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Understanding pH Part One:

UnderstandingAg

Innovative technology and experimentation are challenging this simplistic model of nutrient availability, meaning nutrient availability charts, like the one presented below, are likely overly simplistic. This is yet another reason to prioritize diversity of species in cash crop rotations, cover crop mixes and pasture composition.

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An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

Agritecture Blog

During a normal year, he typically harvests about 150 bushels per acre of corn. Last year, he averaged only 22 per acre. His soybean and wheat crops were also impacted. But there was one crop that suffered less. “It To grow mainstream cash crops like corn and soybeans, you have to have the know-how.

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High Tunnel Soil Management for Season Extension

ATTRA

This is probably because most cool-season greens have a lower nitrogen requirement and there is enough left in the soil from what was supplied to summer crops. Secondly, we know that for each percent of organic matter above 2%, a nitrogen credit of about 20 pounds per acre can be considered before applying nitrogen fertilizer for a crop.

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Investors Rewind 10 Years of AgTech: Supervillains, Heroes and Unexpected Truths

World Agri-Tech

Vipula Shukla, GATES FOUNDATION Vipula Shukla, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture R&D, THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION : “The hero is always the progressive, technology-driven farmer/producer who understands what does and does not add value to their operation. Crops take time to grow. HarvestHero is winning, barely.

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The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?

Modern Farmer

White Appalachian communities came to rely on chestnuts as free feed for their hogs and other livestock, and as a cash crop. That’s long for research scientists, or a plant technology innovator. In 2022, the state and the federal government agreed to return more than 1,000 acres to the Onondaga Nation. It’s too long.”

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Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

Civil Eats

At those tables, farmers could grab an Advanced Acre Rx hat from WinField United, Land O’Lakes’ seed and chemical company, and a water bottle emblazoned with the logo for Truterra , its carbon market platform, in one fell swoop. Advanced Acre Rx is a prescription system that is sold as a way to target inputs for greater efficiency.

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Regenerative Orchard Floor Management

UnderstandingAg

This greatly enhances seed germination, immediately providing symbiosis to the plant, leading to greater cover crop productivity, and the cost is very cheap per acre. If you know the latent seed bank is rich, and vegetation populates on its own, you just To Seed or Not to Seed a Cover Crop?

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