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Dozens of tools for cereal crop producers to dial in production and planning, from profitability of post-plant nitrogen applications, to historical climate data, to irrigation investment calculators, and much more.

An excellent visual and numeric tool organized by county that displays first and last freeze dates as well as growing season data for the last century and clearly represents averages. Can also be used in table format.

This is a resource directory for livestock farmers in the Berkshire-Taconic region that details processors, feed sources, livestock healthcare providers, regional transportation, cold storage, sales options, and much more!

Free app to track current conditions and changes in land use, slope, and soil conditions over time using GPS data. Also has a land management module to track management decisions and conditions such as rainfall, tillage, fertilizer, harvests, pests and more in a calendar-based interface.

A technical paper showing that plastics, including the most common global polymer polyethylene, are a heretofore unrecognized source of climate-relevant trace gases that are expected to increase as more plastic is produced and accumulated in the environment.

Projects fail at a spectacular rate. One reason is that too many people are reluctant to speak up about their reservations during the all-important planning phase. By making it safe for dissenters who are knowledgeable about the undertaking and worried about its weaknesses to speak up, you can improve a project’s chances of success.

An app to determine light and shade levels and quality. Free to use with in-app purchases for advanced features.

Grants up to $5,000 for small US farms doing projects that promote sustainable practices and community impact.

Making the connection between climate and financial risk at scale for financial institutions, companies, and governments.

AFT’s grants help drive new solutions for resolving key challenges facing our society by increasing the resilience of farms to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening local food systems, creating greater equity in opportunities for underserved farmers, ensuring the availability of sufficient clean water and habitat for threatened wildlife, and improving farm viability and community vitality.

A search tool that can be used to find organizations and resources that are useful for farmers, agricultural service providers, farmworkers, farm communities and farming families. Includes publications, videos, podcasts, training courses and more.

Understanding agricultural risk in production, marketing, financial, legal, and human areas.

A list of resources for dealing with the effects of extreme heat on workers, livestock, and crops.

A fact sheet on the use of soil moisture sensors on farms. Includes grower experiences, sensor types, installation, and interpretation of the readings.

This guide is intended to summarize our experiences with day-neutral strawberry varieties at the University of New Hampshire and to share data from our trials as a benchmark for day-neutral performance in the region.

A report by University of New Hampshire researches on the comparison between growing different pepper varieties in the field vs a greenhouse. The purpose of the study was to help vegetable farmers adapt to the weather variability brought on by climate change.

Drought management and planning for Maine growers.

Resources on mental and physical health and stress management for farmers.

This article discusses how cover crops have the potential to boost key aspects of the soil microbiome typically associated with healthy soils.

A concise article on the benefits of spreading your risk over more than one enterprise.

Heat stress in dairy cattle is one of the leading causes of decreased production and fertility in dairy cattle during summer months. These losses are apparent in the decreased amount of milk shipped, increased days open and decreased breedings per conception. Some heat stress is unavoidable, but effects can be minimized if these best management practices are followed.

Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to better understand the global carbon cycle, support the development of climate policies, and project future climate change. Here we describe and synthesize data sets and methodology to quantify the five major components of the global carbon budget and their uncertainties.

Primary scientific resources for NRCS, organized by state. Includes practice costs, regulations, natural and cultural resource information, NRCS planning criteria, practice standards, and conservation effects.

Farmers today face rising energy costs and uncertainty about future energy policies that affect agriculture. Many farmers are responding by improving the energy efficiency of their operations and exploring alternatives to traditional fossil fuels such as wind, solar, and biofuel crops. Improving nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency is another important strategy. Fertilizer cost is important because it is tightly linked to energy prices, and excessive applications increase the release of nitrous oxide (N2O), a very potent greenhouse gas (GHG). This fact sheet addresses efficient fertilizer management, infrastructure changes, and best management practices for farmers that make economic sense and also address concerns about GHG emissions and climate change.