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Understanding pH: Success Stories: Growing Sollutions to Soil pH Challenges

UnderstandingAg

Cropland to Pastureland As discussed in part 2 of this series, many conventional cropping practices acidify the soil unnaturally quickly. The reasons vary, but common culprits include excessive N fertilizer use and the loss of organic matter. He applied two tons of lime per acre that year, but did not apply any more lime after that.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

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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Crop Diversity Benefits: Why Variety is Key to Sustainable Farming

Modern Farmer

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two examples is the amount of crop diversity present. In turn, this led to an increase in yields.

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Understanding pH Part One:

UnderstandingAg

On the other hand, conventional management of cropland and pastureland has acidified many millions of acres unnaturally quickly in the past century or so, and this is the real issue at hand. 2 Nitrogen Source Fertilizer Analysis (N-P-K) Lime Required (lb CaCO 3 /lb N) Anhydrous ammonia 82-0-0 1.8 Urea 46-0-0 1.8

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A Satellite Image Exposes the ‘Bare Facts’ About Conventional Ag

UnderstandingAg

There's 270 acres inside that red boundary (so consider that when determining perspective and the percentage of area-wide coverage comparatively. The green area bounded by the red line is less than half a section, and the full image comprises about 81 sections for a total of 52,000 acres.

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Can Taller Cover Crops Help Clean the Water in Farm Country?

Civil Eats

It works as both a cover crop and forage for the cattle, and it’s helping Bedtka build up organic matter in his soil. Corn requires lots of nitrogen, and it’s by far the most commonly used fertilizer in the United States. Iowa farmers, for example, apply it on 87 percent of their fields at a rate of 149 pounds per acre.

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Crop Diversity Benefits: Why Variety is Key to Sustainable Farming

Modern Farmer

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two examples is the amount of crop diversity present. In turn, this led to an increase in yields.

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