Growing a Farm Business
- Scaling Up - Dave Like, Gorman Farm, Maryland
- Strategically Growing Your Farm Enterprise - Jody Bolluyt, Roxbury Farm, New York
- Farmer's Guide to Sales and Use Taxes-State of CT Dept. of Revenue Services
Design Fundamentals for Greenhouse and High Tunnels
- Building High Tunnels - Selection, Construction & Operation By: John Bartok (UConn Emeritus)
- Heating and Cooling Alternatives for High Tunnel Tomato Production By: John Bartok (UConn Emeritus)
- Update on Plastic, Polycarbonate, Acrylic and Glass Coverings By: John Bartok (UConn Emeritus)
- High Tunnels- UVM By: Ted Blomgren and Tracey Frisch (UVM)
- Tips to Aid Construction of Greenhouses and Tunnels By: Ed Person (Ledgewood Farm, Moultonborough, NH)
Engineering for Storage of Winter Crops
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Maintaining Quality of Winter Vegetables in Storage By: Ruth Hazzard (UMass Extension)
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Low Cost Food Storage Technology: Energy Savings and Produce Storage Quality By: Ben Weil & Luke Doody (UMASS Extension)
- Engineering Storage Facilities for Winter Vegetable Crops - Goranson Farm By; Jan & Rob Goransen (Dresden, Maine)
- Engineering Storage Facilities for Winter Vegetable Crops- Tangerini's Spring Street Farm
Farm Scale Irrigation Systems
- An Overview of Drip Irrigation (UMASS)
- Drip System Layouts
- Estimating Water Flow Rates
- Flow Capacity Charts
- Laying Out a Trickle Irrigation System
- Netafim Drip - Micro Irrigation Solutions
Farm Machinery and Storage Sheds
Marketing Your Farm Business
- Using Social Media to Market your Farm
- Building a Website to Market your Farm
- Using Point of Sale to Grow Your Farm Business
Pasture Management
- Grazing Success Through Observation and Planning at Bishopp Family Farm by Jack Kittredge
- Pasture Management Planning Worksheets
- What is Good Grazing Management? by Sarah Flack
Pesticide Application
- WPS Information and Links
- What's New in the Proposed Pesticide Applicator Certification and Training Regulations?
- Certification Comparison Chart
- WPS Table Current vs. Proposed vs. Final
Safe & Effective Uses of Organic Pesticides
- Crop Management Practices for Reducing the Use of OMRI Listed Organic Pesticides - Eero Ruuttila
- Safe and Effective Use of Organic Pesticides- McKeag UMASS
Tractor Operation, Maintenance and Safety
The University of Connecticut IPM Program staff members work directly with and provide educational outreach to commercial growers, natural area managers, groundskeepers, educators and the general public in Connecticut. In addition, they conduct research and offer extension programs in these areas: Fruit, Greenhouse, Invasive Species, IPM Curriculum, Nursery, Turf & Landscape and Vegetables.
- Information & Resource List - Tractor Operation, Maintenance and Safety
- Tractor Primer for the Market Farm
- Cultivating Tractors and Implements for Weed Management, Specialized Tillage, and Seeding By: Eero Ruuttila
Other Resources
- Fitting Cover Crops into Mixed Vegetable Operations By: Eero Ruuttila
- Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation- (A northeast SARE project coordinated by UVM and Cornell)
The University of Connecticut IPM Program staff members work directly with and provide educational outreach to commercial growers, natural area managers, groundskeepers, educators and the general public in Connecticut. In addition, they conduct research and offer extension programs in these areas: Fruit, Greenhouse, Invasive Species, IPM Curriculum, Nursery, Turf & Landscape and Vegetables.