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- Buffer Strips: Common Sense Conservation - Discusses the uses and benefits of conservation buffers, small areas or strips of land in permanent vegetation, designed to intercept pollutants and manage other environmental concerns. Strategically placed buffer strips in the agricultural landscape can effectively mitigate the movement of sediment, nutrients, and pesticides within farm fields and from farm fields.
www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/Buffers.html
- Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) - Nonprofit information and data-transfer center promoting economically and environmentally beneficial agriculture and natural resource management. Located in Indiana, USA.
www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/CTIC.html
- Dryland Agricultural Institute - Includes research, staff, programs, and contact information.
www.wtamu.edu/research/dryland
- FARmresearch - Links to research projects about implementing site-specific management systems on farms.
www.farmresearch.com
- Integrated Farming Information Network - A forum for information, information exchange and development in integrated farming in Europe.
ew.eea.eu.int/Public/irc/envirowindows/infin/home
- Living With Nature - Information on how an arid area of land is made productive, using inter-cropping and organic farming practices.
www.indianorganic.com
- Manitoba's Management Plus Program - Provides farmers and industry with crop information and freeware, from the Manitoba Crop Insurance database.
www.mmpp.com
- Maremmano Abruzzesse Livestock Guardians - Information site about the Maremma Sheepdog, its use as protection of farm animals against predation and the Amarcord kennels.
www.maremmano.com
- No-Till Farmer Newsletter Online - Providing the world's no-tillage farmers with ideas, inventions, techniques and industry news.
www.lesspub.com/ntf
- Phloem - Cultivation resources for advanced hydroponic and soil-based cultivation.
www.phloem.org
- Suite 101- Farming - Collection of articles with facts, information, and techniques for those starting on small scale farming.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/farming
- The Earthworm Hole - A series of pages about earthworms and how different tillage and soil management practices affect their numbers. By Crop & Food Research New Zealand scientists.
www.crop.cri.nz/psp/articles/docs/worms/worms.htm
- Thumb Oilseed Producers' Co-operative - A soybean processing facility located in Ubly, Michigan. Gives information on products, the processes used and contact details.
www.thumboilseed.com
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