Improve Your Soil's Ability to Hold and Supply Moisture for Plants; Maintain Feed and Drinking Water for Livestock When Rainfall Is Limited; Redesign Agricultural Systems to Fit Semi-Arid Climates
Improve Your Soil's Ability to Hold and Supply Moisture for Plants; Maintain Feed and Drinking Water for Livestock When Rainfall Is Limited; Redesign Agricultural Systems to Fit Semi-Arid Climates
Protect Your Farm & Your Future Defend and fortify your crops, soil, pasture, and livestock against inadequate rainfall, and even chronic drought, with strategies from a sixth-generation Kansas farmer and agronomist that will restore soil productivity through grazing, soil microbiology, and cover crops. Dale Strickler shares the lessons he's learned while saving his own family farm from drying up, including installing rain-collection tanks, creating swales, and building retention dams. With Strickler's friendly advice and proven, innovative methods, you'll get more water into your soil, keep…mehr
Protect Your Farm & Your Future Defend and fortify your crops, soil, pasture, and livestock against inadequate rainfall, and even chronic drought, with strategies from a sixth-generation Kansas farmer and agronomist that will restore soil productivity through grazing, soil microbiology, and cover crops. Dale Strickler shares the lessons he's learned while saving his own family farm from drying up, including installing rain-collection tanks, creating swales, and building retention dams. With Strickler's friendly advice and proven, innovative methods, you'll get more water into your soil, keep it in your soil, and help your plants and livestock access it.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dale Strickler is the author of Managing Pasture and The Drought-Resilient Farm and Chief Agronomist at regenerativewisdom.com, a farm and ranching consulting service. An internationally recognized agroecologist, speaker, and consultant, Strickler has more than 30 years of experience as a highly successful farmer and rancher in his own operation, as well as 15 years teaching in higher education and 20 years of industry experience with companies such as Land-o-Lakes and GreenCover Seed. Strickler has developed effective crop and grazing systems for numerous farms and ranches with a range of often challenging climates and soil types and his articles have appeared in publications like Mother Earth News, Acres USA, Stockman Grass Farmer, and Grit. He was the recipient of the 2013 Water and Energy Progress Award Model of Innovation and the Kansas Farm Bureau Natural Friend of Agriculture Award in 2021.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Ugly History of Drought and the Potential for Drought Resilience Part I: Creating a Moisture-Efficient Soil Chapter 2: Getting More Water into the Soil Chapter 3: Keeping Water in the Soil Longer Chapter 4: Helping Plants Get More Water Out of the Soil Part II: Providing for Livestock Chapter 5: Ensuring Livestock Water Supply Chapter 6: Creating Drought-Tolerant Pastures Chapter 7: Providing Emergency Forage in a Drought Chapter 8: Livestock Decisions during and after a Drought Part III: Looking to the Future Chapter 9: Moisture-Efficient Agriculture for Semi-arid Regions Chapter 10: Conclusion: A Checklist of Actions to Take before and during the Next Drought Acknowledgments References and Further Reading Resources Recommended Reading and Films Metric Conversion Chart Glossary Index
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Ugly History of Drought and the Potential for Drought Resilience Part I: Creating a Moisture-Efficient Soil Chapter 2: Getting More Water into the Soil Chapter 3: Keeping Water in the Soil Longer Chapter 4: Helping Plants Get More Water Out of the Soil Part II: Providing for Livestock Chapter 5: Ensuring Livestock Water Supply Chapter 6: Creating Drought-Tolerant Pastures Chapter 7: Providing Emergency Forage in a Drought Chapter 8: Livestock Decisions during and after a Drought Part III: Looking to the Future Chapter 9: Moisture-Efficient Agriculture for Semi-arid Regions Chapter 10: Conclusion: A Checklist of Actions to Take before and during the Next Drought Acknowledgments References and Further Reading Resources Recommended Reading and Films Metric Conversion Chart Glossary Index
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