Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Department of Agriculture’s September supply/demand report on Tuesday. The USDA boosted its harvested area for corn by 774 thousand acres to 87.1 million acres, resulting in a U.S. Markets came under pressure following the release of the U.S. corn production estimate of 15.1 The average corn yield for.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Diversity can mean many things to many people and when it comes to a grower diversifying variety choices, the goal is to mitigate risk, push yields, and maximize profit on every acre.

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Yield Seeding Acre Farming 263

Food Politics

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The USDA announced the latest data on the US agricultural system in a press release. million (down 7% from 2017) Average size: 463 acres (up 5%) Total farmland: 880 million acres of farmland (down 2%), accounting for 39% of all U.S. We should not be growing food crops to produce automobile fuel. This helps—a lot.

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Agriculture Agriculture Farmland Acre 288

ProAg

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

From our industry partners at National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) : In the formative days of our Republic, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “I have sometimes thought it might be well to establish an office of insurance for farms against the damage that may occur to them from storms, blights, insects, etc.” Why the tremendous growth?

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Acre Crop Farming Farming 59

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Since 2012, Gail Taylor has built healthy soil, provided hundreds of local families with fresh tomatoes and turnips, and fostered community on less than an acre at Three Part Harmony Farm in northeast Washington, D.C. Gail Taylor and D’Real Graham at Three Part Harmony Farm, their one-acre farm in Washington, D.C.

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Agriculture Agriculture Finance Farming 142

Real Agriculture

MAY 16, 2024

Across the province, acreage for the entire oilseed crop typically checks in around 40,000 acres, with about one third of the crop being planted in the fall, the rest being spring canola. Over the past five year years, however, winter canola has been gaining momentum in. Read More

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Acre Crop Ruralism Production 321

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 14, 2024

Flory, host of AgriTalk, says the USDA’s move to knock off 700,000 acres of corn and add a million soybean acres does make sense, but. Flory, host of AgriTalk, says the USDA’s move to knock off 700,000 acres of corn and add a million soybean acres does make sense, but. Read More

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Acre Yield Crop Grain 279

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Mexico border, California’s Imperial Valley is both a desert and an agricultural wonder. Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. Ronald Leimgruber farms 3,500 of those acres.

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Farming Farming Crop Acre 142

Real Agriculture

JULY 5, 2023

How do you cover acres quickly during planting season with big equipment without causing compaction and compromising yield? Read More How do you cover acres quickly during planting season with big equipment without causing compaction and compromising yield? The brothers farm in Perth County, Ont.,

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Acre Tractor Yield Harvester 246

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Covering 40,000 acres a year with a sprayer is a big job. At Shawridge Farms, a large cash crop and commercial grain elevator operation located in Arthur, Ont., So how does one guy get over all those acres? Read More Covering 40,000 acres a year with a sprayer is a big job. So how does one guy get over all those acres?

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Cash Crop Acre Farming Farming 336

Real Agriculture

JULY 17, 2024

If refill times at seeding are a pet peeve, take a look at Vaderstad’s newest air cart offering, the PD 1350, capable of covering 200 acres of canola seeding in a single fill. That 1350 stands for bushels, and as Phil Korczak explains in this video from Ag in Motion this week, that capacity is spread.

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Acre Seeding Production Crop 235

Trimble Agriculture

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Access to effective hurricane relief and natural disaster resources is essential to helping agricultural operations bounce back and continue feeding our communities. When hurricanes and other natural disasters strike, farmers face significant challenges to rebuild and recover.

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Acre Ranching Livestock Farming 105

Real Agriculture

JANUARY 12, 2024

The battle for acres is set to play out in just over three months. Crop rotation plays a key part of decision making on final acres for any crop, but perhaps most of all for pulses, as aphanomyces and root rot risk factor prominently in pea and lentil decisions. But price factors too, and Jon. Read More

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Crop Rotation Acre Crop Production 278

Real Agriculture

JANUARY 24, 2024

Biologicals hold great promise for improving crop production. From increasing root activity, soil microbes, and nutrient availability to building plant resiliency to abiotic stresses — this emerging crop input segment is bursting with product choices. Read More Biologicals hold great promise for improving crop production.

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Acre Production Farming Farming 286

Real Agriculture

JULY 4, 2024

Big corn acres in the U.S. and dandy looking crops in the west have created a bit of a supply issue for markets, one that could be helped by some serious export demand. Read More Big corn acres in the U.S. Read More Big corn acres in the U.S. For this early July grain market update, we. Read More

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Grain Marketing Acre Crop 278

Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

No one likes snow in October, but it’s especially unwelcome when there is still crop in the field. For Ontario, however, so many thousands of acres of corn are now very wet and covered in snow, and. Read More No one likes snow in October, but it’s especially unwelcome when there is still crop in the field.

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Acre Harvester Harvesting Harvest 290

World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Sound Agriculture Secures $25M to Advance Bioinspired Nutrient Efficiency Solutions Emeryville, Calif. December 17, 2024) Sound Agriculture, a high growth agtech company, has spun out its leading plant epigenetics platform and completed a $25 million extension of its Series D raise. After reaching 2 million acres in the U.S.

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Agriculture Agriculture Acre Crop 52

Real Agriculture

MAY 10, 2024

India is nearly half-way through a six-week election period, and the government there is making sure it stays in the citizens’ good graces. That, in part, may have driven the decision by India to further extend a dropped tariff on imported peas out to October. Chuck Penner, founder of Leftfield Commodity Research, says that India.

