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Retaining Soil Moisture at Lighthouse Herb’n Farm By Luz Ballesteros Gonzalez, NCAT Agriculture Specialist
Explore the methods that Lighthouse Herb’n Farm uses to retain soil moisture in this video interview with NCAT.
See just how deep cover crop roots can go by Tom J. Bechman of the Indiana Prairie Farmer
Bechman talks with Dena Anderson, a soil scientist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, who explained how cover crop roots (and earthworms!) can go for multiple feet even when young.
Can you fence deer out of crop fields? by Chris Torres of the American Agriculturist
Torres explores how two Pennsylvanian farmers attempt to control deer on their land.
Technology: The future of grape growing by Lee Allen of the Western Farm Press
Allen explores how AI is coming to grape growing in its analysis of soil conditions, irrigation management, and drone-monitoring.
Old vines in Lodi area still producing by Lee Allen of the Western Farm Press
Allen talks with sommelier and wine writer Randy Caparoso's work on publishing "Lodi!", a history of the region and its old-vine vineyards.
