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Ag Economics, Politics: On a Long Quest for Parity
Family Farm Advocate George Naylor Discusses Past, Present & Future of Ag Economics, Politics Naylor is the great contrarian at the heart of the industrial farm system — that immense edifice of...
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Book of the Week: Eco-Farm, An Acres U.S.A. Primer by Charles Walters
All of the confusion expressed above is further complicated by the nature of the weighted NPK formula system. A bag might say 0-0-60. Does this mean that in a 100-pound bag there are 60 pounds of K,...
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Edible Landscaping with Elderberry
Elderberries have recently been dubbed a superfood, yet these big, beautiful plants with tiny dark berries have long been renowned for their versatility and flavor. Today, new elderberry cultivars are...
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Book of the Week: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes by Charles Wilber
In the United States more gardeners grow tomatoes than any other vegetable. Some say ninety-five percent of our gardeners grow tomatoes. Most anywhere you find food, tomatoes will be found in some...
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Pasture Vs. Shed Lambing
Profit margins are slim in livestock operations; it only makes sense to match the sheep and lambing system we use with our goals, objectives, resources and market. Shed lambing and pasture lambing both...
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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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GE Food Labeling
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking public comments on the proposed rule to establish the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard mandated by Congress in 2016 — a standard for GE food...
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Book of the Week: Weeds — Control without Poisons by Charles Walters
Weeds seem to have a pecking order. Once the conditions that permit foxtail and fall panicum are erased, there will be other weeds, but none of them will be as difficult to control or as hazardous to...
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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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Horse Care: Naturally Healthy
According to a 2017 study commissioned by the American Horse Council Foundation, an estimated 2 million Americans own approximately 7.2 million horses, and many of those owners are seeking advice for...
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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 14: Neal Kinsey on Hands On Agronomy
GREELEY, Colorado (May 21, 2018) — It’s that sound again – tractors, the voice of Charles Walters, and that happy little strum. It all means we are launching into a second season of the Tractor Time...
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Book of the Week: How to Grow Top Quality Corn, by Dr. Harold Willis
Corn does best with warm, sunny growing weather (75–86° F), well-distributed intermittent moderate rains, or irrigation (15 or more inches during the growing season), and 130 or more frost-free days....
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Good Grazing Management: Build a Drought Reserve
One of the best ways to prepare for drought is by building and maintaining a drought reserve. A drought reserve is forage (grass, forbs, brush or whatever your livestock will eat) that is not consumed...
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Seeds of Organic Farming: Plant Breeding & Preserving Diversity
Scientist, Organic Farmer & Seedsman Alan Kapuler Discusses Organic Farming’s Past, Present & Future and Plant Breeding Alan Kapuler graduated from Yale University in 1962 when he was just 19....
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Meet the Vibrating Weeding Broom: DIY Weed Control Tool
In 2016, after a long period of trial and error, I quite by chance tried out a “vibrating weeding broom” for weed control that uses a rake with thin, spring steel wires and was able to carry out...
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Book of the Week: The Secret Life of Compost, by Malcolm Beck
By Malcolm Beck Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Acres U.S.A. original book, The Secret Life of Compost, written by Malcolm Beck. Copyright 1997, softcover, 170 pages. $19.00 regularly priced....
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Saving Your Own Tomato Seeds
Saving your own tomato seeds from homegrown heirloom tomatoes will give a better tasting and producing tomato as it adapts to your location in just a couple of years. You only need a few fruits and...
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