Transitioning to Organic Vegetable Production- Weed Management

Video: Bear Butte Gardens in Sturgis, SD, led by Rick and Michelle Grosek, is a successful organic vegetable farm certified organic by OCIA. They hosted a SDSPA field day on August 12, 2024, for transitioning organic farmers emphasizing sustainable farming practices. The field day focused on soil health, weed control, pest management, nutrient management, crop […]

DriftWatch: Specialty Crop Site Registry

Video: DriftWatch® Specialty Crop Site and BeeCheck® Apiary Registry are an on-line sensitive site registry programs for South Dakota available through FieldWatch®. This national registry is a voluntary communication tool that enables crop producers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to work together to protect specialty crops and apiaries through use of mapping programs. Featuring Katie Hengelfelt, S.D. […]

Flame Weeding for Vegetable Crops

Publication: ATTRA.org – Flame weeding for vegetable crops. A type of thermal weed control relies on propane gas burners to produce a carefully controlled and directed flame that briefly passes over the weeds.

Principles of Sustainable Weed Management in Organic Cropping Systems

Publication: Mark Schonbeck, Independent Sustainable Agriculture Consultant Principles of Sustainable Weed Management in Organic Cropping Systems, Weeds are nature’s way of covering soil that has become exposed by fire, flood, landslide, windstorms, lear-cutting, clean tillage, herbicides, overgrazing, or other disturbances. Bare soil is hungry and at risk.