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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.

A visualization tool showing community impacts of coastal flooding and sea level rise, including vulnerability, wetland loss, and flood frequency.

A checklist for Northeast tree fruit growers outlining climate-related risks, opportunities, and actions to reduce future impacts.

Participants will learn how carbon is sequestered in agricultural soils and how agriculture can contribute to climate change mitigation and reach GHG reduction goals.

When considering soil health practices for row crop farmers it's essentially to understand how each practice can alter the farm's bottom line. This decision making tool helps corn and soy producers simulate the financial impacts of adopting different soil health practices.

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

Soil temperature over a specified period of time anywhere in the US.

State-specific summaries and key messages on the effects of climate change.

A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) template for a farm's climate change resilience. Also includes tabs on assessing strategies, from financial to production to labor, and a resilience action plan template.

The Climate Explorer provides interactive maps and graphs of past and projected climate conditions to support resilience planning and reduce climate risks.

A collection of web tools for visualizing past and projected climate and hydrology in the US.

Diversifying into forest products is a good strategy to spread out climate related risk for any farm, but it's not without it's own challenges and strategies that need to be understood. This guide is a great starting point for any farm business considering farming the woods.

Biodiversity for a Livable Climate presents a talk by Walter Jehne, Australian climate scientist and soil microbiologist who is the Director of Healthy Soils Australia.

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.

A newsletter that is weekly during the growing season with crop conditions, pest alerts, news, events, and detailed articles on everything from pest management to labor issues to post-harvest best practices.

A toolkit for urban farmers covering start-up costs, land access, access to capital, mentorship, infrastructure, production strategies, applying for grants, market development, and indoor growing systems.

Resources and network of urban wood industry pros and stakeholders from across the United States and beyond. Aims to unite unique urban wood industry groups and efforts under the common mission of growing professional and consumer confidence in the urban wood industry.

IPM pest and disease modeling and forecasting. Includes pest-specific data and other factors such as growing-degree days.

Current and historical US topographic maps available as digital files or printed to order. You can also create maps.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map helps growers select perennial plants based on average minimum winter temperatures.

Veggie Compass helps diversified vegetable farmers analyze crop and market profitability using detailed farm data to support better decisions.