Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Last year we produced an acre of carrots for schools in West Wales, using no chemical fertilisers or pesticides. 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.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 30, 2024

2023 Report Agriculture Highlights By The Numbers ● Denali’s recycling efforts produced enough natural fertilizer to support more than 100,000 acres of farmland and manufactured enough animal feed to nourish over 40,000 cattle across five states. The report also notes the company collected 1.7

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Songbird Farm (Photo credit: Jenny McNulty) Maine had been spreading what is called sludge on its farmland and fields since the 1980s. This gives a blueprint of the situation and provides an opportunity to consider mitigation strategies such as changing the rotation of livestock, cleaning up the water, or trying a different crop.”

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Farming Farming Farmland Crop 145

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Outside of Charleston, South Carolina, in the picturesque marshes of the Kiawah River, sits more than 100 acres of working farmland. Kiawah River worked with established farms to begin its agrihood, building a community around preexisting farmland. Other agrihoods establish farms as central hubs when planning the community.

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Farmland Food Farming Farming 128

Ohio State University

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A variety of topics were discussed such as Ohio farm finances, farm labor, the upcoming farm bill, commodity markets, and livestock production. The Ag Econ faculty noted that “engaging with the Farm Bureau gave us many ideas to make our research and outreach programs even more relevant and timely for the Ohio agricultural sector.”

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Farming Farming Farmland Finance 105

Agwired

MARCH 15, 2024

Organic recycler Denali is taking action to get hay sent to a Texas A&M livestock supply point where it will be distributed to cattle producers in need. The largest wildfire in state history destroyed more than 1 million acres of land and property, leaving surviving livestock without adequate forage.

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Forage Livestock Farmland Distribution 85

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Peppered throughout some 500 acres of charred pastureland, he found sizable patches of grass left unscathed by the blaze. The fire burned right around them,” says the 73-year old rancher and owner of Diamond B Ranch, noting the intact areas—some as big as a quarter acre. That’s the fight I’m in,” Balthazar adds.

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Plantation Pasture Acre Ranching 125

Trimble Agriculture

DECEMBER 21, 2023

After implementing soil health management, 85 percent of corn farmers and 88 percent of soybean farmers saw increased net income by an average of $52 per acre and $45 per acre for each respective commodity. Healthy soil can also produce healthier livestock. “If The total nutrient value was calculated at $1.4MM (or $2K per acre).

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Fertilizer Yield Acre Crop Yield 111

Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 9, 2023

Agritourism is any venture on a farm or ranch that’s not directly related to raising and harvesting produce or livestock commercially. Educating visitors, preserving farmland, and sharing agricultural heritage were named the top three most important benefits—but there are so many more. What is agritourism?

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Farming Farming Farmland Finance 98

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

In remarks made on February 13 while releasing the new Census data, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack directed attention to the loss of farmland and farms since the 2017 Census saying: “ What you find is in 2017 there were 2 million farmers, today the survey report shows we have 1.9 For livestock, the value was $262 billion, up 35%.

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Agriculture Agriculture Acre Farming 107

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

Background Land access is one of the biggest challenges for young and beginning farmers all across the country – whether small-scale dairy farmers in New England, livestock and grain producers in the Midwest, or specialty crop producers across the South. Today, just 1% of farmers in the United States identify as Black.

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Marketing Farmland Distribution Real Estate 81

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 4, 2024

Using farmland for solar panels, especially in the agriculture-heavy Midwest, is fraught with controversy. There has also been little research conducted in the Midwest, the heart of agriculture, where farmland is gold. Bees are livestock, too,” says O’Neal. Solar power may be the answer to the world’s future energy needs.

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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. Wendy Johnson.

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Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Between the years 2017 and 2022, America lost almost 20 million acres of farmland. Despite this rapid decline, the average farm size increased five percent to 463 acres. Livestock purchases and labor came in second and third. Farmland remains a crucial asset. Farmland remains a crucial asset.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It was founded in 2013 in the Champaign-Urbana area by a group of researchers, students and farmers that were interested in exploring how perennial agriculture and agroforestry could benefit Midwestern farmlands. Agroforestry is a sustainable land management approach that can be integrated into existing traditional crop and livestock systems.

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Farming Farming Crop Production 109

Food Tank

JULY 14, 2023

The Imhoffs were also able to begin raising hogs for Niman Ranch using their current farmland and facilities, rather than investing in expensive conventional housing. And these days, few new farmers can afford to buy land, according to Alaina: In the Imhoffs’ area of Iowa, farmland can sell for as high as US$25,000 per acre.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 18, 2024

But even during these dormant months, across 17 rolling acres just 30 miles east of Washington, D.C., Three acres of meadows provide habitat for insects. Compared to staple crops like corn and rice, wine grapes barely occupy a speck of the world’s farmland, at about 18 million acres. the landscape is filled with life.

