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Producer Spotlight: Blue Slate Ranch — Bale Grazing

Bale grazing is a method of feeding livestock during the winter. Bales are placed across a pasture or paddock rather than in one location

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WSDA Soil Sampling Equipment and Supply List

Find the equipment and supply list on the WSDA soil health webpage

Controlling Early Season Wind Erosion in Columbia Basin Potato Fields

Wind erosion resulting in loss of topsoil from agricultural lands within the Columbia Basin is a serious problem. This fact sheet discusses the problem as seen in potato fields

Conservation Tillage in a Winter Wheat – Fallow System, Ron Jirava (Farmer-to-Farmer Case Study Series)

Description: Ron Jirava’s approach to conservation tillage helps his farm to remain economically viable. Learn more in this farmer-to-farmer case study

Biosolids in Dryland Cropping Systems

This publication reviews the long-term benefits of municipal biosolids applications on soil health in dryland cereal and pasture cropping systems east of the Cascades

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Webinar: How to Interpret Soil Tests

Dani Gelardi discusses how soil testing has changed over time—to become more comprehensive, but also more confusing!

High Residue Farming Under Irrigation: Residue Management through Planting (3 in a series of 5)

High Residue Farming” is an umbrella term for cropping systems in which less tillage is used in order to keep crop residue on the surface of a field

High Residue Farming Under Irrigation: Crop Rotation (2 in a series of 5)

High Residue Farming” is an umbrella term for cropping systems in which less tillage is used in order to keep crop residue on the surface of a field

Recommended Crop Species and Wheat Varieties for Acidic Soil (Soil Acidification Series)

Decreasing soil pH, also called soil acidification, is a growing concern in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Researchers and farmers have measured soil pH values below 5.0 throughout the Palouse

High Residue Farming Under Irrigation: Strip-till (5 in a series of 5)

High Residue Farming” is an umbrella term for cropping systems in which less tillage is used in order to keep crop residue on the surface of a field