Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Thats because so much rice is grown around the world: Roughly 11 percent of all arable land is devoted to this crop, a daily staple for half the people on Earth. In November, her farm in Alexandria achieved a milestone by harvesting its first full acre of rice after three years of smaller trials, marking their best harvest yet.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In China, for example, research shows that plastic field covers keep the soil warm and wet in a way that boosts productivity considerably; an additional 15,000 square miles of arable land—an area about the size of Switzerland—would be required to produce the same amount of food.

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World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Rootella Carbon harnesses the power of Rootella – highly effective mycorrhizal inoculants that are proven to sequester significant amounts of carbon in cropland (1-4 tCO 2 eq/acre annually). million acres in 17 countries. Rootella Carbon delivers on that vision by paving the way to a gigaton of CO 2 sequestration in the next decade.”

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

With a population of almost half a million, the region is known for its arable land and stunning vistas – the “Tuscany of America,” according to local rancher Bronte Edwards. In a country dominated by large-scale farming operations comprising thousands of acres of monocrops, Sonoma County is an outlier. farm is 464 acres.)

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The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 18, 2024

This is the result of rapid advances in precision biology that have allowed us to make huge strides in precision fermentation, a process that allows us to program microorganisms to produce almost any complex organic molecule. By 2035, 60 percent of the land currently used for livestock and feed production will be freed for other uses.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Industrialized fish, poultry, and meat processing are far removed from consumer consciousness by design—corporations spend millions lobbying lawmakers to resist transparency, and to eschew regulations that hinder maximum profit. The couple decided to grow, in addition to vegetables, an heirloom variety of wheat called Sonora.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 29, 2025

But the sheer volume of data, different scenarios and scientific implications are very difficult for anyone to process, and this is where AI is helping farmers, says Feroz Sheikh, Chief Information and Digital Officer at Syngenta Group. This will continue to grow and become the norm.

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