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

UnderstandingAg

In fact, from 2008-2016, croplands expanded at a rate of over one million acres per year, with the eastern half of the Dakotas leading the charge. of new cropland areas produced yields below the national average, with a mean yield deficit of 6.5%. Unfortunately, 69.5% in some spots. Initial soil tests indicated a soil pH of 5.8

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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. Increase Yields More diverse rotations can boost crop yields and resilience.

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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. Increase Yields More diverse rotations can boost crop yields and resilience.

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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. 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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Commentary: America’s Cropland – Talk Is Cheap When It Comes to Sustainability or Organic Farming

Daily Yonder

One way to reduce agricultural chemicals is planting cover crops in the Fall after the cash crop is harvested. Winter cover crops could mean using less fertilizer and herbicide in the Spring. For every acre planted in winter cover, the conservation district would pay the farmers $50.

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High Tunnel Soil Management for Season Extension

ATTRA

But a few studies have indicated that increasing amounts of nitrogen fertilizer has little effect on yield in cool-season tunnel greens production. 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.

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