Browse by Topic: Planning

All farms need a plan for managing energy - these 'best practice' guides help farm businesses understand the opportunities they have to implement various energy management strategies on the farm. This improves resiliency and reduces emissions for farms of any scale.

A template for creating a farm emergency plan. Includes emergency contact info, farm maps, animal census, biosecurity assessment, generator information, and overall emergency plan.

A detailed summary of climate change's impacts in the Northeast, drivers of adaptation, disproportionate impacts on certain groups, action plans, and implementation and financing of those plans.

A DIY whole farm planning process designed especially for small- and mid-scale diversified operations that will help you reduce the risks and capture new opportunities created by more variable weather and extremes.

Use the free resources shared on this site to work through a DIY whole farm planning process designed especially for small- and mid-scale diversified operations.

Northeast Climate Hub explores how a changing climate is affecting livestock in the region. This is part 2: Climate change effects on livestock in the Northeast US and strategies for adaptation (presenter: Alexander Hristov)

Northeast Climate Hub explores how a changing climate is affecting regional crops. This is part 1: Challenges and Opportunities for NE Crop Production in a Changing Climate (presenter: David Wolfe)

This recording features a talk by Sara Keleman, who shares current data exploring climate trends and projected impacts on agriculture. At minute 1:10:10 Sara reviews several tools available for monitoring weather and implementing adaptive practices.

Whole Farm Planning can help farmers set long-term goals, improve profitability and efficiency of farm operations, build community relationships, protect the environment, and support farm family well-being.

This series of articles covers key topics for launching a new agroforestry project with a guided step-by-step process to evaluate your goals, assess the opportunities on your site, and get your trees off to the best possible start.

This is a collection of tools, resources, publications, etc that help farmers in Maine adapt to the effects of climate change.

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

Illustrated design guidelines for multifunctional buffers are synthesized and developed from a review of 1,900+ research publications. These guidelines are presented as easy-to-understand rules of thumb for facilitating the planning and designing of multifunctional buffers.

The National Agricultural Library offers access to one of the world’s largest agriculture collections, with borrowing services and research assistance.

Serves as a gateway to invasive species information from federal, state, local, and international sources.

This 2015 report provides an overview of regional agriculture and forest system sensitivities to climate change and adaptation strategies, a greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation profile for the region, and a summary of USDA resilience efforts.

OSHA’s hub for heat safety resources for farmers and workers, including information about employer responsibilities and recommended training materials as well as heat safety resources from multiple federal agencies.

The Heat Safety Tool helps managers plan outdoor work activities based on how hot it feels throughout the day. With a real-time heat index and hourly forecasts specific to your location, it provides occupational safety and health recommendations.

Explores how encouraging informed dissent during planning improves project success and reduces costly failures.

Though heat exposure occurs across industries, farmworkers are more likely to die from heat-related stress. This resource examines state heat illness prevention rules that attempt to address the conditions that put farmworkers at risk.

An educational program that improves the ability of Extension professionals and others to give management advice to farmers and ranchers based on a whole-farm analysis of their operation.

The ReadyAG workbook is designed to help farm and ranch owners be better prepared to deal with disasters and catastrophic events that can occur on their farm or ranch.

Summarizes how sea level rise and saltwater intrusion affect coastal farms, with links to additional resources.

Research-based, farmer driven information about practicing sustainable agriculture on your farm. Topics to browse include Farm Business Management, Animal Production, Pest Management, Sustainable Communities, Soil Management, and more.