Acres U.S.A., The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, June 2025 | Issue #648, Copyright 2025, 67 pages. Become an Acres U.S.A. Eco-Farmer Member here! Contents June 2025 • Issue #648 Photo: Field (Courtesy of Dan Brown) Photo caption: Clover grows in between rows of hazelnuts at Dan Brown’s Oregon orchard. Read about Dan’s nutrient management successes in the interview on page 44. On the cover: (Courtesy of Dave Skornia) Beautiful alfalfa on land that in 1980 had 0.6 percent organic matter and very low CEC — before introducing biology, cover crops and corn. Read how Dave Skornia regenerated his northern Michigan farm on page 14. FEATURES Rye ObservationsFocusing on biology has helped me steward Lakeside Farm in northern Michigan for 45 yearsBY DAVE SKORNIA Farm-grown BiofertilizersFarmers around the world are creating their own low-cost, highly productive biofertilizersBY STEVE DIVER Sulfur Is Not a Pesticide! Sulfur dioxide — not sulfur itself — is the active ingredient in pesticides, and it poses health risks to farmers; potassium sorbate is a compelling alternativeBY RONALD LANE Breaking Consensus“Scientific” attacks on organic farming in the 1980sBY ANNELIESE ABBOTT Decay!In an ecological system, the decay of organic matter, in all its forms, is the backbone of soil fertilityBY MARK SHEPARD DEPARTMENTS VIEW FROM THE COUNTRYMonthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor OPINIONRegulating NatureFurther regulating plant nutrition products puts even more market control in the hands of large agricorporationsBY JEFFREY KLEYPAS ECO-UPDATENews in brief on developments in agronomic science REGEN AGRONOMYLivestock Mineral: From the Soil UpLivestock producers can save money and improve cattle and human health by supplying minerals via the soil/plant instead of the trough.BY JOHN KEMPF INTERVIEWNutrition for HazelnutsOregon hazelnut grower Dan Brown and John Kempf discuss how nutrition and crop management practices — including some that may seem crazy — have helped reduce inputs while maintaining yield REVIEWS MARKETPLACE CLASSIFIEDS ECO-MEETINGS ECO-GRAPHIC Become an Acres U.S.A. Eco-Farmer Member here!
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