Real Agriculture

JULY 21, 2023

There are all shapes and sizes of farms, and with that, comes many different ways that people set up infrastructure, grain handling, and how they make best use of equipment. It’s not a one size fits all sort of deal, as someone who has 30,000 acres is going to be looking for something very different. Read More

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Grain Acre Farming Farming 245

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 21, 2025

Crop insurance is the cornerstone of the farm safety net, insuring farms for losses from unpredictable weather, market fluctuations, and other risks. How Does Federal Crop Insurance Work? The 2022 Census of Agriculture revealed that 369,393 farm operations had crop insurance, covering a total of 298 million acres.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 70

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 7, 2024

bushels per acre. bushels/acre, while John Kilbourne of Ontario finished third with a yield of 160.2 bushels/acre. Hosted by Grain Farmers of Ontario, Michigan State University, Michigan. Nick Suwyn from Michigan has topped the 2024 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network wheat yield contest with 171.9 Read More

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Yield Acre Grain Production 304

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The USDA boosted its harvested area for corn by 774 thousand acres to 87.1 million acres, resulting in a U.S. Markets came under pressure following the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s September supply/demand report on Tuesday. corn production estimate of 15.1 billion bushels — slightly above trade expectations.

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Acre Yield Harvesting Harvest 253

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. Read More

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Acre 311

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 14, 2024

Flory, host of AgriTalk, says the USDA’s move to knock off 700,000 acres of corn and add a million soybean acres does make sense, but. Flory, host of AgriTalk, says the USDA’s move to knock off 700,000 acres of corn and add a million soybean acres does make sense, but. Read More

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Acre Yield Crop Grain 274

Real Agriculture

JUNE 1, 2023

A new report commissioned by the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) and the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation (SSGF) looks at the differences in profitability between cow-calf and annual crop production in southwest Saskatchewan. Read More

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Acre Grain Ranching Crop 130

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 29, 2024

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and if you’re not measuring grain loss out the back of the combine, you could be losing two, four and even 10 bushels an acre on the harvest pass. Recognizing that both header loss and combine loss contribute to lower yield and volunteer issues for the next season,… Read More

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Acre 196

Real Agriculture

JANUARY 24, 2024

What do you get when two Canadians descend on the Northern U.S.? Why, a pulses market outlook, of course. This week, Chuck Penner of Leftfield Commodity Research, was a keynote speaker at the Northern Pulse Growers Association AGM. Shaun Haney hosted RealAg Radio from the meeting, and that gave the pair a chance to talk.

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Marketing Acre Grain Production 291

Real Agriculture

MAY 10, 2024

India is nearly half-way through a six-week election period, and the government there is making sure it stays in the citizens’ good graces. That, in part, may have driven the decision by India to further extend a dropped tariff on imported peas out to October. Chuck Penner, founder of Leftfield Commodity Research, says that India.

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Acre Grain Marketing Production 273

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. AgriLife Extension grain marketing economist in the Texas. Read More → The post Corn crop conditions improve as acres and prices decline appeared first on AgriLife Today. Mark Welch, Ph.D.,

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Acre Crop Grain Yield 83

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.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Acre 209

Food Politics

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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. Percent of farmland used for oilseeds or grains: 32% Percent of farmland used for beef cattle: 40% Average age of farmers: 58.1 (up It summarizes the highlights: Number of farms: 1.9

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Agriculture Agriculture Farmland Acre 288

Real Agriculture

JUNE 28, 2023

The agency released its June field crop survey results on Wednesday (June 28), and it underlined a shift away from pulses and smaller acreage crops toward growing more canola, wheat, soybeans, and corn. Read More

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Crop Acre Grain Marketing 130

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. Exports fell and imports rose for vegetables, fruits, melons, and key food grains. of US farmland.

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Farming Farming Farmland Food 249

Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The increase in domestic soybean demand means more money could come back to the farmer and puts pressure on the industry to find the proper balance of protein crops.

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Acre Grain Crop 116

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

At night, and on weekends, he’s a serious sourdough bread baker—and an aspiring grain farmer. After looking in vain for an affordable local wheat source, Ellis decided to experiment with dry-farming the grain himself on a small piece of land 45 miles north of San Diego, in rural Valley Center.

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Grain Seeding Farming Farming 138

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. Our governments misplaced prioritization of growing and exporting low-value crops, which primarily benefits the corporations dominating our food system, is reflected in Americas public health. The number of U.S.

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Food Production Crop Farming 133

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The farm safety net, which includes commodity support programs and federal crop insurance, is a fundamental component of any farm bill. These programs primarily benefit a limited number of commodity producers, leaving behind many farmers, including small, beginning, and specialty crop farmers. In 2023, there were 239.7

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Farming Farming Acre Farmland 64

Agricultural Economics Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

planted nearly 50 million acres of wheat for the 2023 harvest, the largest acreage since 2016. That year’s winter wheat crop, which accounted for an average of 73% of total wheat acres, was the first crop planted after the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine sent wheat prices soaring. million acres.

