farming
TEST THE SOIL FIRST
by John B Mullen WHEN YOU ARE planning to bring your garden plot up to full production of either vegetables or blooms, a…
Saving Your Own Vegetable Seeds – A Guide for Farmers
Written by:Sutevee Sukprakarn, Sunanta Juntakool and Rukui HuangKasetsart University Good seeds are undoubtedly one of the most important materials for farmers. The seeds…
HOW TO HELP RICE PLANTS GROW BETTER AND PRODUCE MORE: TEACH YOURSELF AND OTHERS
Prepared by Association Tefy Saina, Antananarivo, Madagascar, and Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development INTRODUCTIONThe system of rice intensification (SRI) has…
Managing Small Grains for Livestock Forage
Small grains (wheat and barley) are grown predominately as a grain crop in Kentucky. They are the fourthmost valuable cash crop in Kentucky…
Growing and Harvesting Wheat by Hand
Although grain is still grown and harvested by hand in many parts of the world, in the United States this skill is practically…
Dry Farming
John A. Widtsoe INTRODUCTION DRY-FARMING DEFINEDDry-farming, as at present understood, is the profitable production of useful crops, without irrigation, on lands that receive…
Watermelon Cultivation and Post Harvest Handling
INTRODUCTIONWatermelon (Citrullus lantatus) belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae which includes squash, pumpkinand cucumber. It is a popular dessert vegetable, with year round availability….
ORGANIC TOMATO PRODUCTION
By Steve Diver, George Kuepper, and Holly BornNCAT Agriculture SpecialistsOctober 1995Revised March 1999 Tomato Acreages, Yields, Economics, and HarvestThe tomato is one of…
Organic Tobacco Production
By George Kuepper and Raeven Thomas,Updated by Katherine AdamNCAT Agriculture Specialist © 2008 NCAT IntroductionThere are several species of tobacco, all of them…