UnderstandingAg

APRIL 3, 2025

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. Cropland was seeded back to grass in 2014, and cattle were grazed during the 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons. For them, a temporary break from cropping might be a good option.

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Acre Fertilizer Pasture Crop 59

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Planning Winter Cover Crop Rotations Maximizing cover crop benefits in the garden requires strong crop planning with strategic rotations coupled with creative improvision so it’s important to examine strategies and considerations for incorporating cover crops with no-till methods and inter-seeding.

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Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvest 105

Agwired

AUGUST 3, 2023

Group 2 herbicides are commonly used to manage weeds in cereal and other crop rotations and can persist in the soil for months following use.

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Acre Biofuel Production Crop Rotation 52

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Next, he planned to mow down the still-standing plants before sowing rye and vetch, cover crops that would hold the soil in place during the wet winter ahead and fix nitrogen and other nutrients in it, ready for the vegetables he’d seed the coming spring. Nationwide, an average acre of farmland costs $3,800. Still, W.E.B.

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Crop Farmland Acre Food 126

The Farmers Daughter USA

APRIL 28, 2024

It’s a 2,500 acre operation growing sod, tomatoes, seed corn, corn, and soybeans. It’s actually not all that different from any other crop, except it takes about 18 months for it to mature for harvest. But soil quality, pest control, crop rotation, and fertilizers are all used to produce quality sod.

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Farming Farming Crop Rotation Farmland 98

Modern Farmer

JULY 4, 2024

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.

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Cultivation Meadow Farming Farming 107

Daily Yonder

AUGUST 13, 2024

Spread across more than 1,900 acres, the 180 MW Madison Fields project will be one of North America’s largest test grounds for research into agrivoltaics — essentially farming between the rows on photovoltaic solar projects. But raising them is “hard to do on 1,000 acres.” Moser plans to work with other crops, too.

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Farming Farming Forage Acre 98

Agwired

JULY 5, 2024

Examples include but are not limited to cover crops; reduced tillage; nutrient management; irrigation management; diversified crop rotations; buffer implementation; terraces and waterways; precision agriculture and consumer engagement. This honor celebrates U.S. soybean farmers are eligible to apply.

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Seeding Manufacturing Crop Rotation Crop 45

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management. It won’t be easy.

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Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 145

Agwired

JULY 26, 2023

Department of Agriculture unveiled a geospatial product called Crop Sequence Boundaries (CSB) that offers public access to national-scale visual crop rotation data for the first time. based Stine Seed Company announced its expansion into Canada.

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Crop Rotation Science Construction Seeding 40

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But the varieties now springing up in places that have long been dominated by corn, wheat and soybeans aren’t meant to be used for seed. These days, the flax grown for linen is an industrial crop. It spans hundreds of thousands of acres in Europe and Asia. Instead, these new flax farmers are targeting the plants’ fibers.

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Textiles Supply Chain Harvest Harvesting 120

ATTRA

AUGUST 15, 2023

The quarter acre I steward in Northeastern Pennsylvania is, I hope, an incarnation of this contradiction. This spring, I planted a seed pack from High Mowing Seeds. Even the pollinator crops are covers providing multiple benefits. A handful of bloodmeal may do no more than give me the warm-and-fuzzies, but I still do it).

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

From losing seed crops as wildfires rage for weeks, losing entire crops due to erratic freezes, to losing farms as drought dries up available water, farmers’ risks are rising. Currently, CSP only offers SAPs for Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , Improved Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , and Advanced Grazing Management.

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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 84

Civil Eats

JANUARY 29, 2025

The obstacles are particularly acute for Black farmers, who own far fewer acres of farmland today than they did a century ago. Planting the Seeds of Justice This article is part of our ongoing series, Planting the Seeds of Justice , in which we focus on the connections between climate, health, soil health, and equity for farmers of color.

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Farming Farming Acre Seeding 140

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

probably has a road that has ‘mill’ in it,” says Michelle Ajamian, who owns Shagbark Seed & Mill in Athens, Ohio (and in fact happens to live on a Mill Creek Road). By building a market for these small grains, we’re building in economic incentives to have more diversified and sustainable crop rotations,” says Smith.

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Grain Food Marketing Supply Chain 134

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

On a crisp weekend this past fall, 30 state legislators from across the nation descended on TomKat Ranch , an 1,800-acre ranch focused on regenerative agriculture in Pescadero, California, an hour south of San Francisco. Last April, Montana took a notable step in promoting good soil practices by designating an official Healthy Soils Week.

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Agriculture Agriculture Ranching Food 141