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Acre Crop Grain Harvesting 70

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

It’s a great gateway crop,” says Don DiLillo, owner of Finest Foods in Huntington, New York, for ushering in a new breed of novice farmers. Yet with California’s agricultural hub dominated by large-scale farms and commodity crops, he’s found a comfortable niche at his local farmers market.

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 123

ProAg

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is beefing up crop insurance options for specialty crop and organic producers, including rolling out new and expanded options based on feedback from America’s agricultural producers. From 1990 to 2022, liabilities for insured specialty crops rose from $1 billion to more than $23 billion.

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Crop Yield Farming Farming 105

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 Harvesting 105

Modern Farmer

JUNE 27, 2024

The two-acre vegetable operation is owned by Nyland Cohousing Community, a 42-house community established with the aim of creating connection and supporting sustainable ideals. It was a serendipitous moment that helped inspire Waves of Grain to use its resources to establish an incubator farm. “It’s that things can go wrong.

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Grain Farming Farming Food 135

DTN

JULY 24, 2023

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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Farming Farming Crop Rotation Grain 98

ProAg

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now offering crop insurance for sesame producers nationwide. Beginning in the 2024 crop year, the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding the Actual Production History (APH) plan to allow producers to request written agreements anywhere sesame or a similar crop has been grown successfully.

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Crop Acre Grain Harvesting 59

ProAg

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

While cover crops might not be the first management practice to come to mind when thinking of pork production, the National Pork Board says the conservation tactic is critical in their efforts to enhance sustainability as an industry. After all, sustainably grown grain and protein means more sustainable pigs.

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Crop Acre Grain Production 59

DTN

MARCH 21, 2024

Change is coming, but slower than we need Compared to the 2017 census, no-till practices and cover crops were up but not at the rate needed to keep pace with climate change. Cover crop acres increased to 18 million total acres, a 17% increase, but when compared to total farmland, this represents only 6% of 300 million acres.

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Acre Biofuel Ranching Crop 103

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Agroforestry—the integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems—has been used since ancient times to produce fruits, nuts, coffee, cocoa and medicinal herbs. They farm on 130 acres of the land on which her father and grandfather had raised hogs. They ate grains that couldn’t be sold.” Johnson laughs.

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Acre Farming Farming Pasture 126

Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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 We’re seeing the power of storytelling, too.

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Food Grain Ranching Crop Rotation 130

Food Tank

APRIL 29, 2024

Under the New Deal Farm Bill, a farmer faced with low corn prices could switch to another crop or even idle a portion of farmland in exchange for financial support. The incentive to grow corn under the Wall Street Farm Bill is so strong that processors like Cargill have sought out new uses for the crop.

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Family Farming Acre Farming Farming 98

Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This was because traditional farming systems allowed the field to be a habitat for the vast range of species which used to coexist in the understory of crops or grasslands, without unduly compromising productivity. Last year we produced an acre of carrots for schools in West Wales, using no chemical fertilisers or pesticides.

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Food Production Farmland Farming 78

Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Wheat is one of the world’s most essential staple crops, providing essential carbohydrates and nutrients for a significant portion of the global population. This article will guide you through the key aspects of wheat management, including planting, fertilizing, irrigating, harvesting, and crop rotation.

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Yield Seeding Grain Crop Rotation 52

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

For three years, Nathanael Gonzales-Siemens drove up California’s coast for 14 hours every month for a routine task: milling his grain into flour. “I We’ve got 150 acres of grain.” As California has lost much of its grain to higher value crops, small flour mills and grain cleaning businesses have disappeared, too.

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Grain Orchard Farming Farming 144

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

million acres of corn and 10 million acres of soybeans, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Information. And in the Midwest, 127 million acres of land overall are dedicated to ag, said the USDA. Of the Midwest’s overall acres, 75 percent are covered by corn and soybeans.

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Food Acre Greenhouse Farming 124

DTN

JUNE 14, 2023

But now, people outside the industry are paying attention to how crops are grown, as an increasing number of food companies, grain buyers, and consumers seek ingredients grown using sustainable practices. And with increased attention on agricultural practices are increased market opportunities for agribusinesses and grain growers.

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Grain Agriculture Agriculture Marketing 52

Agricultural Economics Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

harvested an estimated 340,000 acres of sweet corn – or just 0.5% of the area harvested for feed grain corn. Figure 1 shows the USDA’s NASS acreage estimates since 2016, which capture a notable decline of 138,000 acres, or 29%. Sweet Corn Acres, 2016-2022. In Alaska, 14 farms raised a total of three acres.

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Acre Processing Distribution Harvesting 98