Tips/Blogs from Kerr Center Staff

The CFAP2 application deadline is Dec. 11. Free assistance applying to the USDA pandemic relief program is available from NCAT specialists.

Start Your Farm is written by two individuals who admit to starting out with very little knowledge on farming and learned by doing.

The online trainings that COVID has forced upon us can reach larger audiences more cost-effectively, but hands-on still has huge advantages.

This simple modification to the Kerr Center’s chicken tractor plans can save plenty of stooping and backache when tending your poultry flock.

Here are the results of our preliminary trial of pepper production in wicking containers from the 2020 growing season.

COVID-19 adds to the list of factors leading toward an increase in automation in agriculture, both at the Kerr Center and around the world.

The Kerr Center horticulture program reports first observations from a preliminary test on a home built hydroponics system.

The Kerr Center’s work with elderberries helps illustrate the importance of long-term research trials for sustainable agriculture.

Landscaping with native plants at the Kerr Center office has taught us to have patience! The landscape takes time to naturalize and attract pollinators.

Despite the COVID-19 shutdown and a string of downpours in this wet spring, work at the ranch continues. Stay tuned for the resumption of workshops!