callahan Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Acres U.S.A. book, Tuning In To Nature: Infrared Radiation and the Insect Communication System, by Philip S. Callahan. Copyright 2001,...
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Book Excerpt: How to Start and Operate a Successful Container Plant Business
The book Made From Scratch: How to Start and Operate a Successful Container Plant Business by Louise Placek serves as a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for those interested in learning how best to...
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Book excerpt: The Myths of Safe Pesticides by André Leu
In his book The Myths of Safe Pesticides, organic agriculturist and lecturer André Leu delves into scientific research to present evidence dispelling the claims of chemical companies and pesticide...
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Book Excerpt: The Non-Toxic Farming Handbook
Chapter 5 of The Non-Toxic Farming Handbook discusses the benefits of insects, and methods to control them in biological, natural, safe and healthy ways. Source
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Dealing With Herbicide Drift
The degree to which crops are damaged from drift depends on the level of the susceptibility of the crop, its growth stage, environmental conditions, herbicide formulation, droplet size and the spray...
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Protecting Vegetable Seed Starters from Rodents & Insects
I have tried many different tactics to keep the mice out of my trays, but the only thing I have found that really works consistently is reemay (row cover). Source
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