Anyone who’s attended a Kerr Center horticulture workshop in the last umpteen years has been exposed to the idea that crop rotations confer numerous benefits both on the soils they’re carried out on, and on the crops that grow in those soils. Studies hot off the academic presses have just added more support to the notion.

“Even in organic no-till,” muses George Kuepper, “you can still get caught.” He’s surveying a small plot of ground that was tilled up for a demonstration for the May 9 plasticulture workshop. Heavy rains forced the workshop into the barn, and also gouged channels through the exposed soil. “The soil hasn’t been lost from the…

via Southern SARE: A University of Arkansas study has found that using high tunnels in berry production can increase yields, extend the harvest season, and improve fruit quality compared to field production. However, care must be taken to manage pests. In the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SSARE)-funded project (LS12-250), “Extending the Market Season…

Videos of several presentations from the January 2016 Southern Soil Health Conference in Ardmore are now available for viewing free online.  

This report outlines how to control grasses and weeds, and build soil life, health, and fertility organically, using cover crops and rotations.