Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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. Iowa farmers, for example, apply it on 87 percent of their fields at a rate of 149 pounds per acre.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 140

DTN

JULY 24, 2023

Different agricultural practices emit or sequester different amounts of carbon, so multiple farming practices must be considered when determining a farm’s environmental impact. Two neighbors, Farmer A and Farmer B: both farm 1,000 acres and use the same crop rotation schedule. reduced tillage, cover crops, treed acres).

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Farming Farming Crop Rotation Grain 98

Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Implementing the following practices can increase the efficient use of nutrients in your farm or growing system. But before that, you need to learn and understand the specific irrigation and nutrient management practices for better farming outcomes. One way we see farms overspending is through the overuse of fertilizers.

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UnderstandingAg

MAY 8, 2024

Using data shown in Table 1, each ton of forage harvested at the boot stage removes 76, 6, and 76 lb/acre of N, P, and K, respectively. The table below illustrates the nutrient content of manure (urine and feces) from a finishing animal (I didn’t find applicable information for a lactating beef cow/calf).

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Manure Crop Forage Processing 122

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The experience led him to start learning about regenerative agriculture and the benefits raising chickens could have for the soil fertility and sustainability of his nine acres. Siewicki started Vital Mission Farm with the hopes of helping to create a more sustainable food industry. But, starting the farm didn’t come easy at first.

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Poultry Farming Farming Processing 128

Civil Eats

MARCH 13, 2024

The idea, the manager explained, was that Supreme Beef would run a feedlot, and Feeder Creek would supply a biodigester, a machine that would process manure and capture the resulting methane to be sold as energy. We need at least 10,000 cows to get enough manure for the amount of methane we want to generate,’” Stone said.

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Manure Cattle Construction Farming 145

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

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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Farming Farming Farmland Livestock 97

ATTRA

AUGUST 15, 2023

On the gate hangs an 18-inch-long pallet board with the words “Mad Farm” painted in green. The quarter acre I steward in Northeastern Pennsylvania is, I hope, an incarnation of this contradiction. It has reified the value I place on this farm/garden as a place of connection. This year was different.

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Manure Fertilizer Crop Carryover 52

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 28, 2023

Payne operates a 300-acre regenerative farm in Concordia, Missouri, an hour outside of Kansas City, where he raises sheep and cattle. Rooted in preindustrial farming, the method involves intentionally incorporating trees on the same land used by grazing livestock, in a way that benefits both.

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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. Wendy Johnson’s ‘natural savannah’ Wendy Johnson and her husband, Johnny Rafkin, own Jóia Food & Fiber Farm, in Charles City, Iowa. Johnson laughs.

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Acre Pasture Farming Farming 126

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Dumping manure in public spaces, hurling eggs at government buildings, blocking major roads —the European farmers who have taken to the streets to challenge free trade policies sure know how to raise a ruckus. Thus far, the protests offer some takeaways for American food and farm activists. Matters are much the same in the US.

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Manure Farming Farming Production 108

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.” Healthy soils, boosted by regenerative farming practices , can sequester more carbon from the atmosphere and more effectively store and drain water. Let’s put this in the next Farm Bill!

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

The ice cream shop is an extension of the Nicholson family’s sixth-generation, 120-acre farm in nearby Ferndale. milk supply, mostly on industrial farms in the Central Valley. These farms hold, on average, around 2,300 cows. Herds in Wisconsin, the second-largest producer, average 177 cows.) It’s one of a kind.”

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Pasture Production Marketing Supply Chain 142

UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Fertilizers and animal manures are a special case, because whether the ultimate result is net positive or negative depends on how they are managed. Overapplying fertilizers or manure (especially high N fertilizers or anaerobic pit manure) can create nutrient imbalances, increase salt loads, and disrupt soil function.

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Manure Fertilizer Crop Crop Rotation 90

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’ve got 150 acres of grain.” He found this disconcerting, not only for himself but the future of small-scale grain farming in California, once known for its golden hills of grain. As for Gonzales-Siemens, he often helps transport equipment between farms. “It’s not a novel idea.

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Grain Orchard Farming Farming 144

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a multi-part blog series analyzing the Farm Food and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA), which was reported out of the House Agriculture Committee on Friday, May 24. Overall, FFNSA misses the mark and fails to sufficiently address the most fundamental threat to our food and farm system.

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Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 83

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

At Georges Mill Farm in northern Virginia, Molly and Sam Kroiz’s goats are on the move. The system was created by a Norwegian company called Nofence , and Molly and Sam are among 43 pilot farms testing it ahead of an official United States debut expected in early 2024. Others push into a strip of bushes, munching through brambles.

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Pasture Cattle Technology Ruralism 143

UnderstandingAg

APRIL 30, 2023

Manure slurry is a valuable but difficult resource to manage on dairy farms. Slurry pits must be emptied to make room for the never-ending stream of manure. Manure is often not a top priority for most dairies and handling may have to wait until seasonal fieldwork is completed.

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Manure Pasture Fertilizer Crop 52

ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

The challenges associated with mud on livestock farms, particularly cattle and horse farms, need to be addressed because their health affects production goals. Not to mention that no livestock owner wants to see their animals covered in mud and manure. Mud and manure harbor harmful bacteria and other pathogens.

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Soil Compaction Pasture Forage Livestock 98

UnderstandingAg

MAY 3, 2024

Living ground cover is especially critical on acres receiving manure from confinement operations. Industry groups should make it clear to members that cover crops and more in-season application must become part of all manure management plans and programs. This is hands-down the best, most profitable use case for cover crops.

