Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2023

Beyond just improving crop yields and reducing input costs, farms can monitor their fields from across the world. They can use drones to get aerial views without trekking through acres and acres. Advances in agriculture technology have allowed farmers to do incredible things in recent years.

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Supply Chain Food Technology Manufacturing 98

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Rodale Institute , a nonprofit research institution for organic farming, cites that every acre of land farmed with plastic mulch creates upwards of 120 pounds of waste that typically end up in landfill, or otherwise break down into the soil or nearby watersheds. As contamination rose, crop yields fell by 15 percent.

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Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Production 145

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As well, changes in temperature make it harder for plants to photosynthesize, so crop yields are dropping. Last year, farmers in Canada planted close to 555,000 acres of mustard seed, producing 161,781 tons, primarily in Saskatchewan. But amid challenging weather conditions, yields have plummeted in recent years.

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Seeding Manufacturing Yield Harvester 113

World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Rootella Carbon harnesses the power of Rootella – highly effective mycorrhizal inoculants that are proven to sequester significant amounts of carbon in cropland (1-4 tCO 2 eq/acre annually). million acres in 17 countries. Rootella Carbon delivers on that vision by paving the way to a gigaton of CO 2 sequestration in the next decade.”

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Agwired

AUGUST 15, 2024

percent year-to-date according to new data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). The project will introduce a state-of-the art technology that aims to transform how and when farmers water their fields, optimizing crop yields, reducing water withdrawals and lowering operational costs. bushels per acre.

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Tractor Manufacturing Acre Agriculture 40

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 18, 2024

They worried about damage to their farms, to drainage tiles and crop yields. In Ohio, the average value was $8,040 an acre last year, according to the USDA. But in Central Ohio, a farmer recently sold 227 acres of farmland to Microsoft for $29 million. The lines will clear-cut 55 acres of trees. Who could say no?

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Acre Construction Ruralism Harvester 111

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Your energy mix Over the last year or so, utility companies across the country have woken up to a new reality : After two decades of flat growth, electricity demand is about to spike, due to the combined pressures of new data centers, cryptocurrency mining, a manufacturing boom, and the electrification of buildings and transportation.

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