Food Tank

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Trisha and Nolan Zachman farm in a small town two hours west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a fourth-generation farmer, Trisha says that her farm today looks a lot different from her childhood. Trisha grew up farming with her family, and she knew she would one day raise her own family on a farm.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 5, 2023

How do you cover acres quickly during planting season with big equipment without causing compaction and compromising yield? The brothers farm in Perth County, Ont., Read More How do you cover acres quickly during planting season with big equipment without causing compaction and compromising yield?

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 24, 2024

Biologicals hold great promise for improving crop production. From increasing root activity, soil microbes, and nutrient availability to building plant resiliency to abiotic stresses — this emerging crop input segment is bursting with product choices. Read More Biologicals hold great promise for improving crop production.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

So you want to farm, but you’re not sure where to start. Farming at any scale – whether it’s a countertop herb garden or an acre of land – can be intimidating. You’ll find out how to grow hemp and other profitable crops. You’ll find out how to grow hemp and other profitable crops.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Because farming is so central to our nation’s identity—and its idea of itself—this future can feel fraught. In 2012, the USDA forecast that most (70 percent) family farms would transfer hands over the next 20 years. Will family farms as we know and love them survive, and how do the ones that are thriving now do it?

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Farm Action , an organization devoted to stopping corporate agrocultural monopolies and building fair competition in rural America, has issued a short report, Balancing the US Agricuiltural Trade Deficit with Higher Value Food Crops. million acres of higher value fruit, vegetables, and melons would be needed to generate $32.9B

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Trimble Agriculture

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Back in 2018, we saw the impacts of these events directly when several members of our team stayed with a South Georgia multigenerational farm owner and his family in Camilla, Georgia, through Hurricane Michael. Visit our page to explore resources designed to help your farm or ranch rebuild, recover, and remain resilient.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Technology is transforming many traditional industries, and farming is no exception. Lets explore the landscape of modern farming and uncover the role data plays. Understanding Data-Driven Farming Farming today is more than just relying on instinct or what was done in the past. What Kind of Data is Being Used?

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

This year was a pretty hot and dry year, but still, some of the crops I raised did pretty well, he says with a satisfied smile. Photo courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson) Dry farming has been a Hopi tradition for several millennia. Photo courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson) Dry farming has been a Hopi tradition for several millennia.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 5, 2024

There's a lot that goes into farming and there's a lot to think about before buying land for your farm. Finding the best farmland for your new farm involves several key steps to ensure you choose a location that meets your needs and goals. Consider the size of the land you need based on your farming plans.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In the heart of Louisiana, about 100 miles north of Baton Rouge, lies the rain-soaked farm that lured Konda Mason away from California in 2020. Instead of growing rice in flooded paddies to prevent weeds from overtaking the crop, SRI farmers treat rice like a vegetable, irrigating it as needed and using other weed control methods.

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Plantation Acre Farming Farming 126

UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

By: Ron Nichols, Understanding Ag, LLC Every day on his farm, Luke Bergler sees the connection between healthy soil, healthy grass, healthy animals and healthy people. When he pushes a shovel into the soft, well-aggregated soil on his 240-acre farm near Ridgeway, Minnesota, Bergler sees more earthworms than he ever thought imaginable.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

As the 119th Congress begins , the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) reauthorization is again on the agenda after numerous extensions. The farm safety net, which includes commodity support programs and federal crop insurance, is a fundamental component of any farm bill. What are ARC and PLC?

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It summarizes the highlights: Number of farms: 1.9 million (down 7% from 2017) Average size: 463 acres (up 5%) Total farmland: 880 million acres of farmland (down 2%), accounting for 39% of all U.S. Average farm income: $79,790. Farms with sales of $50,000 or less: 1.4 million (74% of farms); they sell 2%.

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Agriculture Agriculture Farmland Acre 288

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

At Farm Credit of Southern Colorado, we take great pride in supporting the families who shape agriculture in our region. The Mattive family of Worley Family Farms has spent generations cultivating success in the San Luis Valley, and their story is one of resilience, dedication, and innovation.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only 330 million people, the U.S. farms producing food for consumption has been steadily declining for years, making us more reliant on other countries as we resort to importing necessary foods. Farm Actions research determined that by shifting less than 0.5

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Since 2012, Gail Taylor has built healthy soil, provided hundreds of local families with fresh tomatoes and turnips, and fostered community on less than an acre at Three Part Harmony Farm in northeast Washington, D.C. Turnips from Three Part Harmony Farm (left). is the realization of more than 15 years of work.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It turns out a system that relies less on row crops isn’t just good for a time- and resource-strapped young farmer. Yet the bucolic scene belies an environmental problem roiling beneath the surface: The groundwater in this part of Minnesota is so contaminated with nitrates running off farm fields that the U.S.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 140

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 20, 2024

Potassium deficiency can cost soybean growers as much as five to seven bushels per acre if the levels of the key nutrient sink below critical vales. If farm fields show a deficit, how much potash should be broadcast to maintain yield? If farm fields show a deficit, how much potash should be broadcast to maintain yield?

