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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: 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
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