Table of Contents (click a title to go down quickly)
General
- Texas Organic Experience Comes to the National Organic Standards Board
- One Common Organic System Plan for Everyone – Maybe?
- Residue Testing for a Global Supply Chain
- You are special and everybody knows it!
- Texas Organic Agriculture Surges Forward with National Recognition
- National Cover Crop Survey
- 2021 USDA Organic Survey
- Adjuvants for Organic Pest and Disease Management
- Map of Texas Organic Growers by County
- Map of Texas Organic Handlers by County
- Economic Contribution of Organic Production in Texas
- Steps to Organic Certification
- 10 Reasons to Trust the Organic Seal
- Your Farm – Your Soil
- Carbon Storage Potential in Texas High Plains
- TDA Organic Cost Share Sign Up Webpage
- On-farm Reduced Irrigation and Fertilizer with Mycorrhizal Fungi
- USDA Crop Insurance Programs for Organic
- Are More Organic Labels Needed?
- National Organic Program Federal Rules
- 2019 USDA Survey of Organic Agriculture
- Organic Certifiers Comparison Sheets
- A Pesticide Was Detected—What Does That Mean for My Organic Crop?
Marketing
- Organic Equivalence: Strengthening Trade and Integrity
- Organic Agriculture, Markets, and Trust: Emerging Trends for Texas Producers
- Organic Isn’t Just a Production System—It’s a Promise!
- Texas Organic Agriculture: Expanding from Farm to Market
- Planning Organic Production with a Practical Price Index
- The Squeeze on Organic: Comparing Profitability Trends in U.S. Grain Markets
- Selling Your Organic Grain – Be Prepared!
- Organic Grain Storage Insect Control
- Organic Grain Marketing Webinar Set
- The Struggle for Organic Integrity: Fraud in Organic Imports Exposed
Soils/Fertility
- Organic Farmers Should Secure Manure and Compost Early for 2027
- Using Google Earth and Web Soil Survey to Understand Your Fields
- What the Haney Test Revealed: Biological Benefits of Cover Crops in Action
- What is the True Cost of Compost (or manure)?
- How Organic Farming Practices Revive Soil Health and Microbial Diversity: Evidence from DNA Studies
- Soil testing, soil results, soil test labs
- Organic fertilizer: what is it, what are the rules, and where do you buy it?
- What is the True Cost of Compost (or manure)?
- Increasing Soil Organic Matter Through Organic Agriculture
- Balancing Soils
Cover Crops
- Cereal Rye and Hairy Vetch: A Reliable Winter Cover Crop Combination for Texas Organic Farms
- Cover Crops: Improving Soil Health, Stewardship and Profitability on the Farm
- National Cover Crop Survey – What’s Interesting for Texas in this Report?
- Best Cover Crops for Weed Control and Fertility
- Can cover crops control weeds and save water too?
- What Do Cover Crops Leave Behind? Comparing Sunn Hemp, Tepary Bean, and Cowpea
- Sunn Hemp is One of My Favorite Cover Crops!
Peanuts
- Who Grows Organic Peanuts in the World
- Organic Peanut Resources
- Data confirms peanut inoculant and in-furrow biofungicide are tank-mix compatible
- Determining Peanut Yield
- A Review of Weed Control in Organic Peanuts
- Quick Fertilizer Guide for Texas Peanuts
Rice
- Texas Organic Rice Update: Insights for Producers and Researchers
- Enhancing Organic Rice Yields: Texas Researchers Lead the Way in Ratoon Crop Production
- Organic Rice Resources
- Understanding the Three-Line CMS System in Hybrid Rice Breeding
- Water-Seeded Rice
- Possible Organic Rice Fungicide for Brown Spot and Narrow Brown Leaf Spot
- 2023 Texas Rice Production Guidelines
- Texas Rice Crop Surveys
- Texas Organic Rice Production Guidelines
- Using Mustard Seed Meal for Organic Rice Seedling Disease Control
- Identifying Rice Weeds Schematic
- Great Blog Post on Rice Milling Problems
- Arkansas Rice Variety Tests
- LSU Rice Varieties and Management
- Weedy Rice: What’s in a name?
