Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

No one likes snow in October, but it’s especially unwelcome when there is still crop in the field. For Manitobans, it looks more like December than November 1 out there, but at least harvest is done. For Ontario, however, so many thousands of acres of corn are now very wet and covered in snow, and. Read More

Acre 283

Acre Harvesting Harvester Harvest 283

Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It comes from a policy report published on FarmDocDaily: Concentration of US Principal Crop Acres in Corn and Soybeans. The bottom line: 30% of harvested acres is devoted to corn, and another 30% to soybeans. A post on X (the site formerly known as Twitter) displayed this graph.

Industrial Agriculture 290

Industrial Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Acre 290

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 Harvester Harvest Acre 196

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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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Acre 209

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 21, 2024

As a growing season comes to a close, farmers are eager to clear off the fields and load up the bins, but it’s important not to rush through equipment set up, as machinery settings can make a big difference in final yield if not adjusted for crop conditions. With three to four bushel per acre. With three to four bushel per acre.

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Yield Acre Crop Harvester 282

AgWeb Farm Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to USDA’s final crop progress report of the season, 96% of corn has been harvested — a 3% increase from last week.

Harvester 119

Harvester Harvesting Harvest Acre 119

Modern Farmer

APRIL 7, 2025

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two examples is the amount of crop diversity present. Increase Yields More diverse rotations can boost crop yields and resilience.

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Crop Crop Rotation Farming Farming 57

Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows you see in much of rural North America. 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.

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Seeding Farming Farming Crop 140

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Three out of every 10 acres have been combined so far this fall.

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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Crop 119

AgWeb Farm Journal

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

According to USDA’s crop progress report, 93% of corn has been harvested so far – an increase 5% from this time last week.

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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Acre 100

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. Most of the data refer to industrial crops like corn and soybeans: feed for animals, fuel for automobiles. We should not be growing food crops to produce automobile fuel.

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Agriculture Agriculture Farmland Acre 288

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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Farming Farming Farmland Crop 249

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. Demand for kava soared during this time, especially in Germany, where Hawaiian strains fetched a premium.

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Food Plantation Acre Production 130

Modern Farmer

MARCH 31, 2025

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two examples is the amount of crop diversity present. Increase Yields More diverse rotations can boost crop yields and resilience.

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Crop Crop Rotation Farming Farming 40

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 27, 2023

From drought to an October hailstorm, producers discuss how the weather has wreaked havoc on their cotton crop. "I I just wish we could have harvested what we worked so hard to grow.”

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Acre Harvesting Harvester Harvest 111

AgWeb Farm Journal

DECEMBER 11, 2023

West Texas is the largest cotton production area in the country, but after battling drought and heat, area farmers say the dryland crop is a failure, and the irrigated acres are only yielding half of normal.

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Crop Acre Harvester Harvesting 114

Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Farmers utilize a range of modern toolsfrom task management applications and drones that monitor crop health to sensors and software that help forecast yields. This shift to a data-driven approach not only enhances farm operations but can significantly improve harvest outcomes, turning a good year into an exceptional one.

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Farming Farming Technology Yield 97

Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Cotton Spin: While the abandonment rate remained the same, USDA cut yield per harvested acre across nine states in their September WASDE report. Learn more, plus other adjustments reflected in this week's report.

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Crop Acre Yield Harvesting 105

Food Tank

AUGUST 13, 2024

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) is an organization working in Central America to provide technical assistance and training to rural farming families that will help them produce food in a more sustainable way. The environmental restoration of each farm is only one part of our program. Become a member today by clicking here.

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Harvesting Harvester Harvest Food 116

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows of corn you see in much of rural North America. Kotutwa Johnson with a harvested ear of Hopi white corn. His harvest looks unique, too. Ill be able to propagate these.

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Seeding Crop Farming Farming 80

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 Harvest 70

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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Seeding Crop Agriculture Agriculture 144

Western FarmPress

AUGUST 21, 2023

A Texas Coastal Bend producer yielded a career-best, harvesting more than 10,000 pounds to the acre. Planters Co-op handled 6.4 million bushels, over a million more than normal. The yields were astronomical."