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The Equation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated that these dollars will help hundreds of thousands of farmers and ranchers apply conservation to millions of acres of land. This, in turn, can help lessen the price shocks that can result when crop and livestock losses occur.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 10, 2024

Of her 150 acres, only about 25 are safe for agricultural use, forcing Hunter to resort to raised garden beds in a greenhouse, filled with soil shipped in from another site. But more than 80 percent of Dostie’s pasture was contaminated, and the 35 acres that were clean weren’t enough to sustain his herd.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

The San Joaquin Valley is the largest agricultural producing area in the nation; it produced crops, livestock, and agricultural commodities worth $36.5 An estimated 500,000 to 900,000 acres of irrigated farmland will likely be taken out of production to satisfy state-level groundwater laws by 2040. billion in 2022. in the air.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 24, 2024

But the reliance on utility-scale solar, which requires hundreds to even thousands of acres of land for panel installations, has sparked questions regarding the magnitude of land use requirements. Between these two extremes sits community solar, a rapidly expanding midpoint promoted by recent legislation across many US states.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2024

In July, a team of researchers led by Kate Tully at the University of Maryland published a paper that mapped the extent of saltwater intrusion onto Delaware and Maryland farmland on the Delmarva Peninsula for the first time.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

French farmers, for instance, managed to persuade their nation’s leaders to ban food imports treated with the insecticide thiacloprid, dedicate €150 million (US$163 million) annually to support livestock producers and provide European-wide definitions for what constitutes lab-grown meat. Matters are much the same in the US.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management. It won’t be easy.

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ProAg

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Last year, crop insurance protected more than 540 million acres across all 50 states, an almost 50 million acre increase from the farmland protected in 2022. million crop insurance policies, which protected more than $205 billion worth of crops and livestock. Farmers spent $6.8 billion of their own money to purchase 1.2

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Excessive proposed cost-share payments for livestock feed management. Requires producers with confined livestock feeding operations to submit a GHG emissions reduction plan, in addition to the currently required comprehensive nutrient management plan, to be eligible to receive payments under the program.

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Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

As Brian Paddock walks through his 12-and-a-half acres of almond trees, he’s taking in everything. Treehouse Almonds sources nuts from roughly 50,000 acres in California’s Central Valley, and Gardiner’s family farm provides about 20,000 of them. The shells are used in cosmetics, as bedding for livestock and in biofuels.

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Orchard Crop Family Farming Farming 97

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

As farmland becomes less functional as a result of increasing stresses from drought, floods, pests, and heatwaves, its regulation by diverse organisms becomes ever more important. The mix fixes nitrogen and livestock can graze the mix directly in the field, returning nutrients to the soil via manure.

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Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 88

Agwired

JULY 28, 2023

For more than 40 years, American Farmland Trust (AFT) has been helping preserve millions of farmland acres in the United States. Announcing the Livestock Publication Council ‘s 2023 Gifts and Giving Online Auction! You can preview the items here. Bidding begins Monday, July 31 at 7 a.m.

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Farmland Rural Development Science Marketing 52

National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

Funding through the Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act will provide critical resources to both individual producers as well as community-led organizations to implement farmland access, retention, and transition projects. Young farmers desperately need access to quality, affordable farmland.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

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. His 580-acre farm grows enough forage to supply the herd, so “I’m good with where I’m at,” he adds.

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Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Nevada Cattlemen’s Association New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau New Mexico Wine & Grape Growers Association New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association New York Farm Bureau New York Pork Producers Coop Inc New York State Division, IWLA Normex, Inc.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JULY 31, 2023

This bill, written in close collaboration with the American Farmland Trust (AFT) and the National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers), aims to facilitate farmer-to-farmer conservation education by increasing support for farmer-led education networks and to build capacity for new ones—particularly for historically marginalized communities.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 8, 2023

Solar Grazing Site Specifications and Management The site is in a 15-acre array that produces 5 MW of DC and 3.375 MW of AC, enough to power approximately 1,100 homes. This priority to minimize damage to the land could have a positive impact on community support for a solar site, particularly on ancient farmland or similarly valued sites.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

He hopes that a new “crop” growing in tandem with berries could help boost the local industry and preserve farmland. That would be solar panels that have been installed across 11 acres of the land where Sweetland farms blueberries in Rockport, Maine. The University of Maine is studying this example of dual-use agrivoltaics.

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Agriculture Agriculture Construction Farming 52

Trimble Agriculture

MAY 17, 2023

Land Ownership – To qualify for a land loan, you must own or plan to buy 25 acres or more. A strong farm business plan should include a description of the farming operation, including the type of crops or livestock, the size of the farm, and the markets served. Minimum Loan Value – AgAmerica farm loans start at $50,000.

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Farming Farming Real Estate Processing 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The team in Alexandria is testing 20 more varieties at their 17-acre farm, located on a former cotton plantation that serves as the central research hub for crop and equipment trials. Over two centuries, hundreds of thousands of acres were cleared to establish rice plantations, shaping the Southern economy and landscape.

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