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Precision Ag News 1/30

Agwired

Farm Journal has entered a strategic partnership with Randy Dowdy and David Hula, lifelong farmers and founders of Total Acre. Americas Cultivation Corridor released the results from a new survey commissioned to identify perceptions of Iowas food and agriculture industry. Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc.

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The Case for Tractor Farming

ATTRA

Increase Productivity One major reason to adopt tractor farming is that it makes it possible to cultivate larger areas in less time, with less hired help, and less backbreaking work. Mechanizing tasks like bed shaping, planting, and cultivation is game-changing. Proper tilling and cultivation help with pest management.

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Organics, Carbon Farming, and Cultivating Soil (and Values!)

Hartwood Farm

Even putting aside organics, a farmer with a thousand acres running a grass-fed regenerative beef operation on paper might appear less efficient next to a thousand acre farm growing corn. More rocking cover crops—in 2014, this field only grew rye that reached my knee.

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Whose Farm Is More Sustainable? Calculating Farm Sustainability.

DTN

Two neighbors, Farmer A and Farmer B: both farm 1,000 acres and use the same crop rotation schedule. Farmer A tills 30% of their fields, uses cover crops on 20%, and applies anhydrous ammonia. Farmer B tills 50% of their fields, uses cover crops on 40%, and uses stable nitrogen sources. Consider this scenario.

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Best Practices for Managing Plant Nutrients

Farmbrite

Nutrients and irrigation speed up crop development, increase crop yield and prevent contamination. Healthy Crops Start with Your Soil The foundation of healthy crops begins with healthy soil. To cultivate robust crops, understanding the soil's condition is vital, which is where soil testing comes in.

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When Not Farming is the Best Use of Land

Modern Farmer

In return, they are paid a yearly rental rate per acre of land enrolled in CRP programs. In 2023, he USDA Farm Service Agency made more than $1.77 billion in payments to agricultural producers and landowners enrolled in all CRP programs, and more than 23 million acres of private land in the US was being conserved.

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To Reverse a Troubling Trend, Farmers Are Adding Rocks to Their Fields

Modern Farmer

Pre-cultivation, the region owed the healthy pH of its soils to the lucky coincidence of sitting atop a volcanic bed. ” Former professional football player turned farmer Jason Brown also tried basalt powder last spring on First Fruits Farm, his 1,000-acre farmstead in Louisburg, North Carolina.