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Pesticide Crop Manure Fertilizer 98

ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

By Chris Lent, NCAT Agriculture Specialist I’ve always found ways to turn “waste materials” into useful resources on the farm fascinating. On my farm, I tried to reuse and recycle resources as much as possible to close the off-farm input loop. I think farms can become more resilient as they rely on fewer off farm inputs.

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Farming Farming Manure Ruralism 52

The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Commodity productivity per acre is down across the board, driving prices up. Interestingly, the huge machine trade show hall featured only one chipper and not a single manure spreader. And goop to put in confinement hog facilities to make the lagoon manure less toxic. It’s been a fascinating and invigorating day. Dad was 39.

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Manure Mechanics Ecology Tractor 83

Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover crops amongst his pear, apple, plum, peach, and cherry trees, but he buys a commercial compost product to keep his 100-acre, fourth-generation family farm thriving. Ela knows first-hand how central compost is to his organic farm—and all organic agriculture.

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Compost Manufacturing Food Production 141

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

But the epic flooding this past March was simply unprecedented, says the owner of Lerda-Goni Farms. After a winter of record snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a sudden warm spell melted the lower reaches, unleashing nearly 40,000 acre-feet of water —a volume equal to more than a tenth of Las Vegas’ annual supply—in 48 hours.

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Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2024

And while each of those uses could provide revenue potential for mushroom farms, the expanding piles of spent substrate also represent a mounting logistical challenge. “If Stempel currently takes most of the material to a nearby compost facility, but local farms, gardeners, and florists also take a portion. It wasn’t a tough sell.

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Compost Farming Farming Logistics 138

Agribusiness Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Many farmers, especially those in the Midwest that apply animal manure, are able to deduct excess fertility when they purchase land that they are currently not farming. This deduction could easily approach $1,000 per acre. Here is an example: Jim buys land in Minnesota for $12,000 per acre in 2022.

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Fertilizer Acre Manure Farming 52

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

Since the resurgence of regenerative agriculture, farming has never been sexier. The star-studded film Kiss the Ground , featuring celebrities Woody Harrelson and Tom Brady, put the movement on the map in 2020, claiming that regenerative farming could be the solution to, not the cause of, climate change, biodiversity loss and soil erosion.

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Food Ranching Ecology Fertilizer 98

UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Below is a basic diagram showing how carbon cycles through a corn field yielding around 200 bu/acre. Our family farm in Northeast Iowa with 3% SOM in the top six inches has about 67,000 lbs. of carbon per acre in the top two feet of soil. of carbon per acre annually. Carbon flow estimates for a 200 bu/acre corn crop.

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Compost Acre Processing Crop 95

RR2CS

JANUARY 13, 2022

By Trina Moyles Jenny Berkenbosch and James Vriend manage Sundog Organic Farm , a 14-acre certified organic vegetable and herb operation, located north of Edmonton in Sturgeon County. After James and Jenny were married, she too spent 5 years working on the Vriend’s farm, learning about organic production.

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Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 52

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

These factory farms not only force animals to live in overcrowded, dirty conditions, they also produce copious amounts of manure, which can cause water pollution and other health hazards. Calves stick their heads out of pens at a farm near Healdsburg, California. farm is 464 acres.) The average U.S.

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Livestock Acre Poultry Farming 62

Agribusiness Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Many farmers are able to spread manure on their cropland over many years. However, comparable land in the area that has had no manure ever applied to it and has no excess fertility can be purchased for $6,500. In order to properly document this deduction, you should get an agronomist to workup the value of the excess fertility.

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Fertilizer Manure Acre Farmland 52

ATTRA

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Biochar is created by heating biomass, such as forest waste or animal manure, in a low-oxygen environment—a process known as pyrolysis. I’ve been doing biochar research here on my farm for a good year, and I’ve got feedstock sources, I’m building pyrolysis units, I’ve got different application rate studies already going,” he said.

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Poultry Greenhouse Yield Manure 93

RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Instead, they set their sights northwest of the city and came to fall in love with 160-acres of “rough northern bush” in Barrhead County. Of the 160-acres, Jenna and Thomas steward 25-acres to grow organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers and raise honeybees.

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Farming Farming Forage Seeding 52

Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

When you approach the poultry paddocks at Salvatierra Farms outside Northfield, Minnesota, you might not notice how many chickens are hiding among the tall grasses and young hazelnut trees at first. And that’s by design. Photo courtesy of Wil Crombe/Organic Compound.) Regenerative is a complex term with many interpretations.

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Poultry Processing Acre Farming 98

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Organic farming is a practice that emphasizes natural processes, ecological balance and the conserving of resources. But the process to become certified as an organic farming operation is a lengthy one. It takes three years to allow for any previous synthetic substances applied to the fields or used on the farm to filter out.

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Food Supply Chain Farming Farming 101

Wisconsin Farmers Union

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Even farms not actively looking to improve their operations often use these events as an opportunity to talk shop and hear what other farmers are up to. There’s no better way to see and learn than by visiting other farms and hearing diverse perspectives. It depends on which management practices work best for the farm.

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Pasture Forage Soil Compaction Farming 98

The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

They’d take a few hundred acres of both leased and family-owned central-Texas farmland—land that for decades had grown row crops of corn and cotton—and give it “what it wants back,” he said. The challenges to farming, period—let alone transitioning to regenerative—can be high. Here’s how the U.S. government actively discourages it.

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