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Acre Grain Marketing Production 278

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 29, 2024

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and if you’re not measuring grain loss out the back of the combine, you could be losing two, four and even 10 bushels an acre on the harvest pass.

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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Acre 230

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Just a Few Acres Farm in Lansing, NY has nearly 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, where seventh-generation farmer Pete Larson posts videos with titles like “The basics of cutting hay” and “Playing in the Dirt with Pregnant Pigs”. Photography courtesy of Pete Larson and Just a Few Acres Farms. Pete Larson on his farm.

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Farming Farming Acre Marketing 122

Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

This year was a pretty hot and dry year, but still, some of the crops I raised did pretty well, he says with a satisfied smile. Kotutwa Johnson might build some protection for his crops with desert brush or cans to shield them from the wind, but his plants thrive without any fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, mulch, or irrigation.

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Seeding Farming Farming Crop 140

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 7, 2024

bushels per acre. bushels/acre, while John Kilbourne of Ontario finished third with a yield of 160.2 bushels/acre. Nick Suwyn from Michigan has topped the 2024 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network wheat yield contest with 171.9 Jeffery Krohn, also of Michigan, took second place at 170.1 Read More

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Yield Acre Grain Production 312

Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Its 2,800 acres—the first protected habitat for the wild relatives of crops in the United States—now shelter not just a single pepper but at least 45 different species. Forest Service to identify and collect other wild relatives of crops in this area. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service.

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Seeding Crop Agriculture Agriculture 144

Real Agriculture

JUNE 30, 2023

Strong plant stands can set a soybean crop up for big yields. In Ontario, typically one to four per cent of the soybean acres fail to establish adequate plant stands and. Read More Strong plant stands can set a soybean crop up for big yields. Read More Strong plant stands can set a soybean crop up for big yields.

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Seeding Yield Acre Crop 246

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only 330 million people, the U.S. agriculture system, often claimed to be able to feed the world, can no longer feed its own population. This shows in Americas growing agricultural trade deficit, projected to reach a record-breaking $45.5

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Food Production Crop Farming 133

Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The Illinois Department of Agriculture recently announced a new program for cover crop payments of up to $105 per acre, depending on the crop and termination.

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Crop Acre Agriculture Agriculture 99

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Kava has endured a long history of adversity, said Lakea Trask, a Hawaiian farmer and local activist who cultivates kava and other Native crops for Kanaka Kava , his familys farm-to-table restaurant in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island. As recognition grows, so have opportunities for small-scale farming initiatives and environmental restoration.

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Food Plantation Acre Production 128

Real Agriculture

MAY 9, 2024

Across the province, the Ontario greenhouse vegetable industry grows tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers in 3,900 acres of greehhouse, producing 521 million kilograms of fresh vegetables with a farm gate value of more than $1.4 Red Sun Farms in Kingsville, Ont., is one of 170 greenhouse vegetable farms in Ontario. On this episode of Profitable.

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Greenhouse Farming Farming Acre 325

Real Agriculture

JANUARY 10, 2024

Labour shortage is an issue for farming around the globe and an expanding list of agricultural equipment manufacturers are looking to autonomous robots to provide a solution for their customers. Read More

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Agricultural equipment Manufacturing Acre Production 246

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 12, 2024

Efficiency is everything when timeframes are tight and acres are many. Read More Efficiency is everything when timeframes are tight and acres are many. Read More Efficiency is everything when timeframes are tight and acres are many. Read More

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Read all the stories in this series: A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland An urban farm trailblazer begins building a Black agrarian corridor in rural Maryland, fostering community and climate resilience. Methane emissions created by flooded rice paddies account for about 10 percent of global agricultural emissions.

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Plantation Acre Farming Farming 126

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 18, 2024

High-capacity combines are finding a fit in edible bean fields as growers look to cover more soy, corn, wheat and edible acres with fewer machines, and also take advantage of their gentler grain handling capabilities. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin rides along with Fred Van Osch of Van Osch.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Acre 317

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

As the 119th Congress begins , the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) reauthorization is again on the agenda after numerous extensions. The farm safety net, which includes commodity support programs and federal crop insurance, is a fundamental component of any farm bill. In 2023, there were 239.7

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Farming Farming Acre Farmland 64

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It turns out that even Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson is mortal, and in this week’s podcast you’ll likely end up feeling a little sorry for Mr. Johnson, as his voice has fallen victim to the winter woes. Nonetheless, our intrepid host of Wheat Pete’s Word still has managed to record this episode and in it.

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Acre Production Crop 278

Ohio State University

MARCH 18, 2024

The new 2022 Census of Agriculture data shows the number of farms in Ohio declined by 2.3% One number that is concerning to agricultural stakeholders in Ohio is the loss of 931,089 acres in land in farms in Ohio in the last twenty years. The question is how much of the agricultural land in Ohio was lost to development?

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Agriculture Agriculture Acre Pasture 119

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

World Wildlife Fund, an organization with a longstanding interest in how agriculture affects the planet, is pushing one idea it thinks would benefit not just the Delta but the country as a whole: Delta farmers could start growing more food that people actually eatspecialty crops, such as fruits, vegetables, and other high-value foods.

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Acre Farming Farming Crop 99

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144