SARE Provides Grants and Information to Improve Profitability, Stewardship and Quality of Life
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Innovations in Agriculture: An Introduction to the SARE Program (video)
Livestream | Uses | Order This 14-minute video about USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program provides colorful vignettes of how sustainable agriculture is being researched and tested on farms and ranches across the nation. The video takes you across four states, where researchers, agricultural educators and farmers detail their efforts to adopt more sustainable methods. “Innovations in Agriculture” was excerpted from the “Partners”
video series produced by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service (CSREES), USDA.
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View video clips:  In
South Carolina, Tom Trantham began experimenting with grazing his dairy
cows on 70 acres to reduce feed costs. Now, his herd of 75 cows is healthier
– and more profitable, partly thanks to their new on-farm store that sells
fresh milk and value-added products. More about Trantham
Dairy. (View video segment)Dan, Colin and
Lorna Wilson adopted sustainable approaches to their Iowa hog operation,
including farrowing 200 sows annually on pasture during the summer and
fall and in a deep-bedded Swedish system from November to March. After
farrowing, piglets go to deep-bedded hoop houses. Their system both reduces
costs and brings a premium price for pork. (View
video segment)On a 5,600-acre
grain farm in Harrington, Wash., Karl Kupers expanded from soft wheat
to more profitable hard wheat varieties – along with seed crops like condiment
mustard and safflower. Rotating within a no-till system has earned Kupers
more profits while saving soil. (View video segment)Market-oriented
vegetable farms in Massachusetts and Connecticut are testing both economically
sound pest management strategies and marketing options for vegetables
that appeal to ethnic populations. Researchers have identified new, highly
marketable varieties and are working with 40 farmers to target Asian and
Brazilian communities in and around Boston. (View
video segment)
Order Innovations in
Agriculture to: Related resources from the Sustainable
Agriculture Network How
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