No-Till: How Farmers Are Saving the Soil by Parking their Plows
Huggins and Reganold. Article published in Scientific American July 2008.
Publications
Recommendations for the Development of Agricultural Sector Carbon Offsets in Washington State
Washington State Agricultural Sector Carbon Market Workgroup (ASCMW).
Trade-offs between bio-energy and soil carbon sequestration on the Palouse: Evaluating Sustainable Options.
Poster presented at 2008 BIOAg Symposium. Pullman, WA.
A Rising Price Tide has Raised All Commodities, but Winter Canola Still Nets Less than Soft White Winter Wheat in the Irrigated Columbia Basin.
2008 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress, pp. 20-21. Crop & Soil Sciences, WSU.
Crop Yield and Revenue Variability Across Time and Space at the Cook Agronomy Farm, 2001-2006
D. Huggins and K. Painter. Abstract in 2008 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress.
Profitable Strategies for Transitioning to Organic Grain Production in the Arid West
A large-scale field project on transitioning to organic grain (primarily wheat) production in the Palouse region (dryland, annual cropping) was started in 2002. Three years of transition and two years of wheat production have been monitored, with nine different cropping systems. Weed control and fertility have been big challenges. An economic analysis indicates that using […]
Orchard floor management effects on nitrogen fertility and soil biological activity in newly established organic apple orchard.
L. Hoagland, L. Carpenter-Boggs, D. Granatstein, M. Mazzola, J. Smith, F. Peryea, and J. Reganold. 2008. Biology and Fertility of Soils online.
Proceedings of EPA Ag STAR Northwest Dairy Digester Workshop
Includes agenda and presentation slides from Nov 18, 2008 workshop in Sunnyside, WA.
Organic and Beyond: Consumer Demand Growing for Differentiated Farm Products – Spring 2008
Article in Sustaining the Pacific Northwest Newsletter