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  • From: "Sean McGovern" <outreach AT sare.org>
  • To: "Sean McGovern (E-mail)" <outreach AT sare.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Free!- SARE 2005 Highlights Profiles Promising New Ideas in Agriculture
  • Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:38:09 -0400


Dear Colleagues:

Before adopting promising new agricultural strategies - such as diversified,
profitable crop rotations, innovative pest management measures, or raising
meat for unique markets - producers want evidence of success. That's why the
2005 SARE Highlights, a new 16-page publication available from the
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, features a
dozen practical, profit-enhancing ideas that have been researched and tested
at universities and on farms and ranches.

The 2005 report is the latest of a series of publications that shine a light
on some of the most creative research funded by SARE, administered by the
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, USDA. For
example:

Growing peas as forage in place of the typical 14-month fallow in dryland
wheat rotations helps farmers add profits and reduce erosion. A Montana
researcher found that planting winter-hardy peas saves water, guards against
erosion, helps the soil - and supplies a fast-growing market for quality hay.
To learn more, visit http://www.sare.org/highlights/2005/peas.htm.

A Mississippi processing plant recently expanded to accept chicken and turkey
from independent poultry growers who now market some 500 birds a week to
restaurants in Jackson and Birmingham. The nonprofit organization Heifer
Project International helped with the plant upgrade and compliance with state
regulations, providing a niche for pastured poultry entrepreneurs. To learn
more, visit http://www.sare.org/highlights/2005/poultry_processing.htm

Planting "trap" crops like thick-skinned squash lures insect pests away from
high-value vegetables and elevates profits. A Connecticut researcher
introduced trap cropping to 30 New England growers, increasing yields by up
to 18 percent and reducing insecticide use by 96 percent. Some farmers earned
an average of $11,000 extra in just one season. To learn more, visit
http://www.sare.org/highlights/2005/trap_cropping.htm

Nebraska crop farmers who planted trees as buffers and windbreaks realized a
profit and met their conservation goals by raising niche products like nuts
and decorative florals. In the past two years, a University of Nebraska
researcher helped farmers introduce trees and shrubs that made a gross profit
of as much as $5 per linear foot of shrubs and trees. To learn more, visit
http://www.sare.org/highlights/2005/specialty_markets.htm

Preview or download the entire publication at
http://www.sare.org/highlights/. To order free print copies, please call
301/504-5236 or email san_assoc AT sare.org. Please provide the title requested,
your name, shipping address, and telephone number when placing your order.
Agricultural educators may place orders for print copies in quantity for
conferences, workshops, or other events. For a full list of resources
available from SAN, visit www.sare.org/publications. As always, please feel
free to contact me with any SARE resource needs you may have..

Regards,

Sean McGovern
Sustainable Agriculture Network
PO Box 82234
Columbus, Ohio 43202
614/306-6422
fx: 614/421-2011
http://www.sare.org
outreach AT sare.org

The 2005 SARE Highlights was published by the Sustainable Agriculture Network
(SAN) for the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program.
SARE is a program of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service (CSREES), USDA, and works with producers, researchers, and educators
to promote farming systems that are profitable, environmentally sound, and
good for communities. SAN operates under a Cooperative Agreement between
CSREES and the University of Vermont and the University of Maryland to
develop and disseminate information about sustainable agriculture.
www.sare.org.

If you do not wish to receive similar notifications in the future, please
send an email to outreach AT sare.org and ask to be removed from SARE's mailing
list.



  • [Market-farming] Free!- SARE 2005 Highlights Profiles Promising New Ideas in Agriculture, Sean McGovern, 06/29/2005

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