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Crop Yield Acre Harvesting 98

Modern Farmer

MARCH 24, 2025

Grow Vertically Growing vertically allows for bigger harvests in compact gardening spaces. Grow vining crops on trellises. Plant low-growing crops like beets, lettuce, and carrots on either side of the trellised crop to further maximize your space. When youre working with limited square footage, consider growing up.

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Farming Farming Construction 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

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. Microgreens at Kupu Place.

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 123

ATTRA

MARCH 1, 2025

.” The report’s 13 authors identified the resource needs of key species that live among the state’s approximately 500,000 acres of rice fields, including snakes, birds, and fish.

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Straw Science Acre Harvesting 52

Agricultural Economics Insights

APRIL 7, 2024

This week, we are reviewing and reviewing a two-part post from this year ( Global Acreage Higher Again in 2023 , Part II: The Oilseed Surge ) World Harvested Acres 2.458 billion crop acres were harvested in 2023, a new record high (Figure 1). Global crop acreage is 97.9m Data Source: USDA FAS, AEI.ag

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Crop Acre Harvesting Harvest 67

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 4, 2024

The solar farm Alliant Energy completed construction on the 10-acre Alliant Energy Solar Farm on the ISU research farms near Ames, Iowa in the fall of 2023. The remainder of the crops will be planted in the spring. Traditional Iowa crops such as corn and soybeans were avoided due to the need for large equipment and the small acreage.

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Crop Production Science Agriculture 134

Agwired

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By bringing businesses such as agronomists, truckers, and custom harvesters—into Bushel’s payment network, farmers and agribusinesses can now avoid the hassle of traditional checks and ACH delays, achieving near real-time payments tailored specifically for agriculture.

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Manufacturing Science Greenhouse Supply Chain 81

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Students tend to their kalo crop. Even more impressive is that through their partnership with Hawaii Land Trust, they harvested a kiawe tree log at Mhukona and made stunning trays on which to serve the food, and chopsticks for the judges utensils. Food served on boards from a harvested kiawe tree. Photo by Libby Leonard.

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Ranching Crop Cultivation Food 84

ProAg

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

state to complete soybean harvest in 2023. USDA data reveals the state’s soybean growers finished harvesting their crop the week ending November 5. However, the quality of the crop remained good. However, the quality of the crop remained good. Read more on soybean harvest in Louisiana here.

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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Forestry 59

ProAg

JULY 26, 2023

Sunflower acres have decreased 20% this year compared to 2022 at 1.35 million acres. Harvested areas are also expected to decrease by 20% to 1.29 million acres. Oil-type sunflower acres are down 24% from last year, while non-oil varieties are estimated at 164,000, up 15% from last year.

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Acre Harvesting Harvest Harvester 52

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Waving fields of wheat once stippled the sunny lands of San Diego County, but higher-value crops supplanted it more than a century ago. On a sparkling spring day in March, Ellis and a crew of volunteers gathered at Rio Del Rey Farm to pull weeds from rows of experimental dry-farmed wheat crops.

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Grain Seeding Farming Farming 138

The Equation

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

They also provide habitats for roughly half of endangered species, from cranes to crocodiles, and 75% of harvested fish and shellfish. million acres of wetlands in the Upper Midwest prevent almost $23 billion in flood damage to residential properties every year, amounting to an estimated $323 billion to $754 billion in long-term savings.

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Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture Industrial Agriculture 92

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

I had to rely on others to eat, and it was really difficult,” says Bista, who is one of six refugee farmers employed by New Leaf Agriculture, a 20-acre organic operation located in Manor, Texas. At age 30, she was forced to seek asylum in Nepal, and for the next 19 years, she was unable to work or grow her own food. “I

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Crop Cultivation Textiles Farming 124

Farm QA

AUGUST 14, 2023

The sugarbeet harvests in Minnesota and North Dakota are gearing up to begin around August 15th, weather permitting. This year, the crop saw an earlier planting compared to the previous year, averaging several weeks ahead. Furthermore, the majority of the crop acres are showcasing good to excellent plant populations.

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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Acre 52