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

flatland of small, half-abandoned towns surrounded by large, mechanized farms. The farms mostly grow commoditiessoybeans, corn, cotton, and rice. The history of how this happenedhow one of the countrys most fertile farming regions became a knot of poverty, hunger, and racial injusticeis complicated and painful.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Kava has endured a long history of adversity, said Lakea Trask, a Hawaiian farmer and local activist who cultivates kava and other Native crops for Kanaka Kava , his familys farm-to-table restaurant in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island. As kavas allure grows, so, too, have local restrictions. In Florida, the so-called U.S.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 23, 2024

Texas Crop and Weather Report – April 23, 2024 Corn prices are down, and acres in Texas and across the U.S. Read More → The post Corn crop conditions improve as acres and prices decline appeared first on AgriLife Today. Mark Welch, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension grain marketing economist in the Texas.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 12, 2024

Efficiency is everything when timeframes are tight and acres are many. Read More Efficiency is everything when timeframes are tight and acres are many. Read More Efficiency is everything when timeframes are tight and acres are many. Read More

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 18, 2024

High-capacity combines are finding a fit in edible bean fields as growers look to cover more soy, corn, wheat and edible acres with fewer machines, and also take advantage of their gentler grain handling capabilities. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin rides along with Fred Van Osch of Van Osch.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Acre 317

Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Sustainable aviation fuels growth in camelina acres, creates crop rotation opportunity in fallow years.

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Crop Rotation Crop Acre Farming 111

Real Agriculture

JANUARY 10, 2024

Labour shortage is an issue for farming around the globe and an expanding list of agricultural equipment manufacturers are looking to autonomous robots to provide a solution for their customers. Read More

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

On a drizzly November day, Masra Clamoungou, the farm manager for Small Axe Farm, was getting ready for winter. Small Axe is part of a patchwork of farms east of Seattle, between the pine-filled Cascade foothills and the maple-lined banks of the Sammamish River.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Nutrients and irrigation speed up crop development, increase crop yield and prevent contamination. Implementing the following practices can increase the efficient use of nutrients in your farm or growing system. The best amount of nutrients will vary between crop species, soil, precipitation, and more.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Manitoba growers are very familiar with the challenges and opportunities of farming in the region. Steve Ganczar’s farm, Plowboy Acres near Dauphin, Manitoba, has seen generations of change. “We We are typically growing double the crop my parents were 15-20 years ago just by trying some different products and techniques.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Chekeita Strong, a former youth staff member at Grow Dat Youth Farm, sits by the bayou at the farm in New Orleans. But she was also a crew member at Grow Dat Youth Farm, an organization that teaches young people like herself leadership skills while they learn about sustainable agriculture. Photography by Minh Ha/Verite News.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

This year was a pretty hot and dry year, but still, some of the crops I raised did pretty well, he says with a satisfied smile. Dry farming has been a Hopi tradition for several millennia. For instance, the Dry Farming Institute in Oregon lists a dozen farms it partners with, growing anything from tomatoes to zucchini.

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Seeding Crop Farming Farming 78

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Photo credit: NRCS EDITOR’S NOTE: On October 9, 2024, NSAC released Stewarding Success: CSP Under the 2018 Farm Bill , a comprehensive analysis of the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) over the course of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill).

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

New research published in Scientific Reports describes a breakthrough in nitrogen fertilizer technology seen as the first new mode of nitrogen action in crops to be discovered in a century. This suggests PROVEN 40 can be integrated into nutrient management plans while maintaining crop productivity.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Its 2,800 acres—the first protected habitat for the wild relatives of crops in the United States—now shelter not just a single pepper but at least 45 different species. Forest Service to identify and collect other wild relatives of crops in this area. In the U.S. Arizona is the third driest state in the U.S.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 12, 2024

At Argus Farm Stop, the shelves are full of locally raised vegetables and fruit, herbs, beef, chicken, fish, and more. Beets from one local farm snuggle up against sunchokes from another, across eggs from yet another. Argus represents an emerging business model, the farm stop, which connects consumers and farmers in a local food web.

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ProAg

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Per Product Management Bulletin PM-23-049 , the following changes to the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) plan of insurance and the Micro Farm program will be applicable for the 2024 and succeeding policy years: Allow all eligible producers to qualify for 80% and 85% coverage levels under WFRP.

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Farming Farming Crop Acre 105