We offer customized services to build healthy farm landscapes. All of our services are tailored to your operation, scale, goals, and ecosystem. Our signature services include:
Agronomy Services
Nutrient Management
Build site-specific nutrient strategies that use the most appropriate fertilizers for your needs. Backed by a Virginia Certified Nutrient Management Planner.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Identify key pests (insects, diseases, weeds, and others) to develop management strategies that reduce risk and unnecessary inputs. Grounded in pest ecology, field scouting, and targeted management.
Soil & Plant Testing
Use soil and tissue testing to make soil and plant health decisions throughout the season. Translated into clear, actionable recommendations based on agronomic science.
Season-Long Guidance & Recordkeeping
Support good agronomic decisions starting with an on-farm visit and continuing through the growing season. Delivered through confident decision support and organized management records.
Sustainability Services
Cover Crop Recommendations
Match cover crop mixes and management schedules to your soils, crops, and goals. Designed to improve soil health, nutrient cycling, and weed suppression.
Cropping Systems Strategy
Guide key decisions around crop rotations, novel crops, and new management practices. Focused on practical changes that can be implemented with confidence.
Biodiversity Assessment
Create a baseline understanding of plants, insects, and habitat to support native species and ecosystem resilience. Informs targeted management improvements across the farm landscape.
Cost-Share Planning
Identify conservation programs that align with your operation and sustainability goals. Guides application strategy to complement your farm’s growth.
Orchard & Vineyard Services
Site Selection & Layout
Design optimal orchards and vineyards. Considerate of soils, water, topography, plant architecture, equipment, and goals in support of efficient operations and expressive fruit.
Variety Selection
Select cultivars and rootstocks suited to your site, climate, and production goals. Helps you find and source plant materials with confidence.
Pruning Coaching
Gain skills reading woody plants, understanding their bearing potential, and making optimal pruning decisions (for you or your team). Builds consistency for long-term structure and productivity.
Orchard Floor Management
See vegetation management as a sustainability tool, not a management challenge. Assesses your current practices to build a vegetation management plan.
Research Services
Farm Trial Design
Translate agronomic questions into rigorous, field-ready experiments. Based on sound plot layout, replication, and experimental control.
Trial Implementation
Execute on-farm experiments from establishment through harvest with consistent, high-quality data collection. Assures protocols are followed and results are reliable.
Data Management
Build clean, organized systems for handling trial data from field to analysis. Includes field data sheets, data management workflows, and statistical analysis.
Grant Development
Shape competitive and practical on-farm research proposals. Strengthens framing of research questions, methods, budgets, and narrative.
