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Food as Filler OR Food as Medicine?

UnderstandingAg

farm production more than doubled, and farm size increased from an average of 215 acres in 1950 to 464 acres in 2023. farm output nearly tripled, while global grain production has more than quadrupled since 1950 and has doubled since 1975. is losing an average of two tons of topsoil per acre annually. 50% of U.S.

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Whose Farm Is More Sustainable? Calculating Farm Sustainability.

DTN

As discussions around sustainably grown grain become more prominent, it raises the question, “What qualifies it as sustainably grown?” It’s a question that has multiple answers since the current sustainable grain market is segmented, with multiple programs initiating their own certification requirements. Consider this scenario.

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From Seed to Grain: How to Grow Wheat for Optimal Yields

Cropaia

This article will guide you through the key aspects of wheat management, including planting, fertilizing, irrigating, harvesting, and crop rotation. million seeds per acre, depending on factors like soil quality and local conditions. Adequate moisture is particularly critical during the grain-filling stage.

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Videos Highlight Weed Management on Organic Grain Farm

ATTRA

Manage Weeds on Your Farm: The Martens Farm and Blind Cultivation on the Martens Farm highlight practices used by Klaas and Mary-Howell Martens on their nearly 2,000-acre organic farm in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Related ATTRA publication: Weed Management in Organic Small Grains

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We Can’t Achieve Food Justice if We Don’t Prioritize Soil Health

Food Tank

As Adrian Lipscombe, a chef and the Founder of the 40 Acres Project, put it: “If we don’t have soil health, we’re not going to have food.” Farmers can use techniques like no-till growing, cover cropping, rotational grazing and planting, and implementing other buffers against erosion. “We And they’re pushing innovation.

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On the Ground with the Midwest Farmers Going All-In On Agroforestry

Modern Farmer

They farm on 130 acres of the land on which her father and grandfather had raised hogs. A small sheep herd that was on the property from when her parents farmed the land was integrated into organic crop rotation. They ate grains that couldn’t be sold.” They were a rough crew of sheep!” Johnson laughs.

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Young Farmers Cultivating Change

Modern Farmer

AKreGeneration is committed to restoring the land for generations to come, acre by AKre. Some of the different practices we use include: diverse crop rotation, cover crops, intercropping, low chemical use, biological fertilizer and seed treatment, soil amendments, and livestock incorporation. Why farming?