Natural Resources/Environment

The New American Farmer, 2nd Edition

Profiles of Agricultural Innovation

Type: Book

Hailing from small vegetable farms, cattle ranches and grain farms covering thousands of acres, the producers in The New American Farmer, 2nd edition have embraced new sustainable approaches to agriculture.

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Teaching Cattle to Eat Sagebrush

Type: Western SARE From the Field Profile

Nevada rancher Agee Smith is using a farmer/rancher grant to add sagebrush to his cattle's diet, which has the potential to lower winter feed costs while improving rangeland biodiversity. 

Sustainable Ranch Management Assessment Guidebook

Type: Western SARE Grantee-Produced Info Product

The purpose of the guidebook is to assist the rancher and/or land manager use business planning and ecological monitoring to ensure the ranch or land is managed in a sustainable manner. Material focuses on:

• Business planning
• Financial and ecological monitoring
• Assessment of ranch management

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Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry

EW02-001, Craig Elevitch, Hawaii

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Smart Water Use on Your Farm or Ranch

Type: Bulletin

As producers throughout the nation grow increasingly concerned about water scarcity, farmers, ranchers and agricultural educators are beginning to explore new, conservation-oriented approaches to water use.

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Season Extension Experiment

FW06-012, Rick Heflebower, Utah

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Saving Money & Improving Landscapes

Type: Western SARE Multimedia

This multimedia project includes four video segments on the economics of behavior. They are: 1) Improve Rangeland Use and Profitability: Using Low Moisture Block to Extend the Grazing Season, 2) Reduce Feed Costs and Improve Feed Efficiency: Let Animals Mix their Own Diets, 3) Improve Rangeland Use and Profitability: Herding and Low Stress Handling, and 4) Cost Effective Weed Management: Training Cows to Eat Them.

Recovery of Tropical Pastoral Systems

FW03-018, Dwayne Cypriano

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Ranching Sustainability Self-Assessment Project

FW03-010B, George Work, California

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Propagation of Alaska Native Plants for Restoration and Landscape Use

SW02-045, Michael Emers, Alaska

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Perennial Forage Revitalizes Rangeland

Type: Western SARE From the Field Profile

Pervasive cheatgrass has long posed a threat to ranchers and their communities in the Intermountain West, but there is new hope in forage kochia, a perennial shrub with the potential to improve grazing and biodiversity.

Open Range Mineral Supplementation Study on Cattle at the Warm Springs Indian Reservation

Tribal Grant, Fara Ann Brummer, Oregon

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Multi-Crops on Plant Beds on Guam

FW06-026, Laila Pierson, Guam

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 3rd Edition

Type: Book

Managing Cover Crops Profitably explores how and why cover crops work and provides all the information needed to build cover crops into any farming operation.

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Managing Alternative Pollinators

A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists

Type: Book

Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists is a first-of-its-kind, step-by-step, full-color guide for rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees and other bee species that provide pollination alternatives to the rapidly declining honey bee.

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Manage Insects on Your Farm

A Guide to Ecological Strategies

Type: Book

While every farming system is unique, the principles of ecological pest management apply universally. Manage Insects on Your Farm highlights ecological strategies that improve your farm’s natural defenses and encourage beneficial insects to attack your worst pests.

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Luta Windbreak/Agroforestry

FW01-091, Ephram Taimanao, Northern Mariana Islands

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Leafy Spurge Management in Shrub Steppe Rangeland

FW07-009, Craig Madsen, Washington

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Land Management Training for America's Fastest Growing Farmer Group

Type: Western SARE From the Field Profile

SARE-funded extension specialists in 42 states are making homestead farmers better stewards of their land.

Investigating the Effects of Hedgerows to Enhance Natural Biological Control

GW06-016, Tara Pisani Gareau, California

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Increasing Sustainable Production in Polynesian Islands

FW02-040, Ivona Ballard, American Samoa

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Greenhouse Water Barrier

FW04-302, Pete Terlaje, Guam

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Grazing Strategies to Control Medusahead in California

SW06-038, Emilio Laca, California

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Evaluation of Camelina Sativa as an Alternative Seed Crop and Feedstock for Biofuel and Replacement Heifers

SW07-049, Bret Hess, Wyoming

Type: Western SARE Project Summary

Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd Edition

Sustainable Soil Management

Type: Book

Building Soils for Better Crops is a one-of-a-kind, practical guide to ecological soil management, now expanded and in full color.

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