Browse by Topic: Planning

This fact sheet outlines climate change challenges such as flooding, heat stress, and pest pressure, with practical farm adaptation strategies.

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.

Enter your ZIP or Postal code to see the average first and last frost dates for your location (based on the nearest weather station), as well as the length of your growing season based on frost dates.

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.

Programs to support humane, pasture-based farmers with grants, scholarships, webinars, mentorship, and short courses.

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.

The Fruit & Nut Compass is a business planning tool to help new and experienced producers project financial costs and returns for a perennial crop enterprise. The tool is designed as an “open workbench” for user-entered information to assess profitability.

This fact sheet presents an overview of the most common components and options in drip irrigation systems, accompanied by estimated costs.

Synthesizes data and methods used to measure global carbon budgets, improving understanding of CO₂ emissions, climate change, and policy development.

Glossary of terms related to climate change and agriculture.

An annually updated guide listing Vermont-based technical and financial assistance for farms working with crops, livestock, forestry, and other land-based products.

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.

An interactive map tool to check climate conditions across the US projected through the end of the century.

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

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.

A cost benefit analysis of irrigation at Intervale Community Farm in Burlington, VT, calculated using records from 2006 to 2016.

A case study on how researchers at the University of Delaware's Warrington Irrigation Research Farm are improving irrigation to boost crop yields and manage soil and water resources.

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 service helps landowners make smart, sustainable decisions about their land through the promotion and protection of wetlands, forests, farms, endangered species habitats, and other open spaces.

A free GPS-based app to track conditions and changes in land use, soil conditions, slope, and management activities such as rainfall, tillage, fertilizer, and harvests with a calendar-based interface.

Livestock Compass is a decision support tool that helps diversified livestock farmers analyze costs and profitability of animal enterprises, supporting data-driven decisions to improve efficiency and improve the feasibility of animal enterprises.