Cotton
- 2026 Organic Cotton Market Summary
- GOTS Version 8.0 – What It Means for Texas Organic Cotton
- Organic Cotton Market Summary
- USDA NOP Guidelines on Cottonseed for Organic Production
- GMO Testing in Organic Cotton: What Farmers Need to Know
- Organic Cotton Resources
- Join Us in Enhancing Organic Cotton Production
- Variety Presentation at 2022 Organic Cotton Seminar
- Cotton Varieties for Organic Production
- Commercial Organic Cotton Varieties
- OTA Organic Cotton Fact Sheet
- Recognizing Good Bugs in Cotton
- The Classification of Cotton
- USDA Organic Cotton Market Summary for 2021
- Organic Cotton Market Summary for 2020
- Identification and Management of Fusarium Wilt Race 4
- Recognizing Good Bugs in Cotton
- The Classification of Cotton
Corn/Sorghum
- TAMZ107 Stands Out in a Wet Year for Corn Ear Rots
- 2025 Sorghum Variety Testing
- Hi-A Corn Field Day Brings Farmers, Researchers, and Industry Together
- BMR Male-Sterile Sorghum Silage: A Smart Alternative for Dairy Producers
- Corn Breeding – Not an Easy Process
- Organic Sorghum Resources
- Hi-A Corn Varieties, a Game Changer?
- Organic Corn Resources
- Organic Research Winner!
- Common Stalk Rot Diseases of Corn
- Organic Grain Storage Insect Control
- Organic Grain Sorghum from Production to Market
- How Sorghum Plants Develop
Wheat/Oats/Barley/Triticale/Rye
- BNI Wheat: Can the Crop Help Manage Its Own Nitrogen?
- From the Field: Choosing Wheat for Organic Systems
- Why Bread Tastes Better in Europe Than in the U.S. and Does it Matter?
- Milling, Baking, Planting Organic Wheat: What Farmers Need to Know
- 2025 Texas Small Grains Variety Trials
- Breeding Better Organic Wheat: Traits That Matter for Organic and Regenerative Farms
- Organic Wheat Resources
- Organic Barley Resources
- Organic Rye Resources
- Organic Oat Resources
- Organic Triticale Resources
- Weed Control Performance with High Density Planting
- Organic Transition in Dual-Purpose Wheat Systems
- Can Cover Crops Control Weeds and Save Water Too
- Article: Get the most from small grain silages
- Organic Weed Control
- What is the True Cost of Compost (or manure) in 2024?
- Soil Testing, soil results, soil test labs
- Organic Fertilizer – what is it, what are the rules, and where do you buy it?
- Organic Materials/Products Lists
- Best Cover Crops for Weed Control and Fertility
- Allelopathy – What is it, what has it, and how do we use it?
- Organic Seed May Soon Be Required
Dairy
- New World Screwworm Update for Texas Organic Livestock Producers
- Avian Influenza H5N1 Hits Dairy Herds Hard: What the New Study Reveals
- Projected Month-by-Month Organic Milk Prices for 2025
- A New Organic Tool Against H5N1 in Calves: Citric Acid in Waste Milk
- BMR Male-Sterile Sorghum Silage: A Smart Alternative for Dairy Producers
- Personality Plus: Building Resilient Organic Dairy Cows from Day One
- Oregano Essential Oil: A Natural Solution for Boosting Health and Performance in Organic Livestock
- Personality Plus: Building Resilient Organic Dairy Cows from Day One
- Organic Dairy Feeding Trial
- Non-Antibiotic Management of Mastitis in Dairy Cattle
- Texas Organic Dairy No. 1
- Dairy Trial for Mastitis Control using New Products.
- Thirty Years of Organic Dairy in the US
- Genetics of the Grazing Cow
- Certified Grass Fed Dairy Standards
- The “Grass Fed” Milk Story
Vegetables/Fruit/Grapes/Horticulture
- Winegrapes of Texas – Poster
- The Future of Organic Viticulture: Embracing Fungus Resistant Grape Varieties in Texas
- Peach Trees: Seeing Doubles?
- Purple Tomatoes – They are not all the same!
- Where Do Seedless Watermelons Come From?
- Modifications to Increase Vegetable Earliness and/or Yield
- Bareroot, Balled & Burlapped and Container Grown Plants
- Scale Insects and Mealybugs – Winter/Spring is the time to look and treat!
- Challenges in the Market for Organic Spinach Seed
- Biopesticides for the Control of Whiteflies
- Melon Fertilizer Scheduling – Even in Organic Production
- Organic Onion Export Market Potential
- Organic Lime Export Market Potential
- Organic Melon Export Market Potential
- Organic Carrot Export Market Potential
- Organic Citrus Export Market Potential
- 2022 Southeastern Peach, Nectarine, and Plum Pest Management and Culture Guide
- Organic Peach Production in Florida
- Humic Substances Improve Vegetable Seedling Quality and Post‐Transplant Yield Performance Under Stress Conditions
- 2023 NY Extension Grape Disease Recommendations (The bio control part is mixed in the control section but is excellent)
- Organic Grape Production and IPM Guide (New York State) Excellent! 2022 but very good and mostly up to date.
- Potting Mixes for Certified Organic Production
- Peach Disease Publications (Old but excellent disease descriptions)
- Peach Insect Publication (Old but still good insect life cycle information)
- Organic Strawberry Production Costs – California
- Biopesticide Integration in Small Fruit
Forage Production
- Lessons from a Study on Hay Variability: Insights for Organic Producers – An Update
- Launching a New Chapter in Alfalfa Water Research
- Can You Grow a Sweetclover in Far West Texas
Greenhouse
Beneficials/Biopesticides/Biostimulants
- Understanding the Proper Use of Organic and Biological Products in Pest Control
- Biopesticides and Biostimulants: Innovation, Challenges, Growth
- Using Beneficial Insects in Organic Row Crop Environments
- Guidelines for Natural Enemies
- Predatory Mite – Amblyseius swirskii – A new star!
- Biopesticides for the Control of Whiteflies
- Biopesticides and Beneficial Insects Article
- Organic Management of Fall Armyworm
Weeds
- Sunn Hemp is One of My Favorite Cover Crops!
- Flame Weeding, Soil Biology, and Organic Farming: Questions Worth Asking
- Organic Weed Control Does Not Start with Herbicides!
- Insights on inter-row electrical weeding as a non-chemical weed management tool in organic cotton.
- Update to “Applying Field Bindweed Gall Mites”
- Organic Weed Control
- Blind Cultivation for Early Season Weeds
- Allelopathy – What is it, what has it, and how do we use it?
- Organic Control of Field Bindweed?
- Best Cover Crops for Weed Control and Fertility
- FarmWise Titan Weeder
Organic Seeds
- Organic Sorghum Seed Systems: From Plant Breeding to the Organic Farm
- Organic Cowpea Production in Texas
- Building Local Hybrid Seed for Organic Farms (A Project to Watch)
- New Organic Cowpea ‘TAMC 101’: A Cover Crop and Forage Option for Southern Farms
- New Organic Guar from Texas A&M AgriLife
- Selecting a Variety for your Farm?
- What varieties are organic farmers planting?
- Organic Variety List for 2023 from Integrity Database
- Seeds, Annual Seedlings, and Planting Stock in Organic Crop Production
- Best Practices for Improving Consistency with Organic Seed Search Requirements
- List of Organic Seed Suppliers
Podcasts
OATS Podcast
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Training
Agronomy/Field Crop training courses on Soil Health, Fertility Management, Weed Control, and all centered on the Southwest. Just click